Author: Nicole Schaefer

As Hurricane Harvey continues to dump massive amounts of rain on the southern part of the state (on top of the already 9-trillion gallons of flood water already on the ground), some of Freestone County’s own have joined in the...

Twenty-nine year old Jamie Lee West, female, was booked into Freestone County Jail on Saturday evening, August 19, 2017 after she reportedly pointed a handgun at another subject during a verbal altercation. The disturbance was...

Freestone County Commissioners reached the end of budget talks for the 2018 Fiscal Year and voted to adopt a budget in the amount of $12,695,882.89 of which $8,442,951.89 is from the General Fund. The budget for Fiscal Year...

“We’ve made major cuts everywhere we can, but we still have to be able to provide services,” says Freestone County Judge, Linda Grant. “I don’t know where else to get the money from.” This comment was made at the August 8, 2017...