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To testify in upcoming trial . . . Murder co-defendant pleas

One of two men charged with capital murder in the 2005 death of a Freestone county rancher saved himself from the death penalty last week when he pleaded guilty to aggravated robbery. More...

Howdy!

An outfit named Alumni Football USA sent a press release to the newspaper last week that intrigued me, gathering up some former high school football players for games. More...

Love’s to expand . . . Council approves plat

Fairfield city council members last week approved a plat for Love’s Country Store to enlarge their parking lot and, hopefully, eventually ease some traffic problems there. More...

News

At Fairfield elementary . . . Recycle old electronics

Fairfield Independent School District teams up next week with Technology Recycling of San Antonio to collect old computers and electronic equipment. A recycling truck will be on hand at the elemetary school bus loop from noon until 4 p.m. More...

OIL GAS NEWS

PERMITS Freestone County Operator:XTO Energy Inc. More...

Gas prices fall compared to last month

Average retail gasoline prices in Texas have fallen 1.4 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $2.52/g on Sunday. More...

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Education

Lori Wills named to college list

Lori Wills of Teague was recently named to Tarleton State University's distinguished students list. Miss Wills is enrolled at the university's Stephenville campus. More...

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Letters

Dear Editor:

Many taxpayers and residents of Leon county are aware of the effort by a group of taxpayers residing in a portion of Oakwood Independent School District, formerly called Lone Star Rural High School District, to detach from Oakwood ISD and be annexed More...

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Obituaries

Betty Fairly Huffman

Huffman Funeral services for Mrs. Betty Fairly Huffman, 81, were held July 19 at Bowers Funeral Home in Teague. Rev. Jason Huffman officiated. Interment followed the services at Union Cemetery. Mrs. More...

Grady L. Banks, Sr.

Funeral services were held July 16 for Grady L. Banks, Sr. of Fairfield, who died July 9 in Mesquite. Pastor Bishop Neaul J. More...

Marie Cadro

Funeral services for Mrs. (Bevy) Marie Johnson Cadro, 93, were held July 18 at Bowers Funeral Home in Teague. Calvin Prowell officiated. Interment followed the services at Greenwood Cemetery. Mrs. More...

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Tea Party plans first county meet

The Freestone County Tea Party that formed recently holds its first meeting Tuesday in Fairfield. The meeting starts at 6 p.m. at 306 N. Fairway, the Kaydale Building. More...

Small gap needs closing . . . Trustees take early budget look

Preliminary figures for the 2010-11 budget show that Fairfield Independent School District trustees only have to trim about one percent of expenses to balance. More...

Law

Sheriff’s Report

by Ralph Billings

Sheriff's Report Number 498- This will be old news by the time it is read, since my deadline with the papers is a few days before their print date, but I want to make sure it gets said…..To a gala soiree on Sunday afternoon at First Baptist C More...

Police Report

by Kenny Bulger

(A summary of recent activity of Fairfield Police Department.) July 12 1:45 a.m.—-Officer Frasier assisted Teague PD in the City of Fairfield with a possible intoxicated driver. More...

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Sports

For alumni players . . . Corsicana hosts football

Former high school football players from Fairfield and the surrounding area can suit up again when Texas Alumni Football comes to Corsicana in October. More...

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Columns

Texas Perimeter Hike

by S. Matt Read

“I am twenty miles or more from the nearest fellow human, but instead of loneliness I feel loveliness.” - Edward Abbey, Desert Solitaire More...

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On the Edge of Common Sense

By Baxter Black, D.V.M.

THE LAST LAUGH The owner told Warren that Della had a reputation of being hard to shoe. She was an 18 year old mare whose foals were sought after for the cutting genes she passed down. He had been offered $50,000 for her but declined. More...

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