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    Sport

    Wildcats pull away in second half to down Rust College

    November 7, 2016

    The Wiley College men’s basketball team picked up its intensity in the second half to earn its second win of the season, 100-84 over Rust College on Homecoming Saturday at Alumni Gymnasium. The Wildcats (2-0) jumped out to a 15-point lead in the first half. George Page grabbed five of his nine rebounds in the…

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    Political

    NEW TELEVISION AD: “DONALD TRUMP’S ARGUMENT FOR AMERICA”

    November 5, 2016

    The Only People Brave Enough to Vote Out This Corrupt Establishment is You, the American People.” NEW YORK, NY – Today Donald J. Trump for President released a new television ad entitled “Donald Trump’s Argument for America,” in which Mr. Trump asks the American people for their vote by outlining his positive vision for the…

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    Piney Woods

    TxDOT URGES DRIVERS TO ‘END THE STREAK’ OF DAILY DEATHS

    November 4, 2016

    November 2016 marks grim milestone of more than 55,000 roadway deaths since 2000 AUSTIN – The Lone Star State marks a deadly milestone on Monday as at least one fatality has occurred each and every day on Texas roadways since Nov. 7, 2000. In an effort to end this deadly 16-year streak, the Texas Department…

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    Sport

    Lady Wildcats tip off 2016-17 season with Rust College

    The Wiley College women’s basketball team enters Saturday’s 2 p.m. season opener on Homecoming against Rust College as different team than last year. “I’m excited,” head coach Ashley Walker said. “We have a lot of upper classmen. We have some leadership qualities that we didn’t always have. I got kids taking initiative. I have kids…

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    Doc Halliday Columns

    The Spruce Goose

    November 2, 2016

    The forty-year old native Texan pilot taxied the airplane, not down a runway, but across the bay.  The pilot had previously set several world speed records.  It was a blustery day with wind gusts of 20 mph and the temperature had risen from 47 degrees at daybreak into the mid-sixties.  On board the aircraft were…

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    Piney Woods

    FM 2199 RAILROAD CROSSING CLOSED IN SCOTTSVILLE FOR REPAIRS

    November 1, 2016

    Traffic to be detoured through Marshall WHEN: Sunday, Nov. 6, from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. or until work is completed. WHERE: Railroad crossing on Farm-to-Market Road 2199 in Scottville. ATLANTA — Motorists who normally travel FM 2199 in Scottsville will need to find an alternate route on Sunday, Nov. 6. Union Pacific Railroad will…

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    Piney Woods

    FM 9 RAILROAD CROSSING CLOSED IN WASKOM FOR REPAIRS

    Traffic to be detoured onto US 80, FM 134 WHEN: Saturday, Nov. 5, from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. or until work is completed. WHERE: Railroad crossing on Farm-to-Market Road 9 North in Waskom. ATLANTA — Motorists who normally travel FM 9 North in Waskom will need to find an alternate route on Saturday, Nov. 5. Union…

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    Education

    MISD names Anika Perkins Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction

    MARSHALL, Texas – Marshall ISD’s Board of Trustees on Tuesday approved the recommendation of Superintendent Dr. Jerry Gibson to name Anika Perkins as the district’s new Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction.   The announcement was made during a Special Called Meeting of the school board Tuesday afternoon in the Pat Smith-Gasperson Board Room. “We…

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    Marshall

    Drug arrest by Marshall Police Department SWAT Team

    On Tuesday, November 1, at approximately 7:00 a.m. the Marshall Police Department SWAT team served a search warrant at a residence in the 400 block of Spruce Street. The warrant was obtained as part of an ongoing investigation involving narcotics. During their search, officers seized several firearms, methamphetamine, marijuana and suspected stolen property. As a…

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    Optimal Living

    Optimal Health 5

    Every new endeavor holds the promise of great accomplishment and the possibility of disappointing setbacks. All of us have experienced both outcomes in life.  The key to producing positive results is found in how we react to our situation.  Circumstances may seem to be in control.. However, it is our response that dictates how much…

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