Illegal deer killing noted near Lometa
      Two Evant men could face state jail confinement for their alleged involvement in an illegal deer killing near Lometa. A landowner with a high-fenced ranch about five miles south of Lometa called game warden Jim Lindeman Dec. 17 to report a decapitated whitetail buck carcass in one of his fields.
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Democrats plan to meet
      Rick Noriega and Ray McMurrey, Democratic candidates for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by John Cornyn, will be guest speakers at the Burnet County Democrats' January meeting Thursday at River City Grill in Marble Falls. Meet the candidates at 6 p.m., with dinner to follow.
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Jones files for appeals court seat
      Former Justice Woodie Jones has filed for chief justice of the Third Court of Appeals at State Democratic Party Headquarters. Jones served from 1988-2000 as a justice on the Third Court of Appeals. The district covers a 24- county area, stretching from Fayette County through Central Texas and the...
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