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Linden Chamber Ribbon Cuttings

Wed, 09/13/2023 - 5:00am

Perkups Drive Through and Fryway 59 celebrated their ribbon cutting in Linden Saturday both right off Highway 59 in Linden. Perkups Drive Through, photo on left, is a new drive-through establishment that sells specialty coffees, pastries and bakery goods. Fryway 59 is a new restaurant on Linden that serves burgers, and a variety bakery old Southern fried foods.The Linden Chamber of Commerce and the community welcome the new businesses to Linden.This Saturday the Chamber will welcome Preece Farms Plant Nursery at 9:00 a.m. and Stryks Pit Barbeque at high noon. Preece Farms is at 535 CR 1159 and Stryks BBQ is at 106 US HWY 59 in Linden.

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LaNora Russell: The Light of Wesley House

Wed, 09/13/2023 - 5:00am

Every well-run workplace has that one person who breathes life into everything they do; Someone who can fix or fill in wherever and however needed. For Wesley House in Atlanta, Texas, Weekend Manager LaNora Russell is that person.

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Paxton trial completes first week

Wed, 09/13/2023 - 5:00am

The first week of suspended Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s impeachment trial in the Senate ended with his former lead law enforcement officer testifying an Austin developer alleged to have bribed Paxton constructed a “conspiracy theory” that federal officials altered a search warrant for his property, the Austin American- Statesman reported.

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GARGANTUAN CATCH

Wed, 09/13/2023 - 5:00am

One of the world’s oldest and most hallowed freshwater fishing records has likely been crushed by a monster alligator gar caught and released recently at Sam Rayburn Reservoir by Art Weston of Union, Kentucky.