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On the global day of giving, give someone in your community the gift of life by giving blood with Coffee Memorial Blood Center on Giving Tuesday.

Giving Tuesday takes place each year on the Tuesday following Thanksgiving, just after Cyber Monday, to encourage people to do good. It doesn’t have to be a monetary donation. You can give back to your community through a simple blood donation with Coffee Memorial Blood Center on Tuesday, November 28, 2023.

Abbott: Battle continues over vouchers

As time runs out next week on the fourth special session, Gov. Greg Abbott said he will continue to fight for school choice, despite the Texas House once again decisively rejecting it when 21 Republicans largely from rural districts joined Democrats in stripping it from a $7.6 billion education bill. The Austin American-Statesman reported it is unclear what Abbott’s next move will be.

I am announcing my candidacy for Hemphill County Precinct 3 Commissioner in the 2024 elections.

I was born in Hemphill County and proudly call it home. I started at the age of 19 serving as a Volunteer Fire Fighter, and after 40 years, it is an honor to continue to serve. I would like to continue my service to this community as Commissioner, and am asking for your support in the coming election.

House kills school choice plan

The Texas House on Friday defeated a proposed voucher plan, also leaving in doubt a comprehensive public school funding plan that became tied to it, The Dallas Morning News reported. A coalition of rural Republicans and Democrats joined together to take education savings accounts out of the bill by an 84-63 margin.

The Panhandle Gives is an annual event hosted and coordinated by the Amarillo Area Foundation (AAF). The event begins on the Monday before Thanksgiving and ends on the global day of giving, known as Giving Tuesday. This year, that's November 20 - 28, 2023. Any nonprofit eligible to receive a grant from AAF qualifies to register for participation.

Misdemeanor Arrests

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Citations

• Veronica Barragan, Canadian; unrestrained child; 11/10/23

Lege gets to work in fourth special session

Welcome Mesa View residents and staff, family, visitors, and members of American Legion Post 56. Thank you for being here.

American flags and flagpoles are so common that we often take them for granted. They are as common as, well, apple pie and football. They are so common that a recent visitor to the United States complained that American flags cluttered up the scenery and observed that in her country seeing a national flag was a rarity.

(AUSTIN) — Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar announced today he will send cities, counties, transit systems and special purpose districts $1.2 billion in local sales tax allocations for November, 1.9 percent more than in November 2022. These allocations are based on sales made in September by businesses that report tax monthly and on sales made in July, August and September by quarterly filers.

Misdemeanor Arrests

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Felony Arrests

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Citations

• Jacob Ellsworth Oberle, Granbury; following too closely; 11/2/23