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Kyerah Adkins, 4, of Black's Memorial Baptist Church Youth Choir, made her own shade as the choir performed Thursday during the Travis County & City of Austin Employees Juneteenth Celebration, 'Texas Emancipation Day,' at Wooldridge Square in Austin.

The Normangee Star, published weekly on Wednesday, is the only local newspaper in Normangee, Texas.

Since Leon County voters gave the go-ahead to paying more property taxes to get ambulance service back, officials there have been busy.

Bryan Scott Jenkins, 26, of Thornton, died in a two-vehicle collision Wednesday afternoon near Groesbeck.

A critical item on the ballot in Leon County Saturday night had wide-reaching impact, and voters there have decided to raise property taxes in order to return permanent ambulance service to the area.

A temporary ambulance service is in place in northeast Leon County, and a permanent service is a few weeks away after Saturday's election.

Leon County Judge Byron Ryder fears that residents won't have an ambulance during a serious emergency.

Celebrate Mother's Day at Unleashed Indoor Dog Parks, where there will be gift bags for the first 100 doggie moms, along with door prizes, free massages, wine tasting and treat samples.

Residents who were evacuated following a Union Pacific train derailment and fire Thursday morning in Leon County are back in their homes, and officials said crews are working to build a road to get equipment to the remote, wooded area to finish the cleanup and rebuilding process.

An evacuation has been ordered for some Oakwood residents as emergency crews are struggle to put out a fire on a derailed train in Leon County.

Residents of northeastern Leon County have ambulance service again, but only for the next 25 days.

After almost a week with no paramedics in Leon County, including on a busy stretch of I-45 between Dallas and Houston, a temporary ambulance will soon be in operation.

A temporary ambulance service could be named by Tuesday to serve areas in Leon County where EMS is no longer provided.

The drive from Dallas to Houston is now more dangerous than ever. A long stretch of Interstate 45 is without ambulance service between Buffalo to Leona - almost exactly between the two major metropolitan areas.

LEON COUNTY a 'The chief of police in the small town of Oakwood in Leon County was in the Leon County Jail Tuesday after his arrest on a warrant charging aggravated assault.

Just as soon as a small Leon County town hired its first police chief, the job was once again open after the chief was placed behind bars Monday.

The clock is ticking for some Leon County residents who will be without ambulance service beginning Tuesday.

Everywhere in Machiko Tomita's Kimball Tower office are signs of her passions and personality - a round table to facilitate intense discussion about research, an orchid reminiscent of her native Japan, a painting by a nursing home resident.

Enjoy the great outdoors, get some exercise, and step into the past with a Historic Downtown Walking tour.

Two people were killed in separate car accidents in Freestone County on Sunday. At 3:42 a.m., 19-year-old James Granberry, a truck driver from Buffalo, was driving east on Farm-to-Market Road 489 just outside of Dew when he began to drift off the road.