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“We will have 57 executive homes, 80 apartments, and we will also have assisted living, skilled nursing and memory care all on one campus”

COMMONS AREA: This rendition shows how the Meadow Lake commons area will look after it is completed on the development's 92 acres. via Tyler Morning Telegraph

“Obviously, it's a very positive project for residents”

East, Crockett and Milam avenues will be repaved after the City Commission awarded a $206,450 bid to a contractor Tuesday. via The Brownsville Herald

“And if it keeps one kid from getting in a car they shouldn't or drive one they shouldn't, it was well worth it.”

Students watched as the Athens police and fire departments and Carroll-Lehr Funeral Home employees picked up the pieces of a horrific wreck in front of the high school on Thursday. via Athens Daily Review

Phase one of construction on State Highway 161 from Highway 183 to Interstate 20 was supposed to start Monday, but talks between TxDOT and the North Texas Toll Way Authority hit a snag. via NBC5i.com

Police sketches depict the suspect in the April 9 attack and the April 10 attack. via WFAA-TV Dallas

“If a nonprofit organization or a business with tax abatements, freeport goods or pollution control property has any questions about tax exemption, it should contact the appraisal district office before April 30”

Nonprofit organizations may qualify for a total exemption from property taxes, but they must apply for the exemption by April 30, said Jim Hudspeth, chief appraiser of the Johnson County Appraisal District. via Cleburne Times-Review

Members of the Marshall City Commission will decide tonight whether or not they will follow the recommendations of the planning and zoning commission in denying the request of a local attorney to rezone his ... via Marshall News Messenger

State Highway 183 is closed at Interstate 35E, the Stemmons Freeway, in Dallas because of a fatal wreck in which a cement truck overturned on top of an SUV. via Fort Worth Star-Telegram

An apparent tornado touched down late Wednesday afternoon just outside of the city of Breckenridge, Texas.

Officials say the storm injured at least 15 people in Breckenridge. Most of the reported injuries were minor, but three people were being treated at an area hospital.

CBS Station KTVT's chopper toured the area and found significant damage at the city's airport. At least five houses are also reported to have been destroyed.

Large trees are said to be uprooted, and an 18-wheeler is overturned on Highway 183 just south of town. Read more

“Do they not see the courthouse just a block from the school? There's a jail attached to the courthouse. It's full of criminals.”

The city's Planning And Zoning Commission will recommend to the City Commission that a request to rezone property across the street from Marshall Junior High School be rezoned from residential to office be ... via Marshall News Messenger

“That fry that's cooked in duck fat [at Strip House] is a damn good fry”

French fries are a glorious gastronomic experience, whether you're talking about the most simple burger-stand sort, with salt and ketchup, or gussied up in fancy restaurants, with elegant oils and herbs. via Fort Worth Star-Telegram

“Knowing that a lot of children in our community have been removed from their homes and they have some special needs, I'd like to try and make a difference in a child's life if at all possible.”

It takes the power of one to help an abused or neglected child... That was the message Child Advocates delivered this evening at their "Light of Hope" event. via KFDX-TV Wichita Falls

The strong storms we've been watching for today are now starting to develop to our west.

Large amounts of moisture has been flowing north from the Gulf of Mexico today. The atmosphere has maintained a strong "cap" for the better part of the day, keeping storms from developing in our area.

As we reach the maximum for heating today that cap will erode. When that occurs the chance of rapid storm development increases rapidly.

This afternoon, large and dangerous storms have been firing in front of a dryline that runs from roughly Childress to Big Spring to Ft. Stockton. Read more

“Safety for our kids, it's just -- it's nonexistent in Denison”

A father's attempt to get his toddler to the hospital after she's run over in her own driveway ends in tragedy. via KTEN-TV Denison

“I was in the dark with no idea where to turn”

With dwindling financial means and in need of support, she returned to her hometown of Abilene. via Abilene Reporter-News

“Because acts of staff attorneys are acts of the insurer, when staff attorneys defend insureds in lawsuits, the insurer violates the Act, is practicing law without a license, and is engaging in the unauthorized practice of law”

In a long-awaited opinion, the Texas Supreme Court has held that liability insurers may use staff attorneys to defend claims against insureds, as long as the interests of the insurer and the insured are the ... via Texas Lawyer

“Choose Peace: End the War in Iraq. "We think it's time to stop the war”

Barbara Effenberger organized a war protest in downtown Seguin five years ago when the U.S. military forces invaded Iraq. via Seguin Gazette-Enterprise

KERMIT One Kermit resident has a little extra money in her bank account after she won a million dollars with a Texas Lottery scratch off. via Odessa American Online

Girl Scouts embark on Operation Cookie Girl Scouts of Central Texas worked to pack cookies and letters for soldiers in Iraq under a program called Operation Cookie. via News 8 Austin

A 20-year-old Huntington man died in a vehicle accident early Saturday morning in Buffalo, Texas. via The Lufkin Daily News