A weekend celebration for a Texas priest turned deadly on June 8 when the man’s younger brother was killed in a car accident. Authorities say that the 62-year-old decedent was taking pictures near a tourist shop when he was struck by a pickup truck. That car accident occurred when the truck plowed onto the sidewalk…
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There is a family in our community who is now mourning the needless death of a woman and injury to a girl. At about 9:00 a.m. on Wednesday, June 11, 2014, a 52-year old woman was killed and an 8-year old girl was sent to Texas Children’s Hospital for treatment. The Monte Carlo in which…
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For the time being at least, driving is almost a requirement to living in Houston, which ranks in the top ten largest cities in the United States in terms of area. With Houston covering just less than 680 square miles, it is often necessary to call a taxi, as walking around this massive city is…
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For the past two years, residents of Parker County have experienced eruptions of flames shooting from their water wells as a result of dangerous levels of methane gas traveling into their water supply. Barnett Shale gas producers have claimed zero connection to their gas and oil operations, but a pair of scientists are now disputing…
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Every day throughout the state of Texas, hundreds of thousands of cars travel the local roadways. It is important for all drivers to pay attention to the task at hand while also obeying the rules of the road. Doing so will increase your chance of staying safe at all times. Recently, a woman was killed…
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One day after GM released a scathing report on their safety shortcomings, they announced four additional recalls, three of them involving air bags that may not deploy in a crash. Including the latest four, GM has now had 34 recalls this year involving 13.9 million vehicles in the U.S. The report berated GM for the…
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The June 7th truck crash that claimed the life of James “Jimmy Mack” McNair and critically injured Tracy Morgan and three other passengers has given new urgency to a long-running debate over federal rest rules for commercial truckers. According to the criminal charges against the driver of the Wal-Mart truck, Kevin Roper, he had not…
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Two women died and two others were injured in a collision in Paris, Texas, on June 3. The victims, all between the ages of 19 and 21, were members of the Texas A&M-Commerce women’s basketball team. They were returning from coaching a high school basketball camp when they were involved in the collision that occurred…
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