Freestone County News

Community Pep Rally There will be all-district/community Pep Rally for the Mexia Black Cats on the Football field Friday at 2 p.m. Everyone is encouraged to attend.

A Freestone County man was killed Wednesday morning after rolling his car outside Fairfield, police said.

Freestone County Devon Energy will drill the HB Pyle A-Neal B Well No. 1H to 13,000 feet 5.2 miles southeast of Fairfield in the M. Riondo Survey, A-25. It is in the Nan-Su-Gail Field.

The Buffalo ISD in Leon County is closing its schools Friday because of the large number of students and staff who are absent because of flu-like illness.

By CHERIL VERNON Community Editor Reenactors depicting different time periods, vintage aircrafts, War War II military vehicles and a tour of historic parts of Palestine were all part of a special showcase to introduce film producers and casting and location scouts to East Texas during the East Texas Film Commission's 2009 Regional Film Expo.

Ralph Thompson is a bit like the hardware he sells. The 45-year employee of Hoffman Lumber Co., who celebrated his 91st birthday Saturday, knows a thing or two about bearing his part of the load.

Released by Kelly Young with the City of Jacksonville: The Palestine Public Library is being forced to relocate its entire collection after both the north and south wings of their building collapsed this summer, and the Jacksonville Public Library is stepping up to ensure Palestine readers have a place where they can pick up free reading materials ...

Supper 'n Singing Every month, it's Supper and Singing at South McKinney Street Baptist Church.

Weather appears to have been a factor in an accident late Monday afternoon on a Central Texas highway that left one person dead.

Freestone County XTO Energy will drill the Brumlow Gas Unit No. 1 Well No. 33 and the Knight Gas Unit No.

Monday night the Board of Trustees for the Mexia ISD adopted a zero balanced-budget with no increases in the tax rate for the 2009-2010 school year, an accomplishment that has not occurred in at least the past 10 years.

Weekly migratory bird hunting reports will be posted from September through early February.

Staff Reports The Anderson County Commissioners Court will hold a regular meeting at 9 a.m. Monday inside the county courtroom of the Anderson County Courthouse Annex.

The jail census displays record high numbers, growth is a combination of out-of-county inmates and more arrests The Henderson County Jail is steadily filling up as the expanded and renovated facility receives inmates from neighboring counties.

The Henderson County Jail is steadily filling up as the expanded and renovated facility receives inmates from neighboring counties.

The Henderson County Jail is steadily filling up as the expanded and renovated facility receives inmates from neighboring counties.

The Henderson County Jail is steadily filling up as the expanded and renovated facility receives inmates from neighboring counties.

Freestone County XTO Energy will drill the Fails Gas Unit Well No. 31 to 13,500 feet 7.1 miles south of Teague in the J.L. Chavert Survey, A-10. It is in the Freestone Field.

Freestone County XTO Energy will drill three wells. The Hugh D. Whitaker Gas Unit II Well No.

A paroled killer convicted of shoplifting five CDs from a store in Conroe has been sentenced to life in prison.