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With Great Sympathy Jackie Thoreson Bell (High Plains Observer)
Jackie Thoreson Bell, 74, of Lubbock died Thursday, March 4, 2010. Graveside services will be at 1:00 p.m. Saturday at Resthaven Memorial Park of Lubbock. Arrangements are by Agape Funeral Chapel.Massive, expensive water project the future for Central Texas (KXXV Waco) The plans are years away at this point, but the Brazos River Authority is in the early stages of looking at land for what's being called a conjunctive water use project.
Terror suspect left a faint trail in San Angelo (The San Angelo Standard-Times) SAN ANGELO, Texas —Colleen LaRose, the woman indicted in Pennsylvania on allegations that she plotted an assassination with an Islamic terrorist group, left a faint but discernible trail in San Angelo, where she lived for many years before moving elsewhere in Texas and later to Pennsburg, Pa.LaRose, 46, lived in at least two places on San Angelo’s east side, the last of which her former husband ...
Relieving traffic on Interstate 35 through Waco remains priority for state officials (Waco Tribune-Herald) Plans to relieve traffic on Interstate 35 with the Trans-Texas Corridor were put to bed last year in the face of a chorus of public criticism that centered around the use of eminent domain to make way for the ill-fated project.
Unpaid taxes (Odessa American) Some elected officials don’t appear to be paying their part of the taxpayer money they are spending.A company owned by Odessa City Councilman Benjamin Velasquez is being sued by the Ector County Appraisal District, which collects property taxes for...
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Waco's March sales tax rebate down more than 17 percent from last year (Waco Tribune-Herald) Here is bad news, but just how bad is hard to gauge. Waco’s sales tax rebate for March fell 17.21 percent from March 2009 — so what already was shaping up as a mediocre budget year for rebates got worse.
Pecos standoff (Odessa American) PECOS A Pecos man was killed outside his mobile home Wednesday morning after he reportedly shot and wounded a Reeves County sheriff’s deputy serving a warrant. Authorities refused to say whether they shot 61-year-old Michael Douglas Hickey, and...
Labette women upset Seward to earn berth in NJCAA Division I national tournament (Salina Journal) WICHITA -- Satoria Bell had 19 points and seven rebounds, and Kellindra Zachery added 15 points and 12 rebounds as Labette upset No. 11-ranked Seward County 54-49 Monday night in the championship game of the NJCAA Region 6 women's tournament at Charles Koch Arena.
TABC stings stores selling alcohol to minors in Central Texas (KXXV Waco) It's spring break time and the Texas Alcohol Beverage Commission is on high alert, looking for people who are breaking the law selling alcohol to minors.