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Liberty County Sheriff’s lead Investigator Sean Mitchell who is conducting the follow-up murder investigation with the assistance of the Texas Rangers arrested 37 year old Robert Eugene Hoffpauir on Sunday evening charging him with the murder of 60 year old Roman Rodriguez of Rye, Texas.
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The close of the 2021 school year means graduating senior students for the last time leaving high school. The Liberty Panthers are losing a good one in Devin Fregia. As I talked to Devin via a phone interview on Saturday night, I realized just how special this kid is and will be. Fregia is headed to Beaumont to play football for Lamar University, and the Cardinals are getting a good one.
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Grid operator requests energy conservation
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AUSTIN - Governor Greg Abbott today hosted a Border Security Summit in Del Rio where he announced a new comprehensive border security plan to crack down on illegal border crossings in Texas.
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Edie Littlefield Sundby, known as ‘The Mission Walker’ was welcomed to Dayton Friday morning June 4 by Mayor Caroline Wadzeck as she passed through town on her 1,200-mile journey to Florida from San Antonio. She has set a new goal of walking the OST (Old Spanish Trail – now U.S. Highway 90) in stages. She accomplished her previous goal which was to walk the 1,600-mile El Camino Real de las California’s mission trail through the mountain wilderness of Mexico – one of the hottest deserts on earth, and across the border to Northern California. It was a walk that “elevated my life with meaning and purpose that transcended pain and fear – and healed my broken body.”
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On the morning of Wednesday June 2, Engine 41, E-42, E-43, Squad 42, and 401 responded to the report of an apartment fire. The first arriving unit reported smoke and fire showing. The occupant of the apartment was injured in the fire, E-41 diverted to stand-by at the LZ and the patient was cared for and transported by Allegiance EMS to the CPD LZ where patient care was turned over to PHI Med Flight and patient was transported to a burn center. There were no other human injuries. Cleveland Fire was assisted by Plum Grove and Tarkington VFD. Entergy, Centerpoint, and Cleveland Public Works were requested to the scene to secure the utilities. The fire is under investigation.
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Some exciting news came from Dayton City Manager Theo Melancon’s report at the most recent Dayton City Council meeting, which should significantly affect everyone who travels over the railroad tracks at the intersection HWY 90 and Waco Street. That’s right; the infamous Dayton Train may be a nuisance of the past very soon.
Read moreThe Dayton City Council and Dayton Community Development Corporation have both been busy hiring investigators to handle issues related to those two government agencies.
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