Covering Marshall, Texas and surrounding communities
January 17, 2026
Marshall
The Marshall Police Department as part of the MPD’s No Colors No Labels Initiative and M.A.V. (Marshall Against Violence) are joining forces to host a community event. The event will be held on Wednesday July 27th 2016 at 6pm in the Peoples Legacy Annex building located at 500 Park School St. Marshall, TX. With the recent events in…
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Patrick Okray
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Marshall
Chief Jesus “Eddie” Campa and the Marshall Police Department are seeking the community’s assistance to locate one of our agency’s most wanted fugitives. MPD is seeking any information related to Patrick Okray and his current location. Okray is wanted by the Marshall Police Department for two outstanding felony warrants for Forgery. Okray is described as…
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Chief Jesus “Eddie” Campa and the Marshall Police Department are seeking the community’s assistance in helping us locate one of our agency’s most wanted fugitives. MPD is seeking any information related to location of Tom McPherson Jr. McPherson may also go by the alias of John Zorn Jr. or Reese McPherson. McPherson is wanted on…
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Reminder that the Marshall PD/ Harrison County DWI Task force will be out this holiday weekend.
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Hallsville
The Marshall Police Department and the Harrison County Sheriff’s Office have formed a DWI Task Force in response to recent DWI related fatalities in the North East Texas Region. The DWI Task Force will be out in full force during the July 4th weekend in order to insure that our community has a safe holiday…
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Man found unresponsive in 2000 block of Sledge St. On 6/24/16 at approximately 7:01 PM, Marshall Police Department Patrol Officers responded to the 2000 block of Sledge St in reference to an unresponsive male lying in the front yard. It was reported that the victim, Demarcus Perry, had been shot. Mr. Perry was transported to…
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The Marshall Police Department is seeking participants for the Citizens Police Academy. As the Department strives for transparency in its operations, the Marshall Police Department Citizens Police Academy provides a hands-on opportunity to educate the citizens of the city of Marshall on the operations of the Department while obtaining valuable feedback from citizens to enhance police and community relations….
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For those of you who do not know me, my name is Tony Juays. Let me give you a brief history of the site, tell you a little about myself and give you my vision for the future of the site. Becky Holland and myself launched this site at the end of March 2016. Initially I was…
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Support your local law enforcement agencies.
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Hallsville
By Becky Holland, [email protected] Members of law enforcement are consistently in the media today – and it is not always good. Law enforcement officers from police departments to sheriff’s deputies to state patrol officers are blamed for crime, racism and negativism that plagues the world we live in. Thanks to social media, stuff like that…
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Marshall Police Department has four female officers, and Officer Jessica Chiles is one of them.
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Marshall
By Becky Holland, [email protected] MARSHALL – Marshall Police Department’s Officer Jessica Chiles, 32, credits her children with her career choices. “I became an officer because it was a calling, and something that was in my heart,” Chiles said. “My kids influenced me because I want a better – safer place for them to grow up…
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On National Night Out, Sarah Hodges was pinned during her promotion ceremony by her mother.
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Marshall
From Becky Holland, [email protected] MARSHALL – In 1845, the first women to be hired by the New York City Police Department were called ‘matrons.’ Today, it seems the police organizational attitudes toward women in the police force have changed. Yet, since 2004, women accounted for less than 15 percent of all sworn law enforcement roles…
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