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Monday Aug 18 | Palestine Herald-Press

Offering a helping hand

As volunteers began arriving at the Palestine Middle/High School cafeteria around 6:30 a.m. Saturday, they were greeted by a line of people already there awaiting the opening of the Palestine Junior Service ...

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Related Topix: Elkhart, TX, Frankston, TX, Education Etc., Palestine, TX

Sat Aug 16, 2008

East Texas News

Grand Jury Report

Houston County District Attorney David E. Cervantes met with the new Houston County Grand Jurors for July 2008 term on July 28.

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Related Topix: Houston County, TX, Crockett, TX

Thu Aug 14, 2008

Palestine Herald-Press

PJSL's annual Back to School Fair set Saturday

The Palestine Junior Service League will hold its eighth annual Back to School Fair from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday in the Palestine High School/Middle School cafeteria.

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Related Topix: Palestine, TX, Family, Kids, Elkhart, TX, Frankston, TX

Tue Aug 12, 2008

East Texas News

All Houston County School Districts Successful

Texas Education Agency released 2008 Accountability Ratings Friday, Aug. 1, and all five Houston County school districts achieved an "acceptable" or better rating.

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Related Topix: Texas, Houston County, TX, Family, Adolescents and Pre-Teens, Education Etc., Crockett, TX

Sun Aug 10, 2008

East Texas News

Man Pleads Guilty On Three Counts

According to a plea agreement reached Tuesday, Aug. 5, William Joseph Dunbar, of Magnolia will serve seven years in the Texas Department of Correction Institutional Division on charges stemming from a Sept.

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Related Topix: Texas, Houston County, TX, Crockett, TX

Tue Aug 05, 2008

East Texas News

Eric Lamond Davis Indicted For First Degree Murder

Eric Lamond Davis, 22, of Grapeland, was indicted on Monday, July 28 by a Houston County Grand Jury and charged with first degree murder in connection with the July 5 shooting death of 30-year-old Betty Cruz.

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Related Topix: Violent Crime, Houston County, TX

East Texas News

Fire destroys home, resident taken to hospital

Firefighters braved temperatures of over 100 degrees to battle a raging blaze that destroyed a home on PR 5047 Wednesday afternoon, July 30.

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Related Topix: Fire, Latexo, TX, Crockett, TX

Mon Aug 04, 2008

East Texas News

November, 2007 Grapeland Shooting Ruled Justified

A Houston County Grand Jury has deemed the Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2007 shooting death of 38-year-old Carlos Kratzer by two Houston County Sheriff's Office Deputies, Randy Hargrove and Clint Massingill, as justified.

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Related Topix: Houston County, TX, Violent Crime

Thu Jul 24, 2008

Palestine Herald-Press

Two indicted by grand jury for beating

Two Palestine men accused of badly beating a 19-year-old local man this past spring have been indicted by an Anderson County grand jury.

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Related Topix: Anderson County, TX, Palestine, TX, Elkhart, TX

Tue Jul 22, 2008

East Texas News

Allegations launch investigation

Allegations made against Houston County Sheriff's Office Deputy H.D. Gresham and another unnamed deputy by a Crockett man, Damien Taylor, have resulted in an investigation reportedly led by the FBI.

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Related Topix: Houston County, TX, Crockett, TX

Sun Jul 20, 2008

Palestine Herald-Press

County-wide burn ban now in effect

With total rainfall down considerably for the year and increasingly dry conditions, Anderson County Judge Linda Bostick Ray has declared a "local state of disaster," essentially triggering a seven-day burn ban.

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Related Topix: Anderson County, TX, Rusk, TX, Palestine, TX

Fri Jul 18, 2008

Palestine Herald-Press

Diving into Fun

Seven-year-old Cody Jones, right, pulls up his mask after a dive in the pool as Jarod Nelson, 8, plays with a portion of a plastic snorkel Tuesday afternoon at the Steven Bennett Aquatic Center.

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Related Topix: Center, TX, Rusk, TX, Palestine, TX

Wed Jul 16, 2008

Palestine Herald-Press

Going to the Dogs

From left, handlers Cameron Carlson and Marcia Montagne show off summer fashions by models Miss Button, on the left wearing a "teeny weenie yellow polka dot bikini" and Suzette wearing a bright yellow dress ...

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Related Topix: Cameron University, Cameron, TX, Palestine, TX, Rusk, TX

Tue Jul 08, 2008

Palestine Herald-Press

Palestine man charged with murder

A 22-year-old Palestine man was arrested Sunday night and charged with the weekend shooting death of a 30-year-old Grapeland woman at her Houston County residence.

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Related Topix: Crockett, TX, Dallas, TX, Houston County, TX, Palestine, TX

Fri Jul 04, 2008

Palestine Herald-Press

Jailed man charged for burglaries

A 40-year-old Grapeland man already incarcerated on unrelated charges is expected to be charged in connection with a handful of burglaries occurring throughout Anderson County in May during which thousands of ...

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Related Topix: Anderson County, TX

Wed Jul 02, 2008

Palestine Herald-Press

A Deep-Seeded Tradition

Fireworks have become synonymous with Independence Day, but here in East Texas, there's something else that makes America's birthday special - watermelon.

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Sun Jun 29, 2008

East Texas News

Deputies arrest man after traffic stop

A Corsicana man was arrested in Grapeland on Monday, June 23 and charged with possession of marijuana following a traffic stop.

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Related Topix: Corsicana, TX

Mon Jun 23, 2008

Jacksonville Daily Progress

Elliot, Henderson unite

Rachel Lousie Elliott of Jacksonville and James Eddie Henderson of Grapeland were married at 3 p.m. April 19, 2008, at Castle on the Lake in Jacksonville.

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Related Topix: Cherokee County, TX, Jacksonville, TX, Henderson, TX

Thu Jun 19, 2008

East Texas News

Houston County 172nd Birthday

Houston County located on El Camino Real is the oldest and the first created county in the Republic of Texas, making this growing county 172 years old.

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Related Topix: Texas, Houston, TX, Houston County, TX

Tue Jun 17, 2008

East Texas News

Weches man sentenced for assault on 14-year-old girl

A North Dakota Man, formerly of Weches, was sentenced to 30 days in the Houston County Jail and 18 months probation on Wednesday, May 28 after pleading guilty to assaulting his stepdaughter.

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Related Topix: Houston County, TX

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