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Liberty County voters made their voices heard on Tuesday. Those voices seem to have collectively said no to new taxes and bond referendums that included new medical facilities in the Liberty and Dayton areas and a second high school in the Cleveland area. Of the 47,857 registered voters in the county, only 5,311 or 11% cast votes in this year’s elections.
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On October 28, 2021, a jury sentenced Andrew Jared Bass, 32, to life without the possibility of parole after finding him guilty of Capital Murder for the brutal murder of three individuals, Walter Brown, Odell Wells, and Christopher Wells, in the Old River area of Liberty County, south of Dayton that occurred on October 12, 2019. The Honorable Judge Mark Morefield, 75th Judicial District Court, presided over the four-day trial.
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Jon Haire (right) is vying to be elected as the next U.S. Representative for District 36. He spoke to a group of Democrats in Liberty on Saturday. On the left is Liberty County Democratic Party Chair Michael Mark. Haire is a retired Municipal Park in Liberty, Texas nuclear scientist who worked for Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
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WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Brian Babin (TX-36) and Congresswoman Elise Stefanik (NY-21) led their colleagues in sending a letter to President Biden expressing concern over the impact that his authoritarian vaccine mandates will have on ou
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A caravan of six bicyclists traveling east on Hwy. 787 in north Liberty County was hit by a car at approximately 11:am this morning sending two riders by Life Flight and another by ground transport to area hospitals.
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Liberty County attorneys came together for a special gathering of the Liberty County Bar Association this past Wednesday in the 75th District Courtroom of Mark Morefield. The group, at last count, consisted of 35-40 attorney-members that practice law locally.
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Last week, the Vindicator published a story regarding a freeze on the valuation of taxes within the Liberty County Hospital District No. 1, based on information provided by proponents of the new hospital and the district itself.
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When Liberty County Sheriff's Deputy Willie Davie was recently injured while working an off-duty extra job, Liberty High School's Law Enforcement and Corrections class under the able tutelage of Coach Terry Higginbotham immediately knew they wante
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