The Hawkins City Council held a special council meeting on Tuesday, where members voted 4-1 to retain the police department, despite the recent resignation of their police chief on Jan. 14. Visit this ...

The Carthage Police Department welcomes two new hires. During a swearing-in ceremony held at Tuesday’s (2/11) Carthage City ...

In the wake of an eventful month for Hawkins, including the resignation of the city’s third police chief and increasing calls to disband the police department, Mayor Deborah Rushing now faces growing ...

The following information is summarized from the records of city, county and state police, fire and hospital agencies.

In 2024, a mother and her 16-year-old son died in a crash involving a Missouri City police officer. A third person, who was ...

Michael Hawkins, 53, was in the back of a police cruiser at the time of June crash and was partially paralyzed as a result, ...