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Clifton Wet/Dry Election Next Tuesday
CLIFTON a ' Residents of the City of Clifton will visit the polls next Tuesday to decide whether the city will allow the sale of all alcoholic beverages within its city limits.
Prosecutor Wants To Try Teenagers As Adults In Local Man's Murder
DNA links man to decade-old rape of Cleburne teen
Ten years after a 13-year-old girl was kidnapped and raped while walking to her bus stop in Cleburne, DNA has linked a suspect to the case, police said.
DNA database turns up suspect in 1999 rape of Cleburne girl
Cleburne detectives often reviewed the rape case of a 13-year-old Cleburne girl who was abducted Sept.
DNA May Solve 10-Year-Old Child Rape Case
Cleburne police say they have a cracked a cold rape case from more than a decade ago using DNA.
Weather the storm: Oil and gas experts predict oil, gas prices to spike in 2010
Dozens of drilling rigs, trucks and extraction tools sit idle in what some locals call the "gas graveyard" along a northeast section of Loop 436, and officials are worried about one of the leading industries in East Texas.
Pilot survives crash, fire at Lake Whitney State Park
A 56-year-old pilot from Bosque County was ejected today from his single-engine plane, after the engine failed and the plane bounced twice and sputtered to the ground inside Lake Whitney State Park before catching fire.
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Ex-Principal Avoids Prison Time In Graphic Text Message Case
Former Meridian High School Principal Kelly Parker, who was accused of sending more than 80 sometimes-graphic text message to a 17-year-old girl, will avoid prison time under the terms of a plea deal.
John Watson: Pool Park and a little Bosque County history
About four miles south of Clifton on Texas 6 I spotted a historical marker for "Election Oak." After Bosque County was formed in 1854 this oak tree was the site of one of three polling places for the first election in the county.
Earthquake detector installed by SMU reps
Southern Methodist University representatives installed a seismograph in Cleburne on Monday morning and plan to install three more around town later this week.
Wheat survey shows AgriLife Research variety top pick statewide
A Texas AgriLife Research-bred wheat, TAM 111, tops the list of varieties selected for planting in Texas, according to a recent survey.
Southwest wheat crop hammered by prolonged drought, late freezes
Southwest wheat production could be off by 50 percent from last year, a victim of the double disasters of prolonged drought and late freezing temperatures.
Texas wheat program suffers two-year setback from freeze
Back-to-back freezes damaged wheat across many of the wheat-producing regions of Texas.