Profile of the second ever recipient of the Stark County Spirit of Excellence Award, Jayne Ketterling Written By: James Miller | ×
In less than a week, Jayne Ketterling surpassed even her own expectations by collecting over 11,000 pounds of food, toiletries, cash and gift certificates in time to save Christmas for many families in need. (Photo by Josiah C. Cuellar / The Dickinson Press)
On Sunday, May 2, the Stark County Spirit of Excellence awarded its second ever recipient in recognition of contributions in service as a good Samaritan and random acts of kindness within Stark County.
At the Stark County Social Services building, before an audience of friends, colleagues and family members, Jayne Ketterling was honored in a ceremony directed by Julie Obrigewitsch and Stark County Sheriff Corey Lee.
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Two separate incidents lead to several felony arrests in San Marcos
By Lauren Reid
AUSTIN, Texas - Two separate incidents led to several felony arrests in San Marcos over the weekend. Huge thanks to our officers for their hard work and diligent efforts to solve these crimes and keep our community safe, said Chief Stan Standridge in a press release detailing the arrests.
According to police, officers with the San Marcos Police Department were dispatched to the I Don t Know Bar on East Hopkins Street around 8 p.m. on Saturday, Dec 12 for an aggravated assault. Bar staff reportedly called the police and reported that a Hispanic male, later identified as Edward Eddie Rodriguez, Jr., 36, of Bertram, pulled a knife on the bouncer.
Two separate incidents resulted in multiple felony arrests over the weekend.
The San Marcos Police Department arrested one person for aggravated assault at I Don’t Know Bar on Saturday, and four individuals at an incident at The Village on Telluride early Sunday morning.
“Huge thanks to our officers for their hard work and diligent efforts to solve these crimes and keep our community safe,” Chief Stan Standridge said in a statement.
SMPD said officers were dispatched to I Don’t Know Bar 650 E. Hopkins St. for an aggravated assault on Saturday at approximately 8:10 p.m. Police said bar staff reported that a Hispanic male identified as Edward Eddie Rodriguez Jr., 36, of Bertram pulled a knife on a bouncer.
Five people were charged in San Marcos over the weekend in separate assault cases across a six-hour span, police said.
San Marcos police first responded to the I Don’t Know Bar, 650 E. Hopkins St., west of Interstate 35 just after 8 p.m. on Saturday after bar staff told police a man pulled a knife on the bouncer.
Police described the man, identified as 36-year-old Edward Rodriguez Jr., as highly intoxicated and said he was carrying a fixed-blade knife and drugs.
Rodriguez was arrested and charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, two counts of possession of a controlled substance, and criminal trespass. He was booked into the Hays County Jail but has since been released.