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5 hrs ago | Monterey County Herald

Other views: When self-policing fails

Sometimes, a voluntary best-practices approach to industry self-regulation works best to raise standards and minimize government intrusion.

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Related Topix: Explosion, West, TX, Bryan, TX, Opinion

16 hrs ago | KWTX

Owners Of Damaged Homes In West Could Get Tax Break

McLennan County Commissioners voted Tuesday to authorize the county Tax Appraisal District to reappraise homes, buildings and property affected by the April 17 fertilizer plant explosion in West.

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Related Topix: Train Disaster, Rick Perry, US Governors

Sun Jun 16, 2013

Hillsboro Reporter

Annual Hill County Crops Tour Thursday

The 2013 Hill County Crops Tour hosted by the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service will be held Thursday, June 20. The program will include several presentations aimed at helping local producers take a little more to the grain bin and keep a little more money in their pocketbooks, according to extension Agent Ryan Collett.

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Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, Hill County, TX, Hillsboro, TX, Birome, TX

Wed Jun 12, 2013

KWTX

Local Man Arrested For Stealing Own Dog From Shelter

A Bellmead man was arrested May 26 after Waco police say he used his daughters to create a diversion while he stole a dog from the animal shelter.

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Related Topix: Bellmead, TX, Waco, TX

Tue Jun 11, 2013

Examiner.com

McLennan County Libertarian Party presents free debate on taxation

Press Release: In light of recent revelations about the IRS, the time is now for a thorough examination of taxation.

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Related Topix: Journalism

Fri Jun 07, 2013

KXXV-TV Waco

Sleep apnea claims growing rapidly in VA

Sleep apnea claims for Veteran's Affairs have nearly doubled in the past three years.

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Related Topix: Waco, TX

Thu Jun 06, 2013

KXXV-TV Waco

Sheriffs seek help in identifying Axtell school vandals

The McLennan County Sheriff's Office is seeking the public's help in identifying two people who broke in and vandalized Axtell High School.

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Related Topix: Axtell, TX

Insurance Journal West

Texas Law Change Would Allow Reappraisals After Disaster

Hundreds of property owners whose homes and businesses were damaged by the earth-rattling fertilizer plant explosion that devastated the town of West in April may catch a break on their property taxes under recently approved legislation.

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Related Topix: Explosion, Rick Perry, US Governors

KWTX

Local Man Sentenced For Credit Card Abuse

A McGregor man was sentenced Wednesday in federal court after he earlier pleaded guilty to fraudulently using someone else's credit card.

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Related Topix: McGregor, TX, Federal Prisons, Prison, Waco, TX

Wed Jun 05, 2013

KXXV-TV Waco

McLennan County auditor says taxes may need to be increased

A McLennan County auditor says that for the county to reach it's target revenue, taxes may have to be increased.

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Tue Jun 04, 2013

KWTX

Local Man Charged With Severely Injuring A Child

A Waco man was being held Tuesday in the McLennan County Jail after police say he caused life-threatening injury to a 5-month-old child.

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Related Topix: Waco, TX, Temple, TX

KWTX

Man And Woman Arrested For Human Trafficking

A man and a woman who police say lured a run-away Waco girl into a prostitution scheme have been arrested in Mobile, Alabama on the charge.

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Related Topix: Waco, TX, Bellmead, TX

Mon Jun 03, 2013

KWBU-TV Waco

On The Record

On The Record: Ben Perry On May 22nd, Bill Whitaker, Opinion Editor of the Waco Tribune-Herald, and Sandra Sanchez, Assistant Opinion Editor met with McLennan County Commissioner Ben Perry for an editorial board interview.

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KHQ-TV Spokane

40,000 Killer Bees Leave Man Dead, Woman In Serious Condition

Larry Goodwin, 62, died Saturday, June 1, after his tractor struck a hidden hive encompassed 22 honeycombs harboring an estimated 40,000 Africanized honeybees.

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Related Topix: Apiculture, Science, Texas, Moody, TX, Waco, TX

KWTX

Jury Selection Underway In Capital Murder Case

Waco prosecutors and a local district judge were in Georgetown Monday as individual interviews were underway to seat a jury in a Waco capital murder trial.

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Related Topix: Waco, TX, Georgetown, TX, Death Penalty

Sun Jun 02, 2013

KXXV-TV Waco

Central Texas man dies in bee attack

A hive of Africanized bees has killed a Central Texas man and injured a woman who tried to help him.

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Related Topix: Apiculture, Science, Moody, TX, Waco, TX

Sat Jun 01, 2013

SFGate

Law change would allow reappraisals after disaster

Hundreds of property owners whose homes and businesses were damaged by the earth-rattling fertilizer plant explosion that devastated the town of West in April may catch a break on their property taxes under recently approved legislation.

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Related Topix: Explosion, Rick Perry, US Governors

Fri May 31, 2013

KWTX

Area Man In Critical Condition After Thursday Shooting

An area man was listed in critical condition Friday evening after he was found shot in the head and face.

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Related Topix: Lorena, TX, Killeen, TX

KXXV-TV Waco

Officer crashes into truck, Central Texas man found without license

A two-car accident involving a Bruceville Eddy police officer has led a Central Texas man to the McLennan County Jail.

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Related Topix: Eddy, TX, Bruceville-Eddy, TX

Thu May 30, 2013

KWTX

Grand Jury Re-Indicts 82-Year-Old For Second Time In A Month

An 82-year-old McLennan County man was named in indictments for the second time in a month charged with inappropriate sexual contact with young children.

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