County to consider budget at Tuesday meeting
Val Verde County commissioners court will discuss adopting the proposed budget for the 2011-2012 fiscal year after a public hearing. A special session starts at 9 a.m. in the second floor courtroom of the Val Verde County Courthouse at 300 Pecan St with salaries and allowances for elected officials on the agenda at 10 a.m.
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Bastrop Fires Near Containment After Two Weeks of Fire
The Texas Forest Service says Bastrop County wildfires are 95 percent contained as weekend rain and cooler air aid firefighting. The blazes started during Labor Day weekend, scorched over 34 000 acres, forced evacuations, and destroyed hundreds of homes killing two people. Actor Jack Black visited Bastrop to meet families and support recovery, joined by director Richard Linklater whose Bastrop home was damaged.
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Safe Kids Val Verde hosts free Saturday car seat checks
Child safety technicians will inspect car seats booster seats and seat belts Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon at Val Verde Regional Medical Center. Safe Kids Buckle Up aims to reduce child deaths in crashes with a 15 year program that has inspected 1.4 million seats and donated nearly 500000 seats. Call 830-778-3632 to schedule.
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Widow Tiffany Hartley to testify at Brownsville border security hearing
Tiffany Hartley, widow of a Jet Ski crash victim on Falcon Lake, is set to testify at a security forum in Brownsville led by Rep. Ted Poe. The hearing, joined by the House Judiciary Committee, will hear from law enforcement as lawmakers discuss border risks and the lake area’s safety issues.
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Study Recommends One-by-One Lineups To Improve Eyewitness IDs
A Tuesday report from the American Judicature Society urges cops to replace simultaneous photo or suspect lineups with sequential, individual identifications conducted by a detective unaware of the suspect. The finding aims to curb wrongful convictions tied to eyewitness testimony and aligns with DNA-clearing cases in recent decades.
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Netflix splits DVD mail service into Qwikster plan
Netflix moves to separate its DVD by mail business from its streaming arm. The mail order unit will be renamed Qwikster and will have a separate website, while streaming remains Netflix. Some customers may face two website accounts and two credit entries, as competition and content gaps pressure the company.
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