LISD Tightens Drug Policy and Maintains Tax Rate
Livingston ISD board approved a tougher drug testing policy increasing tests from 75 to 100 per round with 80 high school and 20 junior high students tested nine times yearly. Nicotine not tested this year. Also set 2013-2014 tax rate at 1.04 maintenance and 0.355 debt, approved a 31.56 million general fund budget, 4.85 million debt service, and a 3-5% staff pay raise. A Friday session will finalize gym and locker rooms for the new Church Street elementary.
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Livingston Isd Board of Trustees
Livingston
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LISD
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Onalaskan man dies in 190 crash near Livingston
Onalaska resident Donald Maurice Daray, 71, died after his Yamaha motorcycle collided with a Ford Ranger pickup at a Walding Road stop sign on U.S. 190, four miles west of Livingston. Harris of Livingston was southbound on Walding Road and failed to yield. Daray was transported to Memorial Medical Center and pronounced dead. his body went to Cochran Funeral Home.
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Onalaska
U.S. 190
Walding Road
Texas Highway Patrol
Donald Maurice Daray
Leon Lucian Harris
Robert Akers
Daray
Memorial Medical Center
Justice of the Peace
Steven McEntyre
Cochran Funeral Home
Back to School Morning at New Livingston Campus
Students at Livingston Intermediate School greet the first day on the new campus as they wait for the bus. Later that night kindergarteners at Timber Creek display early lining skills on the first day of school.
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Livingston Intermediate School
Timber Creek
County OKs radio contract extension of JP warrant plan
Polk County Commissioners approved a 72000 radio reprogramming contract to enable Road and Bridge Precinct 3 communications after FCC rules require narrow band frequencies. The court extended a truancy fines collection pilot for Precincts 1 and 4 while noting past efforts and legal changes affecting service of notices.
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Livingston
Polk
Sam Houston Electric Cooperative
Polk County
Milt Purvis
FCC
Purvis
DFW Communications
Man jailed after tips lead to stolen gun drugs
Detectives and deputies from the Polk County Sheriff's Office searched a residence on Pea Ridge Road on tips about stolen property. They found a stolen firearm and methamphetamine. George Franklin Ketchens Jr., 24, of Polk County, was arrested and charged with theft of a firearm and possession of methamphetamine. The investigation continued with a follow up search by the same agencies.
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Livingston
Polk County Sheriff’s Office
Pea Ridge Road
Uties
George Franklin Ketchens Jr
Two Suspects Arrested in Indian Springs Burglary Case
Polk County detectives in Indian Springs arrested Cody White after observing two suspects burglarize a residence on Adams Road. White faces burglary of a habitation and possession charges following a search that uncovered a small bag of methamphetamine and a glass pipe.
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Adams Road
Cody White
Indian Springs
White
Quotation on Work Ethic and Excitement
A brief quotation urges diligent effort on a task that is both uncomfortable and exciting. The saying emphasizes perseverance while embracing challenging work and personal growth.
Clarification on identities in Wilson sexual assault trial
The Sunday edition clarified that testimony involved a Josh Hooper of Livingston, not Josh Samuel Hooper. It notes the two men are similar in age, causing past banking and business confusion. Josh Samuel Hooper, Mary Hooper’s son, was not involved in the incident.
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Keith Ladale Wilson
Josh Hooper
Livingston
Josh Samuel Hooper
Mary Hooper
Leggett
Lowe’s
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