Brownwood Police were dispatched to Brownwood High School at 2100 Slayden Street regarding criminal mischief shortly before 8:00am on Tuesday.   According to the report, graffiti written in silver spray paint was found on multiple locations on the exteriors of the Brownwood High School weight room and the BISD Alternative school. 

Weekly migratory bird hunting reports are posted from early September through early February.

West Zone Goose: Outfitters said they took limits of Canadas and a few snow geese to boot over corn and wheat during the last weekend of goose season. Outfitters said they were surprised at how well geese cooperated this season, despite drought conditions. The regular goose season ended Feb. 5. The Light Goose Conservation Order began Feb. 6 and few hunters took advantage of the liberal rules. Hunter participation this goose season was down overall, according to several sources. Prospects are fair.

Three men who combined have 160 years of service were awarded Lifetime Supporter belt buckles commemorating over 40 years each of dedicated service to the Brown County Youth Fair.

Putter Jarvis, Delton Sweatman and Bill Stewart were awarded custom made belt buckles Tuesday evening by the Brown County Youth Fair Association.

The Brownwood Area Chamber of Commerce officially launched its 2012 Total Resource Campaign (TRC) on Tuesday, February 7th with a kick-off event sponsored by Humphrey Pete's restaurant.  

Under the leadership of campaign chairman Putter Jarvis and co-chair Rex Tackett, five teams were assembled to reach a goal of $100,000 in Chamber sponsorship sales.

“Seize the opportunity, the motivation to help the Chamber,” Tackett told volunteers during the kick-off. “But really to help the community in which we live and which we work and where we make our living.”

Law enforcement arrests and reports released Tuesday, February 7, 2012.

Monday, February 6

*1:43pm-Brownwood Police made a traffic stop in the 2000 block of Avenue B.  According to the report, the driver, identified as 36-year-old Antonio Mendoza Arriaga was driving with a suspended license and was placed under arrest for Driving While License Invalid/Surcharge Due.

*7:25pm-Brownwood Police were called to the 700 block of Coggin Avenue regarding a suspicious subject.  According to the report, the complainant stated that a male was at her residence requesting money, but had left prior to the responding officer’s arrival.  The subject showed to have a criminal trespass warning for the property the report states.

*8:03pm-Brownwood Police were dispatched to the 1500 block of Austin Avenue regarding a possible drunk driver.  According to the report, communications advised officers that a tan and white Ford was crossing into other lanes of traffic and struck the cub in front of Sonic when it turned into the entrance.  This call led to the arrest of 53-year-old Michael Hogue of Early for Driving While Intoxicated.

The Mighty Maroon Band is sending 55 students to the UIL State Solo & Ensemble contest for the 2nd consecutive year.  After competing at the UIL Regional Solo & Ensemble contest held at Howard Payne University on Saturday, February 4th, the students received honors and qualified for the state competition to be held on May 28th.

Each year some Texans are surprised by tornadoes or severe thunderstorms making it vitally important to have more than one way to receive weather information, such as National Weather Service warnings through DeltAlert, Brown County’s automated system that will call residents in case of emergency or severe weather or by listening to a NOAA All Hazards Radio.

The DeltAlert system was employed in Brown County in an effort to make better use of tax revenues, when they implemented a new emergency notification and weather warning system.  Unfortunately, this new system requires all Brown County residents (including those in Brownwood, Early and Bangs) who wish to receive weather warning calls to re-register their information into the new DeltAlert system.  This information is entered through a secure database and will only be used for emergency notification purposes according to Brown County Emergency Management coordinator Brent Bush.   As of Monday, Bush reported only 1500 citizens in Brown County had signed up for the free service.

Visitors to the Stars of Texas Juried Art Exhibit can learn about art while viewing the exhibit which is proudly displayed at the Depot Civic and Cultural Center this week as demonstrations highlight a week full of art and talent.

The American Southwest Conference today announced its women's basketball players of the week and Howard Payne University guard Brittany Roberson was honored for the second time this season.

Howard Payne senior guard Brittany Roberson (Lone Star, TX / Hughes Springs HS) averaged 12.5 points, five rebounds, three assists and three steals to fuel a pair of conference victories, including a 79-64 home win over Concordia Texas to create a tie for first place in the ASC West Division. Roberson also shot 40 percent from the floor and hit all seven of her free-throw attempts.

After an unprecedented 2011 Texas wildfire season, firefighters looking to prepare for the next big blaze are invited to attend the 10th annual Central Texas Wildfire Academy on Feb. 17-20.

Sponsored by Texas Forest Service and Dam Volunteer Fire Department, the academy features wildland firefighting training for both paid and volunteer departments, as well as courses focusing on safety and fire operations in the wildland urban interface. A prescribed burn field exercise – allowing students to actually work on a fire – will be held if weather permits.

“The more training firefighters have, the safer they perform their tasks,” said Texas Forest Service Resource Specialist Mary Leathers, an instructor at the academy. “Our role at Texas Forest Service is to train the initial attack responders to perform firefighting tasks in as safe a manner as possible so everybody goes home at the end of the day.”

Around 2:00pm Sunday, a Brown County Sheriff's Office patrol sergeant was notified of a theft that had just occurred on County Road 106.  According to the officer’s report, the victims stated that they had just passed a truck which had items belonging to them in it.  With a description of the suspect vehicle and its direction of travel, the officer was able to locate the alleged thieves at Country Motors Wrecking Yard on Hwy 279, the report states.

The suspects, identified as Troy Michael Hall, Larry Dale Allcorn and Jason David Keeney, were all questioned about the property that they had in their possession without the owners’ consent, the report states.  The items taken consisted of several pieces of aluminum, several pieces of copper tubing, and items that contained copper in them such as a water heater and refrigerator.  All three suspects admitted to jumping a fence in order to steal the items and that they were at Country Motors in order to sell the metals, reported the sergeant in his report.

During the inventory of the vehicle, a small quantity of marijuana was found along with a smoking device that Allcorn admitted belonged to him, the report states.  Hall, Allcorn, and Keeney were charged with felony theft because the items that were stolen consisted of aluminum and copper.  Allcorn was additionally charged with possession of marijuana under 2 ounces.

Brownwood, Texas, January 19, 2012  Brown County USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) Executive Director Cody B Norris, announced that sign-up for the 2012 Direct and Counter-cyclical Program (DCP) and the Average Crop Revenue Election (ACRE) Program starts on January 23, 2012 and continues through June 1, 2012.

"I encourage producers to make an appointment with our office to sign-up for program benefits," said Norris.

Eligible DCP participants receive a direct payment and/or a counter-cyclical payment. Direct payment rates are established by statute regardless of market prices. FSA reminds producers that the 2008 Farm Bill does not authorize advance direct payments. Counter-cyclical payments vary depending on market prices, and are issued only when the effective price for a commodity is below its target price (which takes into account the direct payment rate, market price and loan rate).