By Brad Kellar

Greenville – The body of a fallen Titus County soldier will return to Greenville Wednesday.

The plane carrying Staff Sgt. Chauncey Mays, of Cookville, is expected to land at 12:23 p.m.

A motorcade will follow Mays' arrival. He'll become the seventh area soldier killed in the war to be returned through Greenville's Majors Field Municipal Airport.

Mays was killed last week when his unit was hit with an IED in Afghanistan.

By Scott Harvey

Commerce – A free workshop for starting and operating a small business comes to Commerce this week.

Live the Dream! is sponsored by Small Business Development at Paris Junior College. According to Director Pat Bell, the seminar will be held Thursday from 2-4 p.m. at the Commerce Chamber of Commerce downtown.

By Scott Harvey

Greenville – Kate Warne is the guest speaker at Wednesday morning's Greenville Chamber of Commerce Economic Forecast Breakfast.

The event, sponsored by Edward Jones, is titled "Making Sense of Today's Economy and Investing."

By Scott Harvey

Bonham – There's increasing discussing about resignation incentives among Texas public school districts as they explore all budget-cutting options.

The Bonham ISD is to consider the option as they move forward with a plan to reduce $1 million from its 2011-2012 budget. Board members unanimously approved the plan on Monday.

In addition to offering resignation incentives, the district may also consider utilizing some of its fund balance and freeze teacher salaries.

By Scott Harvey

Paris – The first major storm of the season to hit the Northeast Texas region took little time to develop into a tornado.

At around 3:53 p.m. Wednesday, the National Weather Service Office in Fort Worth issued a tornado warning for eastern Fannin and central Lamar counties as a developing tornado was spotted near Honey Grove.

By Scott Harvey

Pecan Gap – The newly formed Community Crime Watch program in Delta County is gaining momentum as residents plan to meet Tuesday night in Pecan Gap.

The program, established last month, is working to create a rotating call and email list to let residents know of any crimes that occur. This list will also be used for weather emergencies.

Mary double dates in Cambodia and Viet Nam.

By Brad Kellar

Greenville – The Greenville City Council plans to hire Terracon Consultants, Inc to help oversee two EPA grants, which will determine what local sites may be contaminated.

Officials learned last September they had been approved for the $400,000 grant, which is the third such grant approved for the City since 2000.

The money pays for environmental assessment of properties which are either contaminated or suspected of contamination that are either underutilized or vacant.

By Scott Harvey

Reno, Nevada – A soldier from Lone Oak who was severely wounded in the Fort Hood shooting rampage is once again hospitalized after suffering a fall.

Officials say Staff Sgt. Patrick Zeigler fell during a trip to Reno, Nevada where he was being honored by the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation.

It's a possible setback to what doctors had called a miraculous recovery in the past 16 months. According to a Fort Hood spokesman, the 29-year-old Zeigler was on a ventilator Friday after surgery to remove a blood clot.

By Scott Harvey

Commerce – An announcement is forthcoming concerning an agreement between Williams Motors in Commerce and an investor that will restructure the company as it exits Chapter 11.

A judge in federally bankruptcy court last week denied a motion by Mt. Pleasant-based Guaranty Bond Bank to end chapter 11 protection which, if granted, could have led to the immediate liquidation of the business.