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With a name like Jack London, that first published novel had better be good. If not, it would be like a kid named John Elway throwing flutterballs in football practice, causing the head coach to wonder if the boy ought to change his name.

The Marshall school district is at the beginning stages of planning its new budget for the 2009-2010 school year and likely will not know how much money will be coming in until the state legislative session ends June 1, MISD Interim Superintendent Brian Nichols said between an open and executive session at Monday's school board meeting.

Adopt-A-Pet will have an Extreme Grooming Contest Wednesday, from 1 to 3 p.m., at the Victoria Mall Center Court.

Claire Weinheimer, 10, from Groom, Texas, takes a break and sits down on the rim of a tractor tire in the shade Wednesday, May 6, 2009, as she and family members browse booths during the opening day of the 3i Show at the Finney County Fairgrounds in Garden City, Kan.

The National Weather Service has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for northeastern Armstrong, Carson, northwestern Donley, southwestern Gray, extreme south central Hutchinson and extreme east central Potter counties until 8:30 p.m. tonight.

Torrance Bubbles Pet Spa co-owner Marco Laulau is one of 12 contestants vying for the title of "groomer of the year" on the upcoming season of "Groomer Has It" on Animal Planet.

T he Texas Department of Public Safety made another bust in Groom, this time they got cash.

An assistant film director from Wigton has made his Hollywood debut working on The Young Victoria.

Many departments joined together March 10 to fight a fire that threatened property southwest of Greenbelt Lake.

Mar 12, 2009 9:50 pm US/Central Reporting Katherine Blake NORTH TEXAS Long before they get a ring on their finger, many brides start dreaming of the perfect wedding.

As a public service to all my drug-running friends packing pot and carrying cocaine from one coast to another, here's a little unsolicited advice: Avoid Interstate 40 in the Texas Panhandle.

Johnny McLaughlin , 89, of Amarillo died Friday, Jan. 23, 2009. Boxwell Brothers Funeral Directors, 2800 Paramount Blvd.

The Texas Panhandle covers somewhere around 25,000 square miles of Northwest Texas, depending on where you draw the southern border of this geographic and cultural region.

It might be hard to think of gardening, when the grass is yellow and many of our trees are bare.

If you're planning on traveling through the south, plan to take a drive through Groom, Texas.

The second half of the old Winn-Dixie building will soon have a new tenant. Ivan Smith Furniture will open a store in Athens no later than the first week of January according to Ivan Smith Advertising and ...

Troopers stumbled upon a cache of marijuana valued at $197,275 during a traffic stop late last week near Groom.

State troopers seized nearly half a ton of marijuana valued at nearly $500,000 during two traffic stops on Interstate 40 last weekend.

Troopers working patrol in Carson County near Groom stopped a Dodge pick up towing an enclosed trailer for speeding on I-40A last Friday.