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They were allowed to cast ballots in Austin and Houston to vote for a new president in Iran, but some Iranians living in Texas say they are worried their votes didn't count and are protesting the results from across the globe.

Derailment Evacuation Order Lifted Jun 17, 2009 11:24 am US/Central Derailment Evacuation Order Lifted SCHULENBURG, Texas An all-night evacuation of more than 80 homes is over after crews worked all night to contain hazardous chemicals after a freight train derailment in Fayette County.

A train derailment and chemical spill west of Schulenburg led to the evacuation of 75 homes Monday evening, said the Fayette County emergency management coordinator.

Not far afield today, but for a moment it felt that way: Chronicle Posted by Will Radcliffe at June 12, 2009 04:44 PM Comments Posted by: Mike at June 12, 2009 05:44 PM Posted by: Ralph at June 12, 2009 05:54 PM This was even easier than your Galveston picture.

LIST FOOD & LIFE In the New York groove with Rockstar Bagels Also: Love Puppies Brownies, Sengelmann Hall reopens in Schulenburg, Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf opens Austin store, wine dinners at Z'Tejas and 360 Uno Trattoria Wednesday, June 10, 2009 Musician fine-tunes his Rockstar Bagels Having toured with bands on and off since the 1990s, drummer and ...

Sengelmann Hall, a 115-year old saloon and dance hall in Schulenberg, has been closed up since the 1940s.

All other forms of entertainment considered, going out to eat is the one ticket everybody buys, whether it's fast-food cheap seats, big-steak luxury boxes or the chicken-fried arena seating in-between. Let American-Statesman and austin360.com restaurant critic Mike Sutter be your all-access guide to the Central Texas dining-out scene.

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Sheriff Keith Korenek reports that the Fayette County Sheriff's Office has been involved in two different vehicle pursuits in the past week and is proud to report both drivers were apprehended without incident.

The newly renovated Sengelmann Hall opens the first weekend in June and is located at 531 Main St.

By Iuliana Petre Killeen Daily Herald Texas author Ray Grasshoff may not be a man of two worlds, but his great-great-grandfather, Wilhelm F. Kempe, a German immigrant who came to the U.S. in 1854, certainly was.

The following is from the July 11, 1917, edition of the New Orleans-based Times Picayune newspaper.

A 76-year-old Hallettsville man drowned after driving into high water under the railroad overpass on Kessler Ave Friday afternoon at approximately 3:08 pm.

Five children died Saturday after the car they were riding in careened off the road and into a bayou during heavy thunderstorms that caused flash floods here, authorities said.

Five Houston children died Saturday after their sedan slid into a rain-swollen ditch when the driver lost control while trying to answer a cell phone, authorities said.

Five Houston children were feared dead after the car they were riding in was swept away by high water Saturday evening, a fire official said.

Rescue workers found the car about 7:30 p.m., about 100 feet from where the driver lost control 2 1/2 hours earlier, Houston Fire Assistant Chief Omero Longoria told the Houston Chronicle for its online edition.

The car came to rest in a drainage ditch filled with about 9 feet of water. Two men and a 10-year-old girl managed to escape the car, but a strong storm current initially prevented rescuers from getting to it, Longoria.

At least one death - a man who drowned in his car in a flooded underpass Friday in Fayette County - was blamed on storms that continued to pound Southeast Texas for a second straight day Saturday.

"Here in Schulenburg we have been in a severe drought. Today we received more than 8 inches of rain.

Five Weimar tennis players, Colin Kasper, Sam Schrader, Kari Christen, Chris Saenz and Allison Sestak, qualified for the Regional Tennis tournament in San Marcos on April 21 and 22.

Great article Mike, but help me understand something in order to be hired for a job you must have the knowledge, and the experience CORRECT, well Mickey Finley was RAN OUT OF CLEBURNE, and Clint was with him on staff but not a Defensive Coordinator, went to Schulenburg and was a 1st year Defensive Coordinator, so to have someone make the comment he ...