Masks will continue to be required in most of the Wichita County Courthouse for the time being, despite a directive from Gov. Greg Abbott that mask mandates be lifted.
Eighty-Ninth District Court Judge Charles Barnard told county commissioners Monday that areas of county buildings that contain courtrooms remain under a ruling from the Texas Supreme Court that requires face coverings. Barnard said he anticipates the supreme court will lift its restrictions June 1 or earlier.
In Wichita County that means for at least the next week, masks will not be required on the first floor of the courthouse but will be required on the second and third floors. County Judge Woody Gossom said that applies to the District Attorney s Office, which is located on the third floor.
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10 Pedro de Serrano
Pedro de Serrano is considered the OG of castaway survival. It’s not clear how the Spaniard’s ship sank or how he alone ended up on an island in the Caribbean, but he did. He made it ashore with only the knife in his mouth and the shirt on his back.
The island was little more than a large strip of sand, nearly devoid of flora and shade. Also, this was still the New World, only about 50 years removed from Columbus getting lost there. Ships weren’t exactly popping up on the horizon on the regular and Serrano knew it.
Bail was reduced Thursday for a Wichita Falls man suspected of murdering Evan Fidencio Aleman, 39, and stabbing a second man.
The second man survived the incident which occurred during a fight in the parking lot of a northside bar, court documents show.
Jorge Soto s bail for a charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon was lowered from $250,000 to $125,000 Thursday in 89th District Court, according to court documents.
Soto, 39, was still being held Thursday afternoon in Wichita County, according to online jail records.
Judge Charles Barnard granted Soto a lower bail after a hearing Thursday, according to court records.
Barnard set conditions for release including that Soto must follow a curfew and wear a GPS ankle monitor, according to court documents.
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Well, hello! The 2021 MLS season is finally upon us, and I think I can speak for all of us that it’s not a moment too soon. (It’s probably a moment too late, but that’s another story.)
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A Wichita Falls woman pleaded guilty to child endangerment Thursday after her 1-year-old child tested positive for methamphetamine, according to court documents.
Shirley Michelle Waldron, 31, was sentenced to three years of probation for abandoning and endangering and child-criminal negligence for a June 22, 2020, incident as part of a plea bargain, court filings show.
Child endangerment and drug possession charges are still pending against Joseph Xavier Barry, 32, in connection with the same incident, according to court records.
Waldron s sentences will run concurrently with previous sentences for drug possession, according to court records.
She pleaded guilty Feb. 25 to possession of less than 1 gram of meth in connection with incidents on June 22, 2020, and Aug. 25, 2020, court records show.