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The Vindicator | Jazmin Morua
Read more**The Ambassador of the Year was rewarded to Tricia Hawthorne, who is not pictured above**
Read moreHUNTSVILLE, Texas ( January 29, 2024) - The following area students received degrees during the 2023 Fall semester at Sam Houston State University.
Read moreWilliam “ Bill” Lon Farris passed away peacefully surrounded by his family due to complications from bladder cancer in New York City on January 19, 2024.
Read moreErnest Wayne Hardin, 78, of Liberty, Texas, passed away on Saturday, January 20, 2024, at his residence with his loving family by his side. He was born in Liberty, on November 9, 1945, to the late Dwight Leonard and Euna Blanche Hardin. Wayne graduated from Liberty High School the class of 1964. Affectionately known as “The Gas Man” Wayne made his career with Center Point Energy, where he worked for thirty- eight years until his retirement.
Read moreFuneral services for Vernille Showalter, 97 of Liberty, Texas, are scheduled for 2 p. m. on Sunday, February 4, 2024, at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Giddings with Rev. Robert Tiner officiating. Burial will follow in the Giddings City Cemetery. Visitation will be held on Saturday, February 3, 2024, from 8 a. m. until 8 p. m. and on Sunday, February 4, 2024, from 9 a. m. until 12 p. m. at Phillips and Luckey Funeral Home in Giddings.
Read moreRuth Alice James, 77, of Baytown, Texas, passed away on Friday, January 19, 2024, in Baytown. She was born on July 31, 1946, in Elliott County, Kentucky, to the late James M. and Julie Ann Stamper. Ruth made her career as a cook working in many restaurants, some were Job Corp in Chicago, Illinois, a nursing home, and her most recent was Bud N Dots.
Read moreSchool choice is playing a big role in the race for state House District 18, with one GOP candidate picking up a key endorsement from Gov. Greg Abbott after the governor failed to get vouchers pushed through the Legislature last session.
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