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Scottsville News

Local news for Scottsville, TX continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.

Friday Aug 1 | Marshall News Messenger

Water is going fast

The excessive heat and dry conditions being experienced in Northeast Texas have resulted in water rationing for at least one Harrison County municipality.

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Related Topix: Harrison County, TX

Wed Jul 30, 2008

KSLA-TV Shreveport

Water returns to Harrison County Community

People living in and around the Scottsville, Texas area are without water. Dennis Engdahl, who oversees the Scottsville Water Distribution and is Harrison County's Fire Marshall, says the residents in the area ...

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Related Topix: Harrison County, TX, Marshall, TX

Mon Jul 28, 2008

Marshall News Messenger

Employment up, sales tax down in county

More people were working in Harrison County last month than were working a year ago, according to statistics released earlier this week by the Texas Comptroller's Office.

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Related Topix: Texas, Harrison County, TX, Uncertain, TX, Marshall, TX, Longview Metro

Fri Jul 18, 2008

KTBS

18-wheeler catches fire on I-20 in East Texas

An 18-wheeler hauling processed chicken to Waco, Texas, caught fire this morning on Interstate 20 in Harrison County.

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Related Topix: Harrison County, TX

Thu Jun 19, 2008

Marshall News Messenger

Lions Club installs new officers

The installation of the new officers for the Waskom Lions Club was June 12 at Catfish Village.

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Related Topix: Life, Dessert, Ice Cream, Jonesville, TX, Longview Metro, Marshall, TX

Tue Jun 17, 2008

KRISTV.COM Corpus Christi

Groups want access to old cemeteries

Born into slavery, Ohio Taylor was a free black farmer when he died in 1918 and was buried in deep East Texas.

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Related Topix: Archaeology, Anthropology, Science, Longview Metro, Marshall, TX, Texas

Sun Jun 01, 2008

Tyler Morning Telegraph

'Holiness' Camp Meeting Now in 110TH Year

By PATRICK BUTLER Religion Editor The story begins 110 years ago at a "holiness" brush arbor camp meeting in Scottsville.

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Related Topix: Longview, TX, Longview Metro

Tue May 27, 2008

Marshall News Messenger

'Vietnam cheated us'

Scott Hill compares it to a cattle brand. Something has been painfully imprinted on his memory that will never be erased.

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Related Topix: Marshall, TX, Longview Metro

Fri Apr 25, 2008

Marshall News Messenger

Love Cemetery topic of fact-finding mission

“The issue is one of egress into family cemeteries so that the families can visit their loved ones”

Members of the Texas Funeral Service Commission were in Marshall Thursday on a fact-finding mission concerning Love Cemetery, an abandoned slave cemetery in Scottsville. via Marshall News Messenger

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Related Topix: Marshall, TX, Longview Metro, Mount Pleasant, TX, Harrison County, TX, Texas

Wed Mar 05, 2008

Marshall News Messenger

Heated election draws record turnout

“But now that the public has been made aware of the caucuses and their importance, we may see more participants in the future. It's something we'll have to prepare for.”

A large turnout for "Texas two-step" voting Tuesday night was exhilarating for some. via Marshall News Messenger

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Related Topix: Hallsville, TX, Telephone, TX, Ben-Franklin, TX, Maydelle, TX

Fri Feb 29, 2008

Marshall News Messenger

General Cable lays off 25

“We make wire and cable components”

A company executive at General Cable headquarters confirmed Friday that 25 hourly production workers at the Scottsville plant have been laid off. via Marshall News Messenger

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Tue Feb 19, 2008

Marshall News Messenger

Time to pull out the voter registration card

“That will not be the case on Election Day, when voters will have to vote in their precincts. "That is why I highly recommend early voting, especially if anyone has any doubts about where they should vote.”

Early voting for the March 4 party primaries begins 8 a.m. today at the elections office, 415 E. Burleson St. via Marshall News Messenger

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Related Topix: Karnack, TX, Elysian Fields, TX

Tue Jan 15, 2008

Marshall News Messenger

Voting location change approved

Harrison County Commissioners on Monday approved a location change for Voting Box 7 in the 2008 elections. via Marshall News Messenger

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Related Topix: Harrison County, TX

Wed Jan 02, 2008

Marshall News Messenger

Grass fire threatens homes in Crossroads

“It's almost a major ignition source for fires”

Sparks from a blown tire on an 18-wheel truck driving east on State Highway 31 may have ignited a fire in a wooded area in the small community of Crossroads, approximately six miles from Elysian Fields Tuesday ... via Marshall News Messenger

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Related Topix: Elysian Fields, TX, Harleton, TX

Mon Dec 10, 2007

Austin American-Statesman

Group trying to regain access to black cemetery in East Texas

“You can get in right now if you have a helicopter, because there's nothing that can keep you out of that cemetery”

Descendants of black people buried in an untended East Texas graveyard dating to the slavery era say they worry that a dispute with a timber company that owns land leading to the cemetery might permanently keep ... via Austin American-Statesman

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Sun Dec 09, 2007

The Dallas Morning News

Group fighting to save Love Cemetery in East Texas

“When we got this cleaned, there was such a sense of jubilation, thinking of our forefathers. It was like they were saying, 'Well, it took you a long time, but you made it,' ”

Doris Vitatoe, 67, visits the grave site of her great-grandfather Ohio Taylor. Many of the grave markers have been misplaced. via The Dallas Morning News

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Related Topix: Dallas Metro, Dallas, TX, Marshall, TX

Thu Nov 29, 2007

Marshall News Messenger

Indictments handed out by jury

A fugitive who evaded Marshall police for more than a week and six members of a copper theft ring were among those indicted this week by the November-December term of Harrison County Grand Jury. via Marshall News Messenger

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Related Topix: Marshall, TX, Longview Metro, Longview, TX, Harrison County, TX

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Scottsville, Texas is located in Harrison County and is part of the Longview Metro Area. Zip codes in Scottsville, TX include 75688.

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