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Kaufman County Commissioners' Court appoints Precinct 2 Constable
KAUFMAN, Texas – The Kaufman County Commissioners' Court appointed Jason "JJ" Johnson as Constable for Kaufman County Precinct 2 at a special meeting on Tuesday morning, April 29, 2014, at the Kaufman...
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Voters Guide: Forney City Council Place 5, Penn vs. Parker
FORNEY, Texas – Early voting for the Forney City Council and Forney Independent School District began Monday, April 28, 2014, and will run through Tuesday, May 6, 2014. Election Day is May 10, 2014....
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Z-Bra Girls: Battle of the Bras, May 3
FORNEY, Texas – The Forney Z-Bra Girls are preparing for their “Battle of the Bras” event on Saturday, May 3, 2014 – an event that will surely turn some heads. {loadposition adinsert} Battle of the...
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Investigation continues in death of 12-year-old Heath boy
HEATH, Texas – The investigation continues into the death of 12-year-old Ethan Moran, of Heath, after he was found a short distance from his home in the woods with a fatal gunshot wound on April 22,...
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Forney ISD track and field athletes heading to UIL State Meet
FORNEY, Texas – Three Forney ISD track and field athletes will be heading to Austin, Texas, for the 2014 UIL Track & Field State Meet on Friday, May 9, 2014, and Saturday, May 10, 2014....
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Kemp man indicted for March murder
KEMP, Texas – 67-year-old William Raymond Simons of Kemp was indicted by a Kaufman County grand jury on Thursday, May 1, 2014, for the murder of Roxie Whalter Quilter on March 11, 2014. {loadposition...
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Softball: North Forney run-rules Molina in game 1
DALLAS, Texas – The North Forney High School softball team gave up only two hits and run-ruled their way to victory in the 5th inning against Molina in Dallas, Texas, on Thursday night, May 1, 2014....
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Forney High School freshman cast in NYC musical
FORNEY, Texas – Forney High School freshman Cameron Anthony auditioned for, and has been cast in, the 2014 Children’s Musical Theater Festival (CMTF) in New York City. {loadposition adinsert} The CMTF...
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Lake Pointe Medical Center receives Tenet Circle of Excellence Award and...
ROWLETT, Texas (Lake Pointe Medical Center) – Lake Pointe Medical Center (LPMC) in Rowlett was one of 10 Tenet Healthcare hospitals [NYSE: THC] selected to receive the company’s Circle of Excellence...
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Former Hunt County Constable imprisoned on murder charges dead of apparent...
ROCKWALL COUNTY, Texas – Former Hunt County Constable Anthony Dewayne Lewis who was convicted of murder and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon was pronounced dead of an apparent suicide on April...
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Softball: North Forney run-rules game 2, Area-Round Champs, prepare for Frisco
FORNEY, Texas – The North Forney High School softball team (13-1, 28-4-2) run-ruled Molina (12-2, 20-10) for the second time in their best-of-three series in the UIL Class 4A Area-Round Playoffs to...
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Terrell PD continues crackdown on illegal gambling in city
TERRELL, Texas – The Terrell Police Department continued its crackdown on illegal gambling operations within the city last week by executing two search warrants and seizing nearly $10,000....
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Rollover accident claims life of Kaufman man Sunday morning
KAUFMAN COUNTY, Texas – 24-year-old Christopher Shayne Butler, of Kaufman, Texas, was killed in a rollover accident on Sunday morning, May 4, 2014, according to Texas Department of Public Safety...
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Two of a kind: Special bond formed over rare disease
FORNEY, Texas – Juvenile dermatomyositis, also known as JDM, affects only three out of a million children each year in the United States. The likelihood of being diagnosed with JDM in a town of...
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UP train causes morning delays in downtown Forney
FORNEY, Texas – A westward traveling Union Pacific train stalled this morning, May 6, 2014, after its main engine de-coupled with the train – blocking all four railroad crossings in downtown Forney....
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Ground broke on Parks Trail neighborhood addition
FORNEY, Texas – Crews have begun preliminary dirt work for a proposed 75 lots within the Park Trails Planned Development – northeast of Ridgecrest Road. {loadposition adinsert} The area, 21.66 acres,...
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Forney to add Chief Building Official position to eliminate some contracted...
FORNEY, Texas – The City of Forney will add a new Chief Building Official position to eliminate some services contracted through Bureau Veritas North America after a unanimous vote by the Forney City...
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Rhea Elementary art student wins “Don't Mess with Texas” competition
FORNEY, Texas – 6-year-old Grayson Acker, a Rhea Elementary kindergarten student, was one of only 12 students statewide to win the first-ever “Don't Mess with Texas Art Contest.” Acker competed against...
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Traffic signal warranted on FM 1641
FORNEY, Texas – The installation of a traffic signal has been warranted at the intersection of Farm-to-Market (FM) 1641 and Helms Trail in Kaufman County, southeast of the Forney city limits....
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Commissioners outline Transportation Infrastructure Grant projects
KAUFMAN COUNTY, Texas – The Kaufman County Commissioners outlined projects to be completed with the recently awarded $299,979 Transportation Infrastructure Grant at their special meeting on April 29,...
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