By Brad Kellar

Commerce – A Commerce man is headed back to prison.

James Matthew McGucky entered pleas of guilty Thursday to one count each of possession of between one and four grams of methamphetamine and possession of less than one gram of methamphetamine. Under a plea bargain arraignment, McGucky was sentence to nine years in prison and 18 months in a state jail with the sentences to run concurrently.

By Scott Harvey

Commerce – The City of Commerce is holding an open house tomorrow to showcase its new ladder fire truck, or Quint, and Emergency Operations Center.

The public is invited to come and go as they please, anytime between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Saturday at the city's Police and Fire Station, 1103 Sycamore Street.

By Scott Harvey

Commerce – As a precautionary measure, the City of Commerce has cancelled all baseball, softball and t-ball games and practices in the city until Tuesday.

The cancellations, effective immediately, come a day after all University Interscholastic League events in Texas were postponed to help prevent toward the spread of the H1N1 virus/Swine flu.

This Day in History: Thursday, April 30, 2009.

This Day in History: Thursday, April 30, 2009.

By Scott Harvey

Swine flu scare in Hopkins County turns out to be false alarm; All UIL competitions suspended in Texas; Forth Worth ISD temporarily closes doors of all campuses due to flu concerns; Commerce man denied another trial in shooting case; Parole violation lands Hunt County man in prison; Lamar County Commissioners in support of projects presented by Sulphur River Regional Mobility Authority (SURRMA); Flash flooding kills one North Texas resident.

By Jerrod Knight

The Morning Blend - Bob Aikin Breakdown

Jerrod Knight

Commerce, TX – Bob Aikin comes in for his regular Thursday 'breakdown.'
Today's topics: Epidemics and GM

By Jerrod Knight

KETR Sportscast 04-30-09

Jerrod Knight

Commerce, TX – UIL cancelled due to the H1N1 Flu; Mavs play the Nuggets in the second round; Talladega gets calls for renovation; Rangers rained out last night; Harvey Martin Classic scheduled for September 12th at the Cotton Bowl.

Commerce School Board Candidate: Medley Wilson speaks with KETR about his candidacy for Place 7.

Commerce School Board Candidate: Incumbent Medley Wilson

Commerce School Board Candidate: Medley Wilson speaks with KETR about his candidacy for Place 7.

Sulphur Springs – A swine flu scare in Hopkins County turns out to be a false alarm.

The Sulphur Springs News Telegram reports a woman traveling from Mexico who was suspected of being infected with the virus was taken off a bus and brought to Hopkins County Memorial Hospital for treatment Wednesday morning. Hospital personnel later determined the traveler did not have influenza.

By Brad Kellar

Hunt County – A parole violation will cost a Hunt County man prison time.

John Scott Thompson II, formerly of Commerce, was placed on 10 years of deferred adjudication probation in October after pleading guilty to one count of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.

That probation was revoked Monday and Thompson sentenced to 12 years in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice-Institutional Division.