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July 2, 2009
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Celebration to feature fun, food, parade and fireworks
The red, white and blue banners and bunting are up all over town, and many flags will be flying soon! This is a true sign that the Fourth of July or Independence Day will soon be here, and all is ready for Groesbeck Fourth of July celebration this Friday and Saturday, July 3 and July 4. More...
BALD EAGLE POPULATION IS GROWING IN LIMESTONE AREA

When America's founding fathers were selecting a national emblem back in January 1784, an elderly statesman by the name of Benjamin Franklin campaigned vigorously against the bald eagle. "It is a bird of bad moral character who lives by sharping and robbing," Franklin claimed. "He is generally ... More...

Hot rods, hot weather

After a week of watching temperatures hover around the 105 mark, memories of late April's eight-inch deluge are beginning to fade. The heavy April 28 rains left the grounds at City Park saturated and forced the Groesbeck Lions Club to postpone its annual car show, which had been scheduled for May... More...

The Groesbeck Fire Department received a check for $150.00 recently from Texas Farm Bureau Insurance Companies as an expression of thanks for the department's work on the property of Peggy and Wayne Ward. The money will be used for their loss prevention program. More...
The Groesbeck Auction & Livestock Company held its weekly livestock auction sale on Thursday, June 25. The sale is held each Thursday beginning at 12 noon. There were 1102 head sold. There will be no sale July 2. More...
Members of the Limestone Medical Center Volunteers are shown with a Fluid Warmer and a Schwinn Bike donated to the Limestone Medical Center. The volunteers obtained the money used to purchase the items from local fundraisers and dues paid by its members. More...
Many Limestone County residents don't know Emily Wilson. Many do, however, know her voice. The 16-year-old junior-tobe at Groesbeck High School has become a fixture at local sporting events and festivals by singing the National Anthem, and she's hoping the exposure will open doors to a career in... More...
Billie Cleon "Sissy" Johnson passed away on Thursday, June 25, 2009 at the Groesbeck LTC Nursing and Rehab Center, at age 81. Services were held at 2:00 P.M. on Monday, June 29, at the Groesb eck Fu- neral Home Chapel, with Reverend Johnny Layton officiating. Burial followed at Lost Prairie Cemet... More...
SUMMER TENNIS Thursday, July 2 Junior tennis clinics will be held at Groesbeck High School. Future Stars, for students 5 to 12, will be from 6:30-7:30 p.m., and Tournament Stars, for students entering seventh through 12th grades, will be from 7:45-8:45 p.m. The clinics cost $6 a day or $10 a wee... More...
Softball team Worth Lady Crushers won the State Championship in the ASA 18-under B division on June 21 in Bryan. Five Groesbeck players are on the Crusher roster: Cassie Anders, Tori Pankonien, Toni Madison, Keeley Salazar and Cynamon Walters. These five girls also played on the select team last y... More...
Thornton, One Small Town in Texas, a two volume set of over 1,000 pages soon will be available. The book has been compiled and edited by GAnn Smith-Tilley and Robbie Thames-Ahlfinger. This labor of love by these two former Thornton ladies has taken several years for this publication to become ... More...
Peggy McCaleb was born in Houston and lived there 28 years and then married. She and James, her husband of 38 years, moved to Kosse and she's never tarried. Because she quit school to care for her ill father, Peggy did not receive her high school diploma until 1996 - much later. More...
Mary Douglas is at home in Hillsboro following hip replacement surgery on Tuesday. Her husband Bob says she is doing ok. The Methodist folks went to the Haven Nursing Home Thursday to help celebrate June Birthday. The Pastor of Tehuacana Church was unable to attend, so Brad Brittian, the Pastor o... More...

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