Probation given in drug case
      Dale Roy Noordam, 33, received 10 years' deferred adjudication probation and a $500 fine for possession of a controlled substance. Action came in recent 27th District Court with Judge Joe Carroll presiding. On a charge of theft of a firearm, Scott Schowalter, 38, of Lampasas was given five years...
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TxDOT completes improvements
      The Texas Department of Transportation has completed a series of safety improvements along a sixmile stretch of Farm-to-Market Road 580 West. Work began at the intersection of Porter Street and FM 580 and continued westward, officials said. Along with work on FM 580, Mann Contractors Ltd. of Hutt...
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NOAA: Lightning is 'underrated killer'
      This week is National Lightning Safety Week. Lightning is the number-two thunderstorm-related killer, ranking second only to floods. Most summertime storms will bring lightning and thus are potentially deadly. In 2007, Texas had six lightning fatalities. This ranked second in the nation behind F...
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