North Texas e-News

1 week ago | ntxe-news.com | Allen Rich

Fannin County, Texas -- Three things would seem to be painfully apparent after the regular meeting of Fannin County Commissioners Court on Tuesday, June 17, 2025. First of all, there is a palpable, rising level of anger among a sizable portion of county residents that is focused on Fannin County Judge Newt Cunningham for his prominent role in the six indictments that were dismissed in the courthouse restoration case.

1 week ago | ntxe-news.com | Allen Rich

Why is it so easy for us to jump to conclusions and believe the very worst about each other? Is it because we have too much idle time to sit around and gossip on Facebook or at the coffee shop? When life is so fleeting, why would anyone waste their precious time trying to tear each other down? Maybe to feel better about themselves? Basic human nature? I really don't know. Let's talk about the courthouse restoration cases.

1 week ago | ntxe-news.com | Allen Rich

1 week ago | ntxe-news.com | Luke Clayton

As far back as I can remember, I longed to fish the remote waters of a "fly-in" lake in Canada. As a youngster, I thumbed through the pages of outdoor magazine, paying close attention to the articles pertaining to fishing for pike, walleye and Arctic graying in pristine waters for fish that had never seen a lure. There was something about this wild country that has always drawn me like a magnet, way before I was actually able to experience the North Country first hand.

2 weeks ago | ntxe-news.com | Allen Rich

Fannin County, Texas -- A 20-year political vendetta apparently spearheaded by Lauri Blake, a former district judge who was recently admonished by the State Commission on Judicial Conduct, and Richard Glaser, a former DA in Fannin County, may finally be over now that Dallas DA John Creuzot has filed a motion on June 13, 2025, to dismiss the final four criminal indictments in the Fannin County Courthouse restoration case due to insufficient evidence.