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Average gasoline prices in Texas have fallen 10.2 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $2.83/g today, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 13,114 stations in Texas. Prices in Texas are 31.9 cents per gallon lower than a month ago and stand 11.0 cents per gallon lower than a year ago. The national average price…

Jacksonville – Preliminary investigation indicates that on November 26, 2022 at around 11:52 A.M., the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call from a man who stated he was holding his wife and daughter hostage.   When officers from the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Department and DPS Troopers arrived on scene, the suspect who was…

Number of Vehicles in Crash: 1             Number of Injured: 0                    Number killed: 1   Date & Time: 11/23/2022 & 8:20 A.M.   County: Wood   Location: FM 514, 5 miles east of Yantis, Texas   Posted Speed Limit: 60 mph   Vehicle 1: 2006 Honda Pilot      Driver 1: Deceased Darryl Johnson, male, 47 YOA of Yantis, Texas. Seatbelt: Yes Pronounced By: JP Tony Gilbreath, on scene  …

By Jim “Pappy” Moore   When I was a kid, Thanksgiving meant great food my mother would cook, time off from school, football games on television, and enjoying time with family and friends.  Although we studied the story of the original Thanksgiving, I was your typical kid.  The story meant absolutely nothing to me.  But…

Average gasoline prices in Texas have fallen 12.4 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $2.93/g today, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 13,114 stations in Texas. Prices in Texas are 27.0 cents per gallon lower than a month ago and stand 7.1 cents per gallon lower than a year ago. The national average price…

By Jim “Pappy” Moore A major player in the world of cryptocurrency – Sam Bankman Fried – is at the center of a major failure of a cryptocurrency exchange. He is also the second largest contributor to Democrat candidates and causes in the just-concluded election cycle in the United States. In 2019 he made the…