BRYAN, Texas — William Hudson has been sentenced to die for the slayings of six people — including two from Farmington and a 6-year-old boy — at a remote Texas campsite in 2015. According to multiple news sources, jurors deliberated less than an hour before delivering their verdict on the two-year anniversary of Hudson’s arrest. […]
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Man guilty of killing six, including two former Farmington residents, at Texas campsite
BRYAN, Texas — A man was convicted of capital murder this week in the slayings of six people — including a pair from Farmington and a 6-year-old boy — at a remote Texas campsite in 2015. A Brazos County jury found William Hudson, 35, guilty Tuesday on three counts of capital murder for his role […]
Local colleges take strong initiatives against sexual violence on campus
Research indicates that one-in-five women and one-in-16 men are sexually assaulted while in college. The federal government requires that colleges institute policies, practices and programming to reduce the incidence of sexual assault and create effective response systems when a sexual assault occurs. To accomplish that, partnerships between academic institutions and community organizations are crucial to […]
U.S. Alpine Championships: Stiegler gets Sugarloaf redemption
Resi Stieger, center, is interviewed after her win. CARRABASSETT VALLEY — Resi Stiegler had unfinished business with Sugarloaf. At the 2006 U.S. Alpine Championships, Stiegler stumbled in her final run of the slalom and finished second behind Kaylin Richardson. “I was first here in Sugarloaf and straddled on the second run, and so I kind […]
Talk about assault could be triggering
I am a professional college advocate/educator with Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Services. April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month and SAPARS staff will be writing guest columns in the Sun Journal on the topic of sexual assault every Sunday. This piece serves as an explanation of trigger warnings, why they are important and a trigger […]
Texas man charged with 6 counts of murder
A Texas man was formally charged with six counts of capital murder Thursday in the killing of a group of people in Anderson County that included a former Farmington man and his daughter. William Mitchell Hudson, 33, is accused of shooting two of the victims inside a travel camper and another four in the woods […]
Farmington community in shock, mourning over Texas slayings
Coverage: Texas man charged with six counts of murder | Warrant: Texas murder suspect was drinking with Johnson family | 2 former Farmington residents among 6 killed in Texas FARMINGTON — People in the area were in shock and mourning Tuesday after learning that two former residents, Carl Johnson and his daughter, Hannah Johnson, and four other people — […]