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Queen Bess gets her likeness on a quarter

Wed, 04/27/2022 - 5:00am

On March 30, 2022, the U.S. Mint announced that it will be commemorating Bessie Coleman’s, “Queen Bess,” achievements on the backside of a US Quarter. Coleman a native of Atlanta, Texas, is known among many things to be the first African American to earn an international pilot’s license. With the announcement, the Mint released nine potential designs, one of which will begin circulation in 2023. American Women Quarters Program will also honor Maria Tallchief, Edith Kanaka’ole, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Jovita Idar.

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Wildflower Trails of Texas

Wed, 04/27/2022 - 5:00am

Saturday was the annual Wildflower Trails, it was a beautiful day for classic cars, family fun, shopping, face painting and carnival rides. See more photos on page 2.

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Ransom to be sworn in

Wed, 04/27/2022 - 5:00am

The public is invited to attend the ceremony for Travis Ransom as he is sworn into office as Cass County Judge on Saturday April 30th at 2 p.m. by 5th District Judge Bill Miller. The ceremony will take place on the courthouse grounds outside the historic Cass County Courthouse and light refreshments will be served.

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Tax scam aimed at business owners

Wed, 04/27/2022 - 5:00am

A few of the local businesses have reported a fraudulent letter to the sheriff ’s office. In the letter, the sender claims that the business owes a laughable some of money; in this case $175,173,862.23. The sender then gives an 844-number they can call to dispute the charge, in order to get the receiver of the letter on the phone. It should be noted that there is no address for the receiver to pay the bill if they wanted to. Similar scammers hope the receiver will call and to dispute the charge. Once they do, they will negotiate a smaller charge which the receiver may be willing to pay.

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Signals to be upgraded

Wed, 04/27/2022 - 5:00am

Dozens of intersections in Northeast Texas will have improvements made to their traffic control systems later this year, according to plans approved in April by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT).