By Brad Kellar

Greenville – The Greenville City Council plans to pass the city's budget Tuesday. The council plans to take final vote during regular session starting at 6pm tomorrow in the municipal building downtown. The proposed budget includes a 1 cent tax decrease.

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By Brad Kellar

Greenville – The City of Greenville is putting new rules in place for residents using the 96-gallon garbage cans. New rules under consideration would keep residents from putting the cans on the street for days at a time. The containers would still have to be on the curb by 7am on the scheduled day of pick up, but cannot be placed prior to 5pm the night before, and must be removed by 8am the morning after trash is collected. Violators of the policy face fines up to $2,000 for each offense.

By Scott Harvey

Commerce – Four peole, three of them students, have now been arrested in a string of thefts at Texas A&M University-Commerce that dates back to last year.

Andrew Dahir and Joseph Jaska, both 19, have been charged with felony theft. 19-year-old Caleb Slinkard has been charged with burglary. All three were also facing pending charges of engaging in organized crime as of Friday. A fourth suspect has not been named.

This Day in History: Friday, September 18, 2009.

This Day in History: Friday, September 18, 2009.

COMMERCE - The Commerce ISD is scheduled Sunday to hold a formal dedication ceremony and open house for the new A.C. Williams Elementary School.

The public is invited to the event, which takes place from 2 p.m. until 4 p.m. at the site, located along Culver Street/Loop 178 across from the Commerce Middle School.

Callie Hearn, daughter of the late A. C. Williams, and Wyman Williams, chairman of the citizens committee for the construction of a new school will speak at the ceremony. Students will then give tours of the facility.

Alice joins the Morning Blend to talk about the movie lineup for the weekend of Friday, September 18.

Alice joins the Morning Blend to talk about the movie lineup for the weekend of Friday, September 18.

By Scott Harvey

Greenville – This weekend marks the fourth annual Rally Round Greenville Festival, going on Friday through Sunday in downtown.

The event will revolve around a new and improved Cotton Patch Challenge Bicycle Race and Tour, with a free Kick-Off Concert set for this evening at Lee Street Bar and Grill featuring Texas singer/songwriter Max Stalling and the group Eleven Hundred Springs.

By Brad Kellar

Quinlan – Charges have been filed in a reported overnight armed stand-off. Jeffery Feagin of the Quinlan area was taken into custody late Thursday night after the standoff where shots were fired in a Hawk Cove residence.

By Kevin Jefferies

Lamar County – An early flu season has prompted the Paris-Lamar County Health Department to increase their vaccination efforts this year, according to the Paris News. Students in several districts are reporting flu symptoms, with Prarieland being hit especially hard. The health department is recommending everyone receive flu vaccinations this year, and in an effort to accommodate more people, a flu vaccine clinic is being held today from 1-4pm at the Dairy Queen in Powderly.

By Brad Kellar

Greenville – A trial in a Hunt County capital murder case has had the date reset. Trial for Tracy Danielle Alphin in the shooting death of Jason Herrington of Quinlan has been moved from October to January.

Alphin and David Earl Hickman have both been charged in the murder, and remain in jail in lieu of $1 million bond. Both were indicted last October for the murder of Herrington.

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