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Wednesday Jun 10 | The Family Badge

Veteran officer, passenger remain critical following motorcycle crash

A law enforcement officer who worked for multiple agencies in Montgomery County over the years remains in critical condi tion Wednesday, along with his passenger, following a Monday night motorcycle crash in Polk County.

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Related Topix: Montgomery County, TX, Houston, TX, Porter, TX, Goodrich, TX

Fri May 15, 2009

East Texas News

Appraisal district protests Comptrollera s findings

May 2009 LIVINGSTON - Polk Central Appraisal District and the county's local school districts appealed the Texas Comptroller's fi nding that Polk County homes were under appraised for tax year 2008.

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Related Topix: Education Etc., Livingston, TX, Texas, Goodrich, TX, Onalaska, TX

Wed May 13, 2009

Houston Chronicle

Death row appeal turned down in Lake Livingston slaying

A Louisiana man condemned for fatally shooting his live-in girlfriend at her East Texas trailer home after she refused his demand for money lost an appeal Wednesday before the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals.

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Related Topix: Prison, Violent Crime, Livingston, TX, Texas

Mon May 11, 2009

East Texas News

Health care providers, schools put on prevent defense

May 2009 LIVINGSTON - Polk County, so far, has been able to avoid an outbreak of the H1N1 virus, formerly known as Swine Flu, but nationwide the number of confi rmed cases has risen.

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Related Topix: Livingston, TX, H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, Epidemic, Natural Disasters, Corrigan, TX, Onalaska, TX

Sat May 09, 2009

The Family Badge

Two of AG's Top 10 Deadbeat parents arrested - VIDEO

Livingston woman arrested in Conroe, Conroe man arrested in Livingston. Story by Jamie Nash / Video by Scott Engle May 9, 2009 CONROE- Four days after Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott released his Child Support Division's new Top Ten List of Texas' Most Wanted Child Support Evaders, complete with photos, two suspects were in jail and both arrests ...

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Related Topix: Best of 2007, Livingston, TX, Conroe, TX, Texas

Fri May 01, 2009

Austin American Statesman

Indictments in prison contraband probe

A Polk County grand jury today indicted death row convict Richard Lee Tabler, his mother and sister and a former death row offender for alleged cell-phone smuggling that sparked a statewide controversy and lockdown of all state prisons.

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Related Topix: Prison, Cell Phones, Electronics, Killeen Metro, Salado, TX

Sat Apr 25, 2009

The Lufkin Daily News

If only those Magnolia trees could talk

Year in, year out, the two glossy magnolia trees on Ellis Avenue directly across the street from The Lufkin Daily News, stand as silent sentinels guarding the memories of an unforgettable family who once lived there.

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Related Topix: Lufkin, TX, Texas, Livingston, TX, Montgomery County, TX, Home Listing, Home

Wed Apr 08, 2009

Eight feet deep

More on the shooting of a Afghanistan War hero's dog

Okay, a little more MSM and otherwise has shed some light on the shooting of a therapy dog for injured Navy SEAL hero Marcus Luttrell.

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Related Topix: Onalaska, TX

Sun Apr 05, 2009

East Texas News

TNLSR auction brings in $300,000

March 2009 LIVNGSON - The 64th annual Trinity-Neches Livestock Show and Rodeo went off without a hitch Thursday evening.

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Related Topix: Family, Kids, Livingston, TX, Standardized Testing, Education, Goodrich, TX

Sun Mar 08, 2009

East Texas News

No contested races so far in city, school elections

March 2009 LIVINGSTON - Potential candidates have until 5 p.m. Monday to fi le for a place on the ballot in several city and school board elections to be held May 9. A list of the positions up for election in ...

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Related Topix: Livingston, TX, Onalaska, TX, Corrigan, TX, Goodrich, TX

Thu Mar 05, 2009

Andalusia Star-News

APD - Sback from Texas with stolen property

The nearly $17,000 in items stolen with a series of counterfeit checks passed by a Texas woman in October was returned to property owners Thursday.

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Related Topix: Texas, Cleveland, TX

Sun Mar 01, 2009

East Texas News

$3.5 million in stimulus funds headed to Polk County schools

March 2009 AUSTIN The check is almost in the mail for Polk County school districts, according to government procurement analyst Mary Scott Nabers.

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Related Topix: Education Etc., Texas, Livingston, TX, Big Sandy, TX, Goodrich, TX

Thu Feb 26, 2009

KLTV Tyler

Livingston tribe fights to keep casino dollars in Texas

An empty room and shrinking tribal income is all that is left of the alcohol-free casino on the Alabama Coushatta Tribes' reservation.

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Related Topix: Texas, Livingston, TX

Tue Feb 24, 2009

KXII-TV Sherman

Death row inmate sues

Lawyers for a condemned inmate scheduled for execution next week are suing the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and a Texas sheriff, accusing them of harassing the prisoner and interfering with efforts to ...

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Related Topix: Prison, Texas, Livingston, TX

Mon Feb 23, 2009

KRISTV.COM Corpus Christi

Lawyers for inmate set to die file harassment suit

Lawyers for a condemned inmate scheduled for execution next week are suing the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and a Texas sheriff, accusing them of harassing the prisoner and interfering with efforts to ...

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Related Topix: Prison, Criminal Defense Law, Law, Texas, Livingston, TX

Sun Feb 22, 2009

The Lufkin Daily News

2/22 Kurth Library: Genealogy department receives new records

Thanks go to June Moffett for donating a copy of volume 3 of Polk County, Texas Marriages to our Genealogy department.

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Related Topix: Libraries, Life, Hobbies, Genealogy, Angelina County, TX, Van Zandt County, TX, Health, AARP

Sun Feb 08, 2009

East Texas News

Escaped trash fire threatens homes in Leggett Sunday

February 2009 COLLEGE STATION - The Texas Forest Service is urging citizens across the state to be aware of heightened wildfi re danger due to a low pressure front that will drop humidity levels and produce ...

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Related Topix: Fire, Bryan Metro, Weather, Livingston, TX, Onalaska, TX

Tue Jan 13, 2009

East Texas News

Expectant mother, passenger seriously hurt in crash

LIVINGSTON Firefi ghters had to remove the entire roof of a Geo Prizm to remove the driver and passenger after a crash at the intersection of North Washington and North Houston Streets Friday afternoon.

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Related Topix: Livingston, TX, Houston, TX, Onalaska, TX

Sun Jan 11, 2009

East Texas News

Year in Review: Woman pleads guilty to fatal shooting

January 2009 LIVINGSTON The third quarter of 2008 started with a bang in Polk County the bang of fi reworks, that is.

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Related Topix: Livingston, TX, January, Onalaska, TX, Life, Holidays, 4th of July

Thu Jan 08, 2009

Nacogdoches Daily Sentinel

Former resident dies in Polk County wreck

Charles Truett Parrish Jr., 53, of Livingston, and previously of Nacogdoches, was killed in an accident at 3:45 p.m., Wednesday, according to the Department of Public Safety.

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Related Topix: Nacogdoches, TX, Livingston, TX, Mart, TX

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