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Statewide texting-while-driving ban dies AUSTIN Amarillo, which bans all hand-held cellphone use while driving, will keep its tough ordinance for the next two years because a texting-while-driving ban the Texas Legislature considered is officially dead, the bills author said.Its over, Rep. Tom C
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Former Texas Tech basketball player charged with murder LUBBOCK - Former Texas Tech mens basketball player Decensae White has been arrested on a murder charge, the San Mateo County (Calif.) Times has reported.read more
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Pathpoint Fellowship Church adds features, links buildings under new plan A church of many firsts is how the senior pastor described Pathpoint Fellowship Church.Pathpoint Fellowship is currently in the midst of an eight-phase plan to unite its properties under one church roof at 6215 Canyon Drive.read more
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Alert system connects counties Its been nearly two years since the Panhandle Regional Planning Commission secured funding for a mass-messaging system, and now residents in every Texas Panhandle county can receive instant alerts via text, email or telephone call about severe weather, ro
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Word of the day for Saturday, May 25, 2013 WORD OF THE DAYstaid staid stadDefinition: (adj.) Of a steady and sober characterExample: People think of librarians as being these staid, proper things, and were not. Lisa Hein
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Calendar for Saturday, May 25, 2013 EntertainmentStew Moss: 6 p.m. Big Texan Beer Garden, 7701 E. Interstate 40. No cover. 806-372-6000.Motionless in White, Moments till Fall, A Sight to See, Dust to Life, Leagues and Gethsemani: 6 p.m. The Wreck Room at Vientiane Nights, 6007 E. Amarillo B
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Today in history for Saturday, May 25, 2013 On May 25, 1961, President John F. Kennedy told Congress: I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the earth. In 1787, the Constitutional Con
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Former U.S. President gives Amarillo couple unique wedding gift Married at the ages of 85 and 72, Larry and Yolanda Touchon aren't your typical newlywed couple. So it's only fitting their wedding and honeymoon ended with a gift that was anything but expected.
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Reception to honor retiring educator Friends and former students are invited to attend a retirement reception Sunday in Happy honoring Carroll Killingsworth, a regional educator for more than six decades.The reception will be from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Sunday in Happy High School library. Those who
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Boys Ranch program gets national award For the second straight year Boys Ranch High School received the Jostens National Yearbook Program of Excellence award.They set a goal and worked hard to achieve it, said Boys Ranch yearbook advisor Paula Stroud-Kenney. The 2013 yearbook staff had the pas
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