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Fire guts EMC home

Sunday, January 31, 2010

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Fire guts EMC home

Just before midnight on Saturday, the Cut and Shoot Fire Department responded to a house fire on the corner of Oliver Lane and Main Street, south of SH 105 East in Security. Upon arrival, Cut and Shoot firefighters saw flames through the roof and requested a second alarm for manpower and water. Click the arrow [...]

Cop killer among inmates who tried to escape

Sunday, January 31, 2010

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Cop killer among inmates who tried to escape

LIVINGSTON – New details are emerging about the five inmates who attempted to escape from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice Polunsky Unit in Polk County Friday night. TDCJ spokesman Jason Clark said the five men had attended a church service in the gym and were walking back to their living quarters a few minutes [...]

Early morning wrecks kill 2

Sunday, January 31, 2010

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Early morning wrecks kill 2

MONTGOMERY COUNTY – In the first three hours of Saturday, two people died in unrelated single vehicle automobile accidents. The first crash was reported just after midnight when a Honda Civic was traveling north on Old Houston Road north of Payne Road. According to DPS, the driver lost control and went into a side skid [...]

Vandals strike EMC church

Sunday, January 31, 2010

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Vandals strike EMC church

Traveling on SH 242, it is difficult to miss the Living Way United Methodist Church at the intersection of Old Houston Road, a Sprung fiberglass structure with an odd appearance that’s been compared to everything from a Hershey’s kiss to an onion. But on Saturday morning, something else stood out about the church. It was [...]

Driver clocked at 123 MPH had a reeeeeally good reason!

Sunday, January 31, 2010

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Driver clocked at 123 MPH had a reeeeeally good reason!

By Allen Youngblood www.i-dineout.com DAYTON,TX – Around 1:00 AM on Saturday morning the Dayton Police Department was patrolling SH 146 south of Dayton near FM 1413 when a northbound vehicle was clocked on radar going 123 miles per hour. As the vehicle traveled north approaching Dayton its’ speed through the construction zone varied between 98 [...]

Wrecks, fires & medical emergencies keep TVFD busy

Sunday, January 31, 2010

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Wrecks, fires & medical emergencies keep TVFD busy

By Asst. Chief Dalton Lee Gregory, Tarkington Volunteer Fire Department The past week was a very busy one for Tarkington Firefighters, as they responded to three motor vehicle accidents, four brush fires, one of which also involved a structure, an oven fire, and numerous medical first responder calls. The first accident occurred on Monday afternoon, [...]

Are you on this list?

Sunday, January 31, 2010

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Are you on this list?

PATTON VILLAGE POLICE DEPT. Warrant list – updated January 22, 2010 A ABERCROMBIE, THOMAS 7/29/1980 WM 07-158440 740.00 SPRING ABONZA, JOSE 7/4/1979 H/M 07-153674 CAPIAS 748.00 CLEVELAND ACALA, MARIO OCHOA 1/19/1960 W/M 04-144720 CAPIAS $1,005.00 OMNI PASADENA ACCUTTOROOP, DEANA 10/10/1967 W/F 02-142285 $1,265.75 OMNI WOODVILLE ACEBEDO, OLGA 1/18/1986 H/F 06-153624 $730.00 LAREDO ACKER, CLIFTON, JR. [...]

Are you a Blue Hippo victim?

Sunday, January 31, 2010

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Are you a Blue Hippo victim?

AUSTIN – Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott today charged a finance company with violating the Texas Deceptive Practices Act by failing to deliver computers and related equipment to purchasers – who were primarily customers with poor credit ratings. According to the state’s enforcement action, BlueHippo Funding, LLC and its sole shareholder Joseph K. Rensin of [...]

Court was a “cakewalk” on Friday for repeat drug offender

Saturday, January 30, 2010

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Court was a “cakewalk” on Friday for repeat drug offender

CONROE – A career criminal who faced possible life in prison got off easy in court on Friday, and was home bragging about it on his computer a few hours later. Jason Andrew Davis, 38, of Conroe appeared before 284th District Court of Judge Cara Wood on charges of first-degree felony delivery of a controlled [...]

Three shot in escape attempt

Friday, January 29, 2010

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Three shot in escape attempt

POLK COUNTY – Three people are hospitalized with gunshot wounds following an escape attempt at the Texas Department of Criminal Justice Polunsky Unit in Livingston. The escape attempt, involving five inmates, occurred just after 9 p.m. on Friday. Guards fired several shots from a surveillance tower, striking three of the five would-be escapees. The other [...]

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