NEWS ARCHIVES 2006

September 2006

• Sept. 29, 2006 - Fire damages utility room, destroys almost all of family’s clothing; donations sought
• Sept. 29, 2006 - Youth program helps young people grow into better adults
• Sept. 28, 2006 - State's rural community affairs office grants Cumby $311,732 for sewer work
• Sept. 28, 2006 - Local woman, 18, dies after car strikes tree
• Sept. 28, 2006 - Century 21 First Group receives Centurion recognition at C-21 Leadership Conference
• Sept. 28, 2006 - Small business classes scheduled here in October
• Sept. 28, 2006 - Trinity Mother Frances Health System nationally recognized as a top hospital
• Sept. 28, 2006 - This winter, you can both celebrate the holidays and support HCMH and the Health Care Foundation
• Sept. 28, 2006 - New emergency department in HCMH’s future
• Sept. 28, 2006 - Driver eludes authorities in high-speed morning chase
• Sept. 28, 2006 - City crews begin work on skate facility in Buford Park
• Sept. 28, 2006 - Sunday fire in Brinker blamed on electrical short
• Sept. 28, 2006 - HCMH Update
• Sept. 26, 2006 - Council set to finalize annexation process
  Ordinance bringing 1,274.6 acres into city limits to be presented tonight at special meeting
• Sept. 26, 2006 - Golden Oldies
  Government leaders tout value of senior employees as ‘Hire the Older Worker Week’ begins
• Sept. 25, 2006 - Three held on drug charges after traffic stops
• Sept. 25, 2006 - County-wide burn ban finally lifted by commissioners court
• Sept 25, 2006 - Sunday fire leaves Brinker family homeless
• Sept. 24, 2006 - Another succesful year (and a big slate of winners) at the Fall Festival
• Sept. 24, 2006 - Some State Fair reminders
• Sept. 24, 2006 - QUILT CORNER By hand or machine
• Sept. 24, 2006 - Emergency loan applications being accepted at FSA office
• Sept. 24, 2006 - Plans under way for Saltillo Fall Carnival, scheduled for Oct. 27
• Sept. 24, 2006 - LONE STAR HERITAGE QUILT GUILD NEWS
• Sept. 24, 2006 - PJC system enrollment sets record
• Sept. 24, 2006 - Fly Away Home
  Only a birdbrain would know Bob Woodruff's racing pigeons can fly 90 mph
• Sept. 24, 2006 - HCMH budget calls for small surplus
• Sept. 24, 2006 - Region D water group protests inclusion of Marvin Nichols reservoir in state plan
• Sept. 21, 2006 - Texas A&M University, PJC ink biomed sciences agreement
• Sept. 21, 2006 - County jail passes state inspection
• Sept. 20, 2006 - Como-Pickton trustees taking a long-range look at construction; enrollment could grow to 1,050 in 10 years
• Sept. 20, 2006 - Upcoming Gene Watson concert at Cooper Lake Center bringing more business to broad area
• Sept. 20, 2006 - Como-Pickton trustees taking a long-range look at construction; enrollment could grow to 1,050 in 10 years
• Sept. 20, 2006 - Forest service says fire season finally over, but danger remains
• Sept. 20, 2006 - Verizon officials looking for clues in 911 mystery
• Sept. 20, 2006 - Wandering boy, 3, gives mom, neighbors a fright
• Sept. 19, 2006 - A FLASHING IDEA: City staff, manager propose LEDs embedded in road for crosswalk in front of post office
• Sept. 19, 2006 - Civil War author to present program, sign books at Genealogical Society meeting Thursday
• Sept. 17, 2006 - SSISD gets $25,000 to beef up security at two campuses
• Sept. 17, 2006 - Local civic leader selected to lead the Southwest Dairy Museum in a new direction
• Sept. 17, 2006 - Yantis man arrested on drug charges
• Sept. 17, 2006 - Team led by Berry, Fite takes Super Stew title
  Angie Starrett’s team takes 1st for chicken stew; Judy Gregg leads winning beef stew cooks
• Sept. 17, 2006 - QUILT CORNER:
  WHAT A SHOW!
• Sept. 17, 2006 -He Can Hear Them Now
  Upgraded radio systems equal better communication between different agencies, officer
• Sept. 17, 2006 - Road Range
  Livestock loose on public roads a costly -- and sometimes deadly -- nuisance
• Sept. 15, 2006 - Yantis elementary students have fun, learn history by celebrating 192nd  birthday of ‘Star Spangled Banner’
• Sept. 15, 2006 - Three from Hopkins County join membership of American Angus Association
• Sept. 14, 2006 - One dead in truck-train collision
• Sept. 14, 2006 - HOPKINS COUNTY STEW
  Record crowd expected for Saturday’s World Champion Stew Contest
• Sept. 14, 2006 - Large quantity of date-rape drug GHB seized
• Sept. 14, 2006 - U.S. Rep Hall to speak at A&M-Commerce’s  Constitution Day Sept. 18
• Sept. 13, 2006 - Alina’s farewell concert Thursday at Fall Festival
• Sept. 13, 2006 - Signup time for police academy
• Sept. 12, 2006 - Memories of 9-11 painful for Saltillo family
• Sept. 12, 2006 - Early morning truck wreck kills one, injures two others
• Sept. 12, 2006 - Grand jury returns more than 70 felony indictments
• Sept. 12, 2006 - County school districts get top financial marks
• Sept. 11, 2006 - SSISD board members to review financial report card
• Sept. 10, 2006 - State troopers make felony arrests, seize cash and cocaine in separate incidents
• Sept. 10, 2006 - Friend of the Farmer
  Monument in tiny town of Point pays tribute to NFU founder
• Sept. 10, 2006 - Friend of the Farmer
  Monument in tiny town of Point pays tribute to NFU founder
• Sept. 10, 2006 - Gearing Down & Tuning Up
  
• Sept. 10, 2006 - Precinct 3 Commissioner Patterson takes seat on Region D water board
• Sept. 10, 2006 - 9/11 anniversary underscores need for disaster preparedness
• Sept. 10, 2006 - Bankruptcy leaves county workers without prescription drug benefit
• Sept. 7, 2006 - Girl Scout sign-ups after Fall Festival Parade Saturday
• Sept. 7, 2006 - Low-interest loans available for small businesses affected by drought
• Sept. 7, 2006 - Man accused of holding mother against her will, torching house
• Sept. 6, 2006 - 15-mile car chase ends in trees
• Sept. 6, 2006 - Chicken house fire results in damages upward of $400,000
• Sept. 6, 2006 - City Manager's Report
• Sept. 6, 2006 - Council OKs budget, payroll schedule changes
• Sept. 3, 2006 - County clean-up project meeting planned for  Thursday, Sept. 7, in Arbala
• Sept. 3, 2006 - Free seminar scheduled to help emergency workers, others learn how to deal with trauma’s aftermath
• Sept. 1, 2006 - Grand jury returns 23 indictments involving sex offenses against children
• Sept. 1, 2006 - ‘An awesome miracle’
• Sept. 1, 2006 - Recent rains not enough to offset ban on outdoor fires