Cisco Press

On Sunday, August 29, 2021, you are cordially invited to attend the 140th Anniversary service of the First Presbyterian Church Cisco as well as the concluding service as the congregation will cease its ministry in Cisco.

A Code Enforcement Investigation resulted in the arrest of a sex offender. Cisco Police Chief Kenneth Preston discovered Jason Derrall Cooper living in a travel trailer parked at Lot #42 of the Cisco Executive Inn RV park after receivng reports of junk vehicles parked there. The discovery was made August 18, 2021 when Cooper was encountered by Preston and was verbally warned about the number of junk cars that he was in possession of. Due to another simultaneous investigation Cooper was arrested the next day on a warrant for Failing to Comply with Sex Offender Registration requirements. Lt. Lloyd Fagan secured the warrant and took Cooper into custody. Jason Derrall Cooper was alleged to have lived in Ranger. With the assistance of Ranger Police Officer Elizabeth Wristen, probable cause was established for the arrest. Police again suggest everyone be aware of their surroundings.

Many of us remember Brown’s Sanatorium on West Sixth St. in Cisco first run by Dr. Norman A. Brown and later by his son Chief Brown; a daughter of Chief Brown, Colette Brown Latson, lives about a block away and knows much more than I do about this interesting part of Cisco’s early history. She remembers her grandmother and her quilting groups and has one of the signed quilts that was made by some of the residents at Brown’s Sanatorium. Many remember the Magnetic or Rubbing Doctor Treatment. These were doctors who supported drugless healing where other types of treatment had failed.