Sheriff's Report Number 419- DPS Michael Adams to Jail with DWI driving 91 MPH. Deputy Harrison to Loud Music on FCR-1173. Skunk in yard on West Colorado in Wortham. Prowler in back yard on Southwood, FPD Green and Deputies to same. Deputy Elom issues Burn Ban Citation, East 84. Streetman VFD and FEMS to Mile 208, motorist suddenly viewed clutching chest, steered into median by passenger….A seizure.

Loose Bull, Mile 214, Navarro S.O. notified. Southern Oaks VFD and FEMS to assist 11 year old with severe abdominal pain. Must have been more than a bellyache as Doctor Chopper called out, carried to Children's Hospital. TPD Howard to trailer park, folks reported trying to cause a problem. TPD looking for kids on dirt bike, Corsicana Street. 60 cows reported loose, FCR- 770, when Dep. Taylor arrived, apparently had all been put up.

Lady on US-79 911's, thinks she's having a heart attack, crossing Trinity River at present, send ambulance from Palestine to meet them on the highway.

A cold, rainy day on Monday, gray overcast. We can use the moisture, take all He'll send, and be thankful for it. Deputy Elom arrests and jails man on Probation Revocation Warrant. Deputy Robertson to/from Limestone County, prisoner transport. FPD Bass arrests man on Commerce, Navarro County Warrant.

Had a good visit by phone with Ranzey Williams, formerly of our County, now in the Austin area. He made many friends while living here as a Highway Patrolman years ago and called to catch up on the news. Teague VFD to suspected smoke on S. 6th….Nope, just steam from the dryer. FEMS to FCR-540, Lady fell, cut head, thinks shoulder broken or dislocated. TPD Cox and THDEMS to Matthew Lane, Lady fell, can't get up. Man reports losing items from vehicle, unsure whether happened in our County or Tyler.

Donie VFD to truck wrecked, FM-80….Nope, scratch that, he's just stuck. Deputy Howerton to items missing from camp house, FCR-341, sometime since October. Loose goats, FM- 416. FEMS to Inmate with chest pains, Boyd Unit. Black bull loose, Hwy. 164, owner to same. FEMs and Streetman VFD to S. Bell, Lady feared having heart attack. Teague VFD to grease fire in kitchen, S. 6th. Owner contacted, advised of loose cattle, Mile 193.

WPD Fullagen arrests man on Mexia Warrant. FPD Bass arrests man on City of Teague Warrant. FPD Kindon arrests man at Hospital, Walker and Madison County Warrants. Deputies to FCR-414, Mother/Daughter Troubles. Pet dog shot, FM-489. Deputy Robert Willis arrests DWI, Mile 189. Call comes in from neighboring County, Dad slapping Mom around, transferred caller to Navarro County S.O. Chevy Impala reported driving bad, Teague, TPD Solly to same.

911 Bounce zings in from Tennessee Colony, parents squabbling, Anderson County advised. FPD Bostic brings in Volkswagen driver, DWI, Commerce Street. Deputy Robinson to/from Collin County, prisoner transport. Mexia EMS to San Saba, Lady fell, can't get up, finally crawled to the phone so she could call.DPS Adams, FEMS and Dew VFD to accident, Old 75 at FCR-481. THDEMS, Teague VFD and DPS Putz to another, US-84 near H&L Tire.

TPD Sykora to husband/wife troubles, been arguing, he threw her car keys on the roof and left in his vehicle. THDEMS to S. 11th, son disoriented, diabetic. FEMS to Boyd Unit, Officer with seizures. Streetman and Kirvin VFD's to grassfire, Mile 211. THDEMS and Donie VFD to FM-80, child struck in head by baseball bat. Deputy Travis Robertson to/from Smith County, prisoner transport. FPD Bass jails man on Traffic Warrant, S. Bateman.

