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MPPD to host Citizen’s Police Academy

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The Mount Pleasant Police Department will be hosting its Citizen’s Police Academy this summer. The seven-week instructional course will take place from May 30 to July 18 on Thursdays from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Mount Pleasant Police Department.

COMMUNITY CALENDAR

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

Special Delivery

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Outdoors Writer A pair of veteran inland fisheries biologists with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department will share the floor later this month at what some consider to be professional bass fishing’s biggest stage — the 2024 Bassmaster Classic. Scheduled for March 22-24 on Grand Lake near Tulsa, Okla., the ‘Classic pits the top qualifying pros from several Bassmaster circuits in a three-day day competition.

Marketplace Issues

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Tax scams are often as predictable as taxes themselves; they reappear each tax season with a slightly different spin, but the central theme is scammers posing as the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) trying to trick people into paying up or sharing personal information. Here are a few of the most common tax scams and red flags to watch out for:

Friendships shine bright in stories

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Once upon a sunny morning, not so far back, in the land of letters and storytelling, in my writing office at home, a peculiar idea sprouted in the corner of my mind. It was a tale that needed to be told, filled with clucking laughter, brimming with joy, and interwoven with the golden threads of friendship.