By Scott Harvey

KETR Newscast 10-06-09

Testimony underway in Hunt County capitol murder case; Boles ISD closes with 15 percent of students sick; Trial set for later this month in Campbell aggravated assault case; Possible change of venue still pending in Hunt County Jail lawsuit; Sulphur Springs mother arrested for DWI with child inside vehicle; National Night Out even tonight throughout region.

By Scott Harvey

Sulphur Springs – Hopkins County deputies have arrested a Sulphur Springs woman for felony driving while intoxicated with a child in the vehicle.

The 45-year-old mother failed a breathalyzer test while being booked into jail.

She had reportedly admitted to drinking then driving following an altercation with her estranged husband's girlfriend. The woman's name was not released.

By Brad Kellar

Hunt County – A possible change of venue is still pending in a Hunt County lawsuit.

Judge Joe Leonard said he will decide by Friday whether to approve the change of location in the case concerning the construction of the Hunt County Jail.

Both sides in the case have the next few days to file any final motions or corroborating evidence before he announces his decision.

By Brad Kellar

Campbell – Trial is set for later this month for a Campbell man, who allegedly broke down a door and fired upon a mother and child.

52-year-old Eddy Merle Isham has pleaded not guilty to two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and one count of burglary of a habitation with intent to commit assault.

During a Monday hearing, a judge schedule the start of trial on all three charges as the number one case on the courts Oct. 26 jury selection docket.

By Brad Kellar

Greenville – Testimony has begun in a Hunt County capitol murder case.

Prosecutors claim John William Trotman III, of Mesquite, planned to rob Ryon Rhoden of money or drugs before stabbing him to death in November 2007.

During Monday's opening arguments, Assistant District Attorney Keli Aiken told jurors that Rhoden's blood was found on Trotman's clothes.

By Scott Harvey

– High absenteeism among students at the Boles ISD has forced officials to cancel classes for the remainder of the week.

According to the district, seasonal flu has resulted in absences from over 15 percent of the student body.

With a scheduled two-day break next week, Boles students will not return to class until next Wednesday.

Several other area schools have reported high absenteeism, but have yet to cross the 15 percent threshold needed to close its campuses.

By Scott Harvey

Testimony begins today in Greenville murder trial; Woman arrested on more than a dozen felony counts of identity theft; Collin County man arrested in last week's Greenville bank robbery; Paris man sentenced in intoxication manslaughter case; Re-trial in Hopkins County murder case begins today.

By Brad Kellar

Greenville – Testimony begins today for a Mesquite man, charged in the stabbing death of a Greenville man almost two years ago. Prosecutors are no longer seeking the death penalty for John William Trotman III.

Instead, should he be convicted of capital murder, he would face an automatic sentence of life in prison without parole. Trotman is alleged to have killed Ryon Rhoden in November, 2007.

By Brad Kellar

Greenville – A Collin County man has been arrested in connection to last week's robbery of a Greenville bank.

23-year-old Justin Simmons, of McKinney, was taken into custody Friday. Simmons remained in jail Saturday in lieu of $50,000 bond.

Law enforcement was still searching for at least one other person allegedly involved with the hold-up of the Bank of America along Joe Ramsey Boulevard.

There were no injuries from the incident.

By Brad Kellar

Greenville – A Greenville woman has been charged with more than a dozen felonies for allegedly stealing identities.

32-year-old Sharon K. Johnson was arrested September 25, and remained in custody as of Saturday. Police were still in the process of compiling charges which, at last report, included at least 20 felony counts.

Johnson would allegedly knock on victim's doors, ask to use the phone, then proceed to steal the victim's credit cards and ID's.