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The holiday season begins with Thanksgiving, and many people believe that the festivities come to a close after ringing in the new year. In fact, for the faithful, the Christmas season does not end until January 6 (January 12 in Eastern churches).
Read moreSCHULENBURG — The Turtle COLUMBUS — A tip from a state highway patrolman led officers to a local phone business where they arrested a 38-year-old traveler suspected of gunning down his estranged wife in Georgetown.
Read moreCOLUMBUS — A project by the Texas Department of Transportation to install curb ramps, sidewalks and pedestrian elements on U.S. 90 from FM 806 to Front Street starts Jan. 9.
Read more(Columbus) According to an excerpt taken from the minutes of Commissioner’s Court, Colorado County, Texas, regular meeting on February 12, 1973, a group of sixth-grade students at Columbus Elementary School students, along with their teacher Mrs. Peggy Justice, appeared before the Commissioner’s Court of Colorado County and made the following presentation to the court: Bobby Estrada – “The reading classes at Columbus Elementary School are asking your permission to bury a “Time Capsule” here on the Courthouse lawn. We would like for it to belong to the elementary school children of the year 2023 and that it be unearthed when Columbus celebrates 200 years.”
Read moreA small crew of about six adults and a few children were working on making the final touches to their set up for the Soup for Souls annual toy drive when the winds kicked in and the temperature began to drop rapidly. While the wind and cold weather may have stopped some families from making the trip to the host house near Glidden Baptist Church, Edward Pavlicek and the rest of the donors and volunteers fought through the elements to hand out and deliver soup and presents to the families in Columbus.
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Read moreWhen David and Halima Hames first got the keys to open up the Texas location of the international company Yoder & Frey, they walked into a warehouse area with nothing in it. No furniture, no phones, and none of the hundreds of thousands of dollars of machinery and equipment that made the company internationally known from auctioning and selling. Since that day in early October, they have worked tirelessly with their staff of transfers from their other US locations and new hires to build, stock and prepare their newly purchased land for business. Now that their operation is fully underway, they hope to offer their Texas-based customers a new and unique experience to purchase their work equipment. One of their first orders of business was to establish one of the most unique experiences they provide: their quarterly auction.
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