James Wilson Park

Our news partner, KWTX-TV, has reported alarming statistics concerning juvenile crime in Temple over the past year.

Two boys believed to have intentionally set flame to a playground at James Wilson Park in Temple have been referred to juvenile probation, and police say one of the boys has been connected to the vandalism of an abandoned Temple school.

A fire that destroyed a playground at Temple’s James Wilson Park was intentionally set, a fire official announced Wednesday evening.