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Crime & Courts

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Arrests There are inmates in jail with 111 males and 23 females. Since 07/24/2022 the following have been booked into the jail: • Julio C.

Producing power for forty-five years and counting

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The Welsh Power Plant celebrated their 45th Anniversary on July 19. Dedicated on July 29, 1977 after less than four years of construction, it was the first plant in the SWEPCO network’s history to be run on coal instead of natural gas, the first shipments of coal being delivered from Wyoming in 1976.

Diamond C donates more than 8,300 school supplies to CIS

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Diamond C Trailers held a school supply drive from July 1-22 for Mount Pleasant Communities in Schools, with more than 8,300 supplies donated to CIS. The supplies will go to students in need across the Mount Pleasant area. “This donation is amazing and will allow us to reach more students who may not have anything,” said Jason Moss of Communities in Schools. This will hopefully help them succeed in school and succeed in life.” TRIBUNE PHOTO / QUINTEN BOYD

MP Orchestra set for summer Superheroes concert

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The arts are alive and well in Titus County and that will soon be very apparent as the Mount Pleasant Chamber Orchestra is currently tuning itself for a special Superheroes performance. Mount Pleasant Chamber Orchestra will present their Summer Concert, Superheroes in Concert, on Saturday, August 6, at the Whatley Center for the Performing Arts on the campus of Northeast Texas Community College.

TPWD announces new additions to Texas hunting seasons

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It goes without saying that hunting is big in Northeast Texas. Hunters of all ages and backgrounds look forward to their favorite hunting seasons with prized mounts and racks on their sights, and maybe more important this year, meat in the freezer.

TRMC EMS using Lucas Device to save lives

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Titus Regional Medical Center earlier this year invested close to half a million dollars to upgrade the services in their emergency department, and one of the beneficial investments was the purchase of Lucas Devices.

Door Prize of Hope

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I entered the giant room with round tables and folders at each chair and checked into the writer’s conference. In this meeting room, the guest speakers would pour out varying topics for the listeners to digest, and I would take lots of notes. It’s great to hang out with other writers, some write children’s books, others novels, some write for newspapers, others write poetry, and some are beginning their journey.

Live a life that’s free indeed

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It has long been said that the best things in life are free. That is a concept that most of us can agree with and hold onto when things look bad around us. Often times, when our situation seems dire and grim, what we really need to do is take a close look around and see all of the good in our lives that have the opportunity to outweigh the negative. If we take just a few minutes and run down the proverbial pros and cons list, odds are the pros will win out over the cons.

Nitrate and Prussic Acid Poisoning

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Nitrate and prussic acid poisoning in cattle are noninfectious conditions that can kill livestock. Although it is uncommon in normal years, these poisonings occur when cattle eat forages stressed from severe environmental conditions such as drought. The stress disrupts normal plant growth and may cause plants to accumulate too much nitrate or prussic acid. Although the growing conditions causing them are similar the diseases differ. There are many plants that may accumulate nitrates and prussic acid, however, Johnsongrass is usually our greatest concern.

Crime & Courts

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Arrests There are 135 inmates in jail with 110 males and 25 females. Since 07/20/2022 the following have been booked into the jail: • Kindill Robinson, 28 of Wolfe City, was arrested on a Class C offence.