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New class attracting students to Groesbeck High’s FFA program, according to GHS ag instructor.
A new program in the Groesbeck High School FFA department has sophomore Kailey Swick interested in agriculture. “I showed rabbits at the county livestock show when I was younger, but I haven’t shown anything since,” Swick said last Thursday. “This year, though, I’m going to show a pig.” More...
Veterans Day ceremony at LC Courthouse

The American Legion Post of Limestone County will present its annual Veterans Day program of remembrance at the Limestone County Courthouse beginning at 10 a.m. on Nov. 11. Schoolchildren from the H.O. Whitehurst campus of Groesbeck Elementary School will participate in the program. The American Legion Honor Guard will close the program with a rifle salute, More...

FALL CELEBRATIONS IN LIMESTONE COUNTY

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 Ag and Energy
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The Texas Beef Council (TBC) recently partnered with the U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF) to bring nine chefs from the Caribbean for an educational tour to better familiarize them with U.S. beef production and with barbecue cuisine that utilizes U.S. beef. The week began with a Beef 101 seminar at West Texas A&M University meat laboratory where Dr. More...
• WEEKLY OIL & GAS NEWS
• Limestone County Grand Jury returns 33 indictments
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 Society
• article has image DAR hears interesting program on George Washington
The meeting of the Jonathan Hardin Chapter of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution was called to order at 10:30 A.M. More...
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• Groesbeck Residents Named to TSTC Honor Roll
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 Today's Youth
• article has image Groesbeck ISD News
Kindergarten students participated in a science experiment on Friday, October 23rd. Mrs. Stevens talked to the classes about the properties of matter and sublimation. Students discovered how dry ice sublimates inside a sealed bottle.They learned that the gas form takes up more space, thus expanding the bottle and causing it to explode. More...
• J.T. Carter becomes Eagle Scout
• Groesbeck vs. Lorena
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 Obituaries
• article has image Astol T. Lancaster
Astol Thomas Lancaster, 94, of Teague passed away October 26, 2009 in Teague. Graveside services were Thursday, October 29, at Greenwood Cemetery in Teague with Rev. Jeff Powers officiating. More...
• Weldon Glynn Holder
• Betty Joyce Whitaker
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 Calendar
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FRUIT DEADLINE Friday, Nov. 6 Groesbeck FFA will be selling holiday fruit baskets until Friday, Nov. 6. Call 729-4134 to place an order. Prices vary according to quantity and type of fruit ordered. Oranges, grapefruit, apples and pears are available. Baskets will arrive the first week of December. More...
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 Sports
• Goats fall to LaVega
The Groesbeck High School varsity football team lost its seventh straight game against La Vega High School in a contest that was closer than the final score showed. The Goats stayed within striking distance of the Pirates for most of the night, but La Vega pulled away in the fourth quarter to defeat Groesbeck 31-6. More...
• article has image GROESBECK, MEXIA SEND TEAMS TO DALLAS/FORT WORTH MUD RUN
• Twelve GHS senior playing last grid game for Goats
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 Thornton Hustler
• Pitching washers at Rasco Brothers Station in Thornton
Among the veterans returning to Thornton from World War II were two brothers, Lamar Rasco, who had served in the US Army Corps, and Pickens Rasco, who had served in the regular U.S. Army. They were the sons of Willie and Minnie Rasco of Thornton. More...
• Thornton Senior News
• Lesson plans and retirement plans
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 Kosse Cyclone
• Kosse Helping Hands Food Drive
The Kosse Helping Hands Food Drive, in conjunction with “Food for Families”, is slated for Friday, Nov. 20th. More...
• State Capital Highlights
• Gov. urges illegal alien transport stopped
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 Coolidge News
• Coolidge Junior High stays unbeaten
For the second time this year the Coolidge Junior High Yellowjackets soundly whipped the Avalon young Eagles, 26-6, Thursday, Oct. 29th, in Avalon. This kept the guys undefeated (6-0 season, 4-0 district) and can wrap up the District 14 title next Thursday, November 5, in Trinidad. That would be the third straight district crown for the junior Jackets. More...
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