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Texas gas prices have fallen 0.5 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $1.93/g today, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 13,114 stations. Gas prices in Texas are 8.6 cents per gallon higher than a month ago and stand 34.6 cents per gallon lower than a year ago.
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You can’t keep someone like Guy Minshall grounded. Especially since he is a Flight Paramedic with PHI Air Medical based out of La Grange. Guy is one who loves the thrills of being sky-high in a helicopter, in any kind of weather, performing life-saving procedures for his patients.
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Columbus’ own Hound Song Brewing Co. was mentioned by Great Beer Now in their Five Best Brewery Visits of 2020. “As difficult as 2020 was, we are proud that the hard work is paying off, and that we are able to share our passion with you, the folks in and around Colorado County, as well as folks from more distant places,” owners Travis and Raven Kocurek said. Courtesy
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The holidays are done, but unfortunately the novel coronavirus is still lingering in the area.
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Hospital region TSA Q, which includes Colorado County, is now above the 15 percent threshold for coronavirus patients.
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There were a number of memorable moments in the second decade of the 21st century documented by The Colorado County Citizen. This is part one of a twopart article where we look back at some of the stories that made the front page of The Citizen over the past decade.
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On Monday, Dec. 28 the M-G feed mill located on I-10 outside Weimar experienced an explosion that was heard from miles away. A witness also reported seeing smoke and a flame but couldn’t identify where it originated. Fortunately, there was more sound than fire. According to Mark Kloesel, CEO of M-G, an overheated bearing in one of the elevator legs sparked and the dust particles ignited in the stack. This caused the loud “cannon-like” boom and the fireball.
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Members of the Western Rice Belt Conference Committee rallied together to donate 11,000 pounds of rice when their annual conference decided to go virtual in Jan. 2021 due to the pandemic.
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