Decatur Police Department

Students will not be allowed to bring backpacks to school Tuesday or Wednesday, while Decatur police and Decatur High School investigate a written bomb threat, the district says.

A Wise County Deputy is out of a job and under arrest Tuesday, accused of assaulting and choking a family member.

A deputy inspector general with the Texas Juvenile Justice Department died in a crash near Decatur Wednesday.

Two Wise County Sheriff’s deputies and a Texas State Trooper were injured Thursday when they collided while pursing a parole violator, Decatur police say.