Donie VFD to trash fire, FM-489. Complaint of Oil Field noise, FCR-630. Hemale/Shemale troubles in a car, 10th and China, TPD Sykora and Harrison to same. TPd solly jails motorist, three year old Traffic Warrants. TPD Sykora jails DWI, 10th and Elm. FPD Warren in with another, more traffic warrants. 911 Bounce advises of reckless driver, Hubbard, transferred to Limestone County S.O. TPD Monks to loud music, US-84.

FEMS to chest pains at Boyd Unit. Inmate at Jail with Asthma Troubles. Deputy Elom to Streetman, loud music. FPD Utsey arrests Lady, Limestone County Warrant. Dep. D.R. Taylor to fear of unwanted visitor, FCR- 650. FPD to loud music on Bateman. Cadillac passing on shoulder, Mile 210. FPD Foree assists Lady on Bateman, fell, can't get up. THDEMS to Chestnut, asthma troubles. Locked car on Hwy. 164, live cat inside, overnight. Whew!

DPS Crais and Thornton arrest DWI and three companions, Mile 202, Driver alsio in possession of Mary Jane and Controlled Substance. FPD Warren in with two more out of same car on Bond, one drunk, the other Non-Payment of Child Support. DPS Warren jails female DWI, driving wrong way on US-84 near Dap's.

Domestic Troubles in Oakwood, Leon County advised of same. Small black car spotlighting houses, Hwy. 179, located by TPD Sykora, driver lost, trying to read house numbers….led to their destination. Duck hunting question referred to Game Warden John Thorne. FPD to Sherwood, report someone knocking on house window.

Teague Lady trapped….Trying to leave from inside the Community Center, can't make the lock turn, TPD to the rescue. FEMS to complaint of stomach pains at Cedar Grove. Dispatcher assists man stranded on East 84, long way from home, vehicle out of oil. WPD Keathley to altercation at residence on Avenue D. Man feared having stroke, downtown Teague, refused to be transported. Large Oilfield truck stuck in median by Gilberto's.

Deputy House to N. 75, Grandma locked out of house. Caller reports before they left, she asked Grandma if she had her keys. Later discovered Grandma thought she'd asked if she had her teeth! She had those!! FPD Bass to FHS parking lot, vehicle believed vandalized. Deputies Hendrix, Rachel and Game Warden Hernandez to hospital in Mexia, reference hunting accident our County.

TPD Solly to Hullum, wife wants husband gone. FEMS, Fairfield VFD and DPS Putz to vehicle through fence, Boyd Curve. Same personnel also to cow/cars accident, Old 75.

Cold weather threatening to come down from Canada. We think it is cold here when the temperature is in the 20's…..I noted on the weather map that Dawson, Canada showed a reading of -54 degrees! Now brother, that is cold. That would make our 20's feel like Havana, Cuba in the summertime. I learned long ago that we can function very well in the winter if in addition to the usual coat, we cover our hands, head and ears. If it turns cold this week, I hope everybody remembers that little squirt of advice. It does work. This brings to mind an old gentleman I met in our Courthouse about 25 years ago. He had served in the First World War with Mr. Hugh B. Steward, but unfortunately, I do not recall his name. That particular morning it was brutally cold, about 5 or 6 degrees above zero, with a very strong north wind. He walked up and introduced himself to me in the hallway, and asked if I knew his good friend, Hugh B. Steward? I replied that I most certainly did and told that I imagined Mr. Hugh Birt was at his residence on Bateman, warming by a fire…..A mischievous look came in his watery blue old eyes and he said, "Well young man, I believe it is colder over in Groesbeck than it is here in Fairfield. About an hour ago, when I passed by the Courthouse in Groesbeck, why the World War One Doughboy statue had jumped down off his pedestal and gone in the Courthouse to warm up, rifle, helmet and all!" I couldn't top that one and knew it….Nor would I have tried. It brought him too much joy to pull it on me!

Until Next Week…..Ralph Billings