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Early voting for on site alcohol sales is underway in Wolfforth. Residents will decide if they want to legalize the sale of alcohol inside the city limits. We spoke with some Wolfforth citizens and while there is no organized opposition, some say a dry town is more safe. Others say alcohol sales bring money into the economy. The group, 'Responsible Citizens For Economic Development' says alcohol sales will bring a minor league baseball team to the town. The election is the result of a petition started by the group. Citizens begin early voting Wednesday morning at 8 through September sixth....

Story last updated at 5:02 a.m. Friday, May 28, 2004 Wolfforth man indicted on child pornography charges An Internet company's complaint to the Center for Missing and Exploited Children led to child porn indictments this week against a Wolfforth man. Bobby J. Fulbright, 52, who faces six counts of possessing and promoting child pornography, was indicted by a Lubbock County grand jury Tuesday. Officials with the Web site Yahoo alerted the Center for Missing and Exploited Children after a user posted sexual images of young boys to a Yahoo discussion group, according to court documents. The case was referred to...

Former bus driver convicted of sexually assaulting 12-year-old boy BY KERRY DRENNAN AVALANCHE-JOURNAL Sonja Childers broke into tears Thursday afternoon after being convicted of raping a 12-year-old boy. Jurors deliberated almost three hours before finding her guilty of aggravated sexual assault of the boy who rode the school bus she drove. The conviction came after three days of testimony from the victim, now 14, his brother, Durham Transportation employees, police officers and Childers' friends and neighbors. On Thursday, prosecutor Brian Kingston drew a chart listing all the witnesses, then asked Childers about different elements of her version of events that...

40-year-old woman indicted for having sexual relationship with teenage boy BY ELIZABETH LANGTON AVALANCHE-JOURNAL A 40-year-old mother was indicted Tuesday on charges of engaging in a sexual relationship with a 16-year-old boy. Tammy Nipp of Wolfforth faces sexual assault charges in connection with four sexual encounters with the teenager, according to court documents. Nipp was arrested in June and released on $25,000 bond. Authorities learned of the allegations from an attorney representing Nipp's husband. The attorney told sheriff's deputies the husband learned about the affair from his daughter. The victim told police that he and Nipp had sex five times...