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With comic disbelief, I read Brittony Lund's newspaper article concerning our local governments' "attempts" to increase our hotel tax.

IRIS International, Inc. , a leading manufacturer of automated in-vitro diagnostics systems and consumables for use in hospitals and commercial laboratories worldwide, announced today that IRIS senior management, led by Cesar Garcia, Chairman and CEO, will host a financial analyst breakfast briefing and presentation on Wednesday, July 22, 2009, in ...

It might not feel as if we're in a drought, but we are -- and that's something to keep in mind.

Area law enforcement officers have been busy this Saturday morning. The Nacogdoches Police Department is investigating a homicide that occurred just before 2 o'clock this morning in front of Harlan's Bar-Be-Que on Old Tyler Road.

Despite drought conditions, El Paso and Juarez users are expected to receive nearly their full share of water this year from the Rio Grande Project, officials said Tuesday.

R&B Balladeer Will Downing is performing once again, following a long battle with the debilitating muscle disorder Polymyositis.

Tom Milligan, 82, of Kerrville, passed away Thursday, June 18, 2009, in a local hospital.

The Nolan Divide Community Center is in need of a new roof. To help defray the cost of the repair, there will be a family fun night held at the community center, located at Highway 126 in Nolan, beginning at 6 p.m. Friday, June 19, 2009.

LAKE JACKSON, Texas - You can enjoy a drive to and from Lake Jackson and see the sea.

Austin Community College Juneteenth Celebration - 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday. Exhibits, entertainment, food and other vendors.

Retired Air Force Major Delbert David read a disturbing article in the newspaper recently.

Posted by Michael Sangiacomo/Plain Dealer Reporter June 11, 2009 09:03AM UPDATED 11:05 a.m. CLEVELAND - An inmate being transported to the Justice Center this morning somehow slipped out of his handcuffs and escaped through a window on the bus.

Got the following email from a colleague and thought it was worth mentioning: Very late Sunday night a "deal" was made in the Texas legislature to make an exemption in the Texas Open Beaches Act - the law that guarantees public access to our beaches.

Summer is in full swing and many more activities are available in The State of Texas that the whole family will enjoy.

With Vandetanib In Patients With Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Presented At American Society Of Clinical Oncology Data from the Phase III ZODIAC1 study in advanced non-small cell lung cancer patients, with the investigational drug vandetanib, were presented today at the American Society of Clinical Oncology meeting in Orlando.

Howdy! Well, hurricane season officially started Monday, and we already have had a tropical depression in the Atlantic - but it did not develop into anything, thank goodness.

An officer injured during a police pursuit will go home six weeks after suffering critical injuries.

Summer's good for a lot of things - trips to the beach, grilling in the backyard, or just sitting on the porch and watching the sun call it a day.

Brazoria County Commissioner Mary Ruth Rhodenbaugh stood in the Barrow Elementary band hall full of fourth-graders Friday and asked them a simple question.

Wright Motor Company in Lufkin had yet to receive a phone call or FedEx letter from General Motors, determining whether or not it will be among the 1,100 dealers dropped by the automaker nationwide, as of Friday afternoon.