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Battery stolen at oil well site off F.M. 60 South

News Staff
Wednesday, December 10, 2025
Someone recently cut the wires and cables to a battery box at an oil well pump jack and stole the battery off F.M. 60 South, andBurlesonCountysheriff’s deputies are investigating.Sheriff Bill Rios said an official with Energy Transfer reported the theft on Monday morning, Dec.

Two injured in pickup-car wreck on F.M. 60 East

News Staff
Wednesday, December 10, 2025
Two persons were injured and transported to a Bryan hospital after a Friday, Dec. 5, pickup-car accident at the F.M. 50 and F.M. 60 intersection.The accident occurred at about noon when Kenneth D. Matcek, 64, of Caldwell, was southwest bound on F.M.

Man charged in assaulting woman

News Staff
Wednesday, December 10, 2025
A 30-year-old Caldwell area man was arrested on Saturday, Dec. 6, on a felony assault charge after a Wednesday night, Dec. 3, attack on a woman on County Road 140.Tyler Jay Lehman was charged and is now free on $10,000 bond, according to the Burleson County Sheriff’s Office.

Deputies probe case of shots fired

News Staff
Wednesday, December 10, 2025
A resident in the 300 block of F.M. 60 West reported three gunshots fired from the road on the night of Tuesday, Dec. 2.Burleson County sheriff’s deputies are investigating the case as a felony deadly conduct, but no one has been found or arrested, said Sheriff Bill Rios.

Man dies while driving along F.M. 60 East

Roy Sanders
Wednesday, December 10, 2025
A Bryan man died Sunday afternoon, Dec. 7, while driving a pickup on F.M. 60 East just east of F.M. 3058 and veered off the roadway through a fence and into a wooded area.The accident occurred at 4:19 p.m. when Alfonso Reyes-Teran, 46, was traveling westbound on F.M.

Stolen purse case investigated

News Staff
Wednesday, December 10, 2025
Burleson County sheriff’s deputies are investigating a purse stolen from a woman’s vehicle on Nov. 29 at the Hitching Post bar on State Highway 21 West and F.M. 696.A woman said she went inside at 10 p.m. and came out at 10:45 p.m. to use an inhaler in her purse, according to Sheriff Bill Rios.
TIFFANY LASHMET, J.D., Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service agricultural law specialist; Miquela Smith, AgriLife Extension health program specialist in the Disaster Assessment and Recovery unit; and Mikaela Spooner, Ph.D., Texas A&M Telehealth Institute psychologist and clinician, have conducted multiple FarmHope seminars in the past year. Photo courtesy of Texas A&M AgriLife

TIFFANY LASHMET, J.D., Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service agricultural law specialist; Miquela Smith, AgriLife Extension health program specialist in the Disaster Assessment and Recovery unit; and Mikaela Spooner, Ph.D., Texas A&M Telehealth Institute psychologist and clinician, have conducted multiple FarmHope seminars in the past year. Photo courtesy of Texas A&M AgriLife

FarmHope expands mental health care to Ag industry

News Staff
Wednesday, December 10, 2025
Free counseling and stress management support are available to Texas agricultural producers and their families through FarmHope -- a collaborative effort of the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service and the Texas A&M Health Telehealth Institute.
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