2019 UIL Girls Basketball State Tournament Information

2019 UIL Girls Basketball State Tournament Feb. 28-March 2, 2019 Alamodome (San Antonio, Texas) Thursday, February 28 Conference 1A Semifinals 8:30 a.m. – Dodd City (33-3) vs. Moulton (27-10) 10:00 a.m. – Hermleigh (30-5) vs. Nazareth (30-6) Conference 3A Semifinals 1:30 p.m. – Mount Pleasant Chapel Hill (35-0) vs. Wall (32-1) 3:00 p.m. – Woodville

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2019 Texas Girls Coaches Association Softball Poll

February 26, 2019 Reminder: Class 1A and 2A is combined through Regular season. The Classifications are combined until the end of the regular season when class 1A has a unique poll. Class 2A 1. Evadale 7-0 2. Grapeland 6-2 3. Centerville 5-2 4. D’Hanis 6-1 5. Crawford 2-1 6. Stamford 3-0 7. Yorktown 2-0 8.

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TPWD Releases Fishing and Hunting Regulation Change Proposals for 2019-2020

AUSTIN – The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) is now accepting public comment on proposed changes to fishing and hunting regulations for 2019-2020. TPWD will be taking public comment on the following proposed changes to the 2019-2020 Statewide Recreational Fishing Proclamation and 2019-2020 Statewide Recreational Hunting Proclamation, with input to be considered before any action by the Texas

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TSWA Class 3A All-state football team announced

TSWA Class 3A All-state football team announced: Eligia Carter on first team offense, Tristan Seahorn on second team offense Danny Badger and Rashaud Johnson named to honorable mention team BRYAN – Running back Darwin Barlow and defensive lineman James Sylvester who led Newton to the Division II state title are the players of the year

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Gregg County Jury hands down a 55-year sentence to a habitual violator

LONGVIEW— Gregg County Criminal District Attorney Tom B. Watson announced  today that Johnifer Ray Mumphrey of Kilgore, Texas has been sentenced to 55 years in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for Burglary of a Habitation, with Intent to Commit Assault. On or about May 14, 2018, Mumphrey stormed into a residence, uninvited, and assaulted

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AG Paxton: Texarkana Court of Appeals Issues Opinion Protecting Taxpayers in Kilgore ISD

AUSTIN – Attorney General Ken Paxton announced that the Texas 6th District Court of Appeals in Texarkana issued an opinion yesterday stating that Kilgore ISD had no right to reject or lower local option homestead exemptions for taxpayers in Gregg County.   “Kilgore ISD cannot legally siphon money away from homeowners without their vote or consent.

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Thanks to the DNA authorities able to confirm the identity of 21yo Lavender Doe

On Oct. 29, 2006, deputies with the Gregg County Sheriff’s Office responded to a call on an oil lease off Fritz Swanson Road north of Texas 31, where two men discovered an unidentified woman’s body.  The woman later came to be known as Lavender Doe. The Lavender Doe Homicide case has been active from the

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Upshur County Methamphetamine Trafficking Operation Busted

TYLER – U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown announced today that seven individuals have been arrested and indicted as the result of a lengthy investigation into drug trafficking activities in the Eastern District of Texas.               Beginning in 2017, a combined task force of federal, state and local law enforcement

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