Limestone County News

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PSALM 112:1 - PRAISE YE the Lord. Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord, that delighteth greatly in His commandments.

The November 3 General Election is near, and Limestone County is leasing out equipment for conducting the election to the City of Groesbeck and to the Mount Calm Independent School District.

PSALM 115:11 - Ye that fear the Lord, trust in the Lord: He is their help and their Shield.

* UNTIL WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED. * AT 0415 AM TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 30.46 FEET.

David Lemond Praytor, of Austin, Texas died Saturday, September 19, 2009 at his home.

Meet the Cheek Sisters, a couple of darling Mexia girls, the daughters of Michael and Tracy Cheek.

The purchase of land for a new county jail was approved following an executive session by the Harrison County Commissioners Court.

When the new Jack Harwell Detention Center is ready for prisoners, McLennan County Sheriff Larry Lynch will be responsible for up to 800 additional inmates, but the stipend he is paid in the contract with the private detention company that will operate it will not increase.

A 51-year-old Mart woman was taken to the hospital, by helicopter, with a gunshot wound to the stomach.

GROESBECK a 'A rural Limestone County woman accidentally shot herself Friday morning at her rural residence, sheriffa TMs deputies said.

Selling Heart of Texas Fair and Rodeo tickets as a fundraiser by the Limestone County Go-Texan Committee means one thing.

MEXIA a 'Investigators from the Mexia Police Department and the Texas Department of Public Safety Tuesday morning were searching the waters of Lake Mexia for a handgun police say was used in a shooting earlier in September that left a Mexia man paralyzed.

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

GROESBECK a 'A man who led a Department of Public Safety Trooper on a chase through two Central Texas counties was in custody Thursday, facing a list of potential charges.

The J.E. Kingham Construction Company is in charge of two major projects coming up in Limestone County.

Reginald Hatton, a 36-yea-old black male, of Mexia, has been charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, in connection with a pre-dawn domestic disturbance Wednesday on South Kaufman Street.

Congressman Joe Barton presented the City of Arlington with a $500,000 grant for public safety telecommunications.

Apparently, "all systems are go," in conjunction with the soil analysis for the new county jail site.

Last Nov. 3, the resident at a home on Ross Avenue in Mexia became the target of a home invasion robbery.