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  • Hot topic Thu Oct 9 9:39am EDT

    National Fire Prevention Week is observed October 5 through Oct. 11 and the Athens Fire Department is taking safety tips to the community.

  • County OKs technology recovery plan Thu Oct 9 9:39am EDT

    The Henderson County Commissioners Court approved a disaster recovery plan for the Information Technology Department at its Tuesday meeting.

  • Will county action set unwanted precedent? Thu Oct 9 9:38am EDT

    In a rare move, the Henderson County Commissioners Court voted Tuesday to remove a burned-out mobile home from a property in the Timber Bay Subdivision near Gun Barrel City.

  • BREAKING NEWS: Hensarling speaks about economy Wed Oct 8 4:53pm EDT

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  • Bailout, or bottom out? Locals chime in Wed Oct 8 9:54am EDT

    The $700 billion bailout bill — passed by the U.S. House of Representatives and signed by President Bush on Friday — was supposed to alleviate economic woes on Wall Street.

  • Stolen ATM machine found Wed Oct 8 9:53am EDT

    The Athens Police Department is investigating the weekend theft of an ATM machine stolen from the Shell station on North Palestine Street.

  • BREAKING NEWS: Victims honored in courthouse ceremony Tue Oct 7 2:39pm EDT

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  • Woman dies in mobile home fire Tue Oct 7 9:54am EDT

    A 59-year-old woman died Sunday morning in a fire that apparently started in the bedroom of her mobile home, Athens Fire Department Asst. Chief Tres Winn said.

  • Hensarling to hold update forum Wednesday Tue Oct 7 9:54am EDT

    U.S. Congressman Jeb Hensarling plans to hold an update forum at the Athens City Hall Annex (501 Pinkerton Street) at 9:30 a.m.

  • Saturday festival palooza Tue Oct 7 9:54am EDT

    There will be no boredom in Athens Saturday with the Octoberfest Fