Perry visits Montague County wildfires in Texas
Gov. Rick Perry tours small North Texas communities hit by last week wildfires that burned 75,000 acres, destroyed about 70 houses and killed three people in Montague County. Across the state blazes have burned over 300,000 acres and destroyed 142 homes. In San Antonio two soldiers at a top Army medical facility died in their sleep, prompting criminal investigations and ordered autopsies.
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Montague
Rick Perry
North Texas
Montague County
San Antonio
Criminal Intelligence Division
Houston man sentenced over eight years for guns to cartels
A Houston man received a sentence of just over eight years in prison for arranging the purchase of more than 100 military style firearms. Investigators say many of the weapons later surfaced with Mexico's drug cartels, highlighting the international reach of the illicit arms network.
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Houston
Mexico
Mississippi to train teachers on suicide prevention in schools
Mental health advocates applaud a new Mississippi law requiring public school teachers and principals to receive suicide prevention training beginning next academic year. Attorney General Jim Hood notes a nonprofit will donate materials to explain warning signs. In Roanoke, two families involving Erin Peterson and Julia Pryde sue Virginia Tech and officials over accountability in the 2007 campus shootings, seeking clarity from the state investigation.
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Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
Jim Hood
Roanoke
Virginia Tech
Erin Peterson
Julia Pryde
Middletown
N.J
Associated Press
Bible Verse Corinthians Reign Over Enemies Death
A concise quotation from First Corinthians 15 25 to 26 stating that Christ must reign until all enemies are subdued and the last enemy death is destroyed, reflecting Christian eschatological hope.
Local Calendar Highlights Include Quilts and Benfits
Community events fill the listings with a Bay Area Quilt Guild show at Knights of Columbus Hall in Pearland, a Mills benefit at Pelican Junction with auctions and a car show, 4-H steak fry at Cedar Bayou, plus college advisement at Lee College McNair Center. Also notes church services, blood drive, library programs, and senior group meetings with various times and contact numbers.
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Hill of Rest Cemetery, Inc
Eddie V. Gray
Market St. Bay
Mount Olive Lutheran Church
Scarsdale Boulevard
Houston
Bayareaquiltguild.org
Pelican Junction
S. Highway 146
Bryan
Dylan Mills
Bay Area Quilt Guild of
Knights of Columbus Hall
Hatfield Road
Pearland
Merchants Mall
Baytown student named to Phi Theta Kappa roster
Rachel McLaughlin, a Lee College student majoring in Computer Sciences and daughter of Donna and Ray McLaughlin, was inducted into the Zeta Nu Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa on March 15. The society, dating to 1918, recognizes top two year college scholars and offers leadership and service opportunities.
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Zeta Nu
Phi Theta Kappa
Lee College
McLaughlin
Donna and
Ray McLaughlin
Texas City
Bryan DeJean
United States
United States Territories
Canada
Germany
American Association of Community Colleges
Association of College Honor Societies
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