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Taking the pulse on the health forum and a certain curriculum tool

Published Saturday, August 31, 2013
By Brian Knox

Wise County Health forum meetings are always well-attended, but they might have set a record last Thursday.

It’s hard to be original these days

Published Wednesday, August 28, 2013
By Brian Eaton

Have you ever come up with a great idea that you think no one else has ever thought of, only to find out later that someone else came up with the same thing some time ago?

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AG Holder files suit against Texas voter ID law

Published Wednesday, August 28, 2013
By Ed Sterling

The U.S. Department of Justice on Aug. 22 announced it would file a lawsuit against the State of Texas over the state's voter photo identification law, passed as Senate Bill 14 in 2011.

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School Talk for Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Published Wednesday, August 28, 2013
By Messenger Staff

School Talk: This week visited Carson Elementary to talk to young pupils about returning to school.

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Is your account overdrawn?

Published Wednesday, August 28, 2013
By Gerry Lewis

Have you ever gotten the notice in the mail (or by email or text message) that your bank account is overdrawn? I have.

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Confessions of an off-season star

Published Saturday, August 24, 2013
By Bob Buckel

For the next few months, a small town in Texas may be the best place in the world.

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A bridge too far…

Published Saturday, August 24, 2013
By Kristen Tribe

I may be the only person in Wise County who doesn't want her road fixed.

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Injury changed plans, but gave perspective

Published Wednesday, August 21, 2013
By Danielle Scroggins

Summer began the afternoon of June 7. Students were home, classrooms were packed and teachers were done with the last meeting of the academic year.

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Abbott explains opposition to proposed airline merger

Published Wednesday, August 21, 2013
By Ed Sterling

Attorneys general of Texas, Arizona, Tennessee, Florida, Virginia, Pennsylvania and the District of Columbia joined in the U.S. Justice Department's Aug. 13 anti-trust lawsuit intended to block the merger of Fort Worth-headquartered American Airlines and Tempe, Ariz., headquartered US Airways.

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Can I please have a do-over?

Published Wednesday, August 21, 2013
By Gerry Lewis

"I need a do-over on this week." That's what I told God while I was waiting for AAA to come unlock my car at the caf where I had locked my keys inside.

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What children hear

Published Saturday, August 17, 2013
By Bob Buckel

There's a scene in the movie "Coal Miner's Daughter" where Sissy Spacek as Loretta Lynn and Tommy Lee Jones as her husband, Doolittle, are having a hushed conversation in their sleeping kids' bedroom.

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What you need to know about Congress right now

Published Saturday, August 17, 2013
By Lee H. Hamilton

Deeply unpopular and flagrantly unproductive, Congress is on its August recess right now.

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Local domestic violence resources provide hope

Published Wednesday, August 14, 2013
By Brian Knox

As I pulled up to drop off some donations at the Wise Hope Chest in Bridgeport Saturday, I couldn't help but think back to a domestic violence murder case I covered, almost 10 years ago to the day, in the same town.

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Road-funding legislation finally passes

Published Wednesday, August 14, 2013
By Ed Sterling

A third called session of the Texas Legislature began July 30 and ended Aug. 5 with the task completed: passage of legislation to create a new funding path for transportation projects.

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