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Yesterday | Star-telegram.com

Figures on child hunger are appalling, but some people don't care

BUD KENNEDY One in 5 Tarrant County children might not get to eat at home without help from food stamps.And it's not solely an urban problem.

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Related Topix: Tarrant County, TX, Opinion

Thu Nov 05, 2009

Mineral Wells Insider

Separate traffic stops result in drug arrests

Officers made four arrests and seized methamphetamine, psilocybin mushrooms and marijuana during two traffic stops Tuesday, according to Mineral Wells police.

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Related Topix: Drugs, Mineral Wells, TX, Lipan, TX

Tue Nov 03, 2009

Weatherford Democrat

Balloting set for Tuesday

Staff Reports A few local issues and eleven proposed constitutional amendments form the basis for Tuesday's election.

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Related Topix: Millsap, TX, Aledo, TX, Education Etc., US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, US Supreme Court

Sun Nov 01, 2009

Weatherford Democrat

Riley touts county transportation efforts

At the request of Texas transportation leaders, Parker County Judge Mark Riley gave opening remarks focusing on the county's regional partnerships and local partnerships with cities and school districts within Parker County, at the recent Texas Transportation Commission meeting.

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Related Topix: Texas, Fort Worth, TX, Johnson County, TX, Tarrant County, TX

Sat Oct 31, 2009

KTEN-TV Denison

TX counties offer Halloween session for offenders

Registered sex offenders on probation in three Texas counties have a mandatory counseling session on Halloween night.

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Related Topix: Dallas Metro, Fort Worth, TX, Palo Pinto County, TX

Fri Oct 30, 2009

KRLD NewsRadio 1080

Registered Sex Offenders Meeting In Weatherford

Registered sex offenders from three counties have a meeting in Weatherford tomorrow night and attendance is not optional.

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Related Topix: Weatherford, TX

Thu Oct 29, 2009

Report news

Bigamy charges against House of Yahweh leader Yisrayl Hawkins dropped

Bigamy charges against House of Yahweh leader Yisrayl Hawkins were dismissed Thursday after the leader of the House of Yahweh pleaded no contest to four cases involving child labor violations.

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Related Topix: Callahan County, TX

Star-telegram.com

Rainfall hits Tarrant County, but severe weather expected farther east

By BILL MILLER A cold front that brought early snow to the Rockies blew into Tarrant County with heavy rains at about 11 a.m. Thursday, but Fort Worth appeared to have been spared some much anticipated severe weather, a forecaster said.A line of broken storms developed overnight in West Texas and lumbered east toward the Metroplex.

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Related Topix: Weather, Tarrant County, TX, West, TX, Natural Disasters, Flood

Wed Oct 28, 2009

Weatherford Democrat

Three Korean War veterans reunite

Crystal Brown cbrown@weatherforddemocrat.com Three pieces of a wrinkled and faded dollar bill are placed on the table while a group of Korean veterans sit inside Davis City Pharmacy reminiscing about the last time the three were together, some 50 years ago.

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Related Topix: History in the News, Life, Veteran Affairs, US Military, US Army, Fort Hood, Fort Hood, TX, Weatherford, TX

Mon Oct 26, 2009

Star-telegram.com

Appeals court upholds 4,060-year sentence for Springtown man

By BILL MILLER A state appeals court has affirmed the 4,060-year prison sentence given to a Springtown man in 2008 for sexually abusing three teenage girls.The Second Court of Appeals in Fort Worth issued its opinion Thursday regarding the 43 guilty verdicts and unprecedented prison sentence for James Kevin Pope.Pope, 44, was convicted by a Parker ...

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Related Topix: Criminal Defense Law, Law

Weatherford Democrat

Road design weighed

Sara Ortega sortega@weatherforddemocrat.com Aledo City Council met Thursday night to hear a new design concept for FM 1187 downtown and options for water and sewer rate increases.

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Related Topix: Aledo, TX, Annetta, TX

Sat Oct 24, 2009

CBS 11

Heavy Equipment A Hot Item For Parker Co. Thieves

Share + Oct 23, 2009 12:09 pm US/Central WEATHERFORD A rash of heavy equipment thefts have taken place in Parker County.

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Related Topix: Weatherford, TX

Fri Oct 23, 2009

Mineral Wells Insider

Eventide 'pinks it up' to fight breast cancer

You're not experiencing a case of pink eye. Those bottle caps and labels on Eventide Spring Water are actually pink.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Breast Cancer, Fort Worth, TX, Fort Worth Metro, Dallas Metro, Mineral Wells, TX

Thu Oct 22, 2009

Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Dog pack menaces Cresson neighborhood, but city has no animal-control ordinances or services

The anguish is apparent in Murielle Rittman's eyes when she talks about her Schnauzer, Max, who was mauled to death last week, dragged from her yard by a pack of dogs that live less than a block away.

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Related Topix: Cresson, TX, Prison

Wed Oct 21, 2009

Weatherford Democrat

Flu shot clinics rescheduled

Crystal Brown cbrown@weatherforddemocrat.com Two flu shot clinics are scheduled for this week after numerous clinics were cancelled in the past few weeks due to a shortage of the seasonal flu vaccine.

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Related Topix: Influenza, Health, Mineral Wells, TX, Family, Kids, Weatherford, TX

Tue Oct 20, 2009

Denton Record-Chronicle

State sanctions Dallas justice of the peace for failing to fix busy court's problems

Justice of the Peace Thomas Jones has been publicly sanctioned by state judicial regulators for failing to fix clerical errors and other serious problems that wrought havoc with cases in his busy and chaotic southern Dallas court, according to records released Tuesday.

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Related Topix: Dallas, TX

Mon Oct 19, 2009

Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Fire strikes Mineral Wells building supply company

Firefighters battled a blaze Friday morning at a building supply company near Mineral Wells, according to reports.

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Related Topix: Mineral Wells, TX, Fire, Wells, TX, Palo Pinto County, TX

Sun Oct 18, 2009

CBS News

New Revelations in Caylee Anthony Murder

Give the defense their change of venue. Send them to Parker County Texas. I'd give my eye teeth to be on the jury.

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Sat Oct 17, 2009

Mineral Wells Insider

Furr's Lumber burns in morning blaze

Furr's Lumber on U.S. Highway 281 North burned in a massive early morning fire Friday.

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Related Topix: Palo Pinto County, TX

Fri Oct 16, 2009

Star-telegram.com

One of Texas' most wanted child support evaders arrested in Grand Prairie

By DOMINGO RAMIREZ JR. GRAND PRAIRIE -- A man listed as one of the state's most wanted child support evaders was arrested Thursday by Tarrant County authorities.Authorities identified the man as Brent King, 39, who is accused of owing more than $44,000 in unpaid child support.Investigators with the Attorney General's Child Support Division traced ...

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Related Topix: Grand Prairie, TX, Tarrant County, TX, Criminal Defense Law, Law, Fort Worth, TX

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