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Top Stories of 2022

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People often ask how difficult it is to come up with a meaningful outdoors story every week. The answer is always the same.

Crime & Courts

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There are 141 inmates in jail with 125 males and 16 females. Since 01/04/2023 the following have been booked into the jail: • CherishDangerfield, 37 of Mt.

COMMUNITY CALENDAR

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The Community Events Calendar is published as space permits. Events will also be published on our website.

Show some love

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The folks at Cypress Basin Hospice are once again looking to show some love to local seniors with their Have A Heart, Make A Heart campaign. You can join Cypress Basin Hospice by making handmade Valentine’s cards for seniors in facilities in our service area! Cards can be dropped off at the Cypress Basin office located at 207 Morgan Street in Mt.

New laws in Texas help elderly and environment

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The State of Texas ushered in a few new laws of note as the calendar changed from 2022 to 2023, including one that brings more transparency to the judicial system, one that addresses threats to the ozone layer and another that impacts local school district tax revenues.

Local Bounti breaks ground on new facility in Mount Pleasant

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Local Bounti Corporation, a leading U.S. controlled environment agriculture (CEA) company committed to growing locally and distributing nationally with the largest distribution footprint in the industry, broke ground Wednesday on a new state-of-the-art indoor facility in Mount Pleasant.

New Year’s Eve Ball

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TRIBUNE PHOTOS / QUINTEN BOYD Cypress Basin Hospice held its annual New Year’s Eve Ball fundraiser Saturday night at the Mount Pleasant Civic Center, including a silent and live auction and a champagne toast at the start of the new year. Organizers said this year’s event raised more than $100,000 for Cypress Basin Hospice.

Feds investigating meltdown at Southwest Airlines

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Massive flight cancellations by Southwest Airlines during the Christmas holiday week are prompting the federal government to look into why thousands of travelers were left stranded across the country, along with huge piles of luggage in airports served by the beleaguered airline. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said his agency would examine what caused Southwest’s widespread cancellations, which began as a massive polar storm gripped much of the country a few days before Christmas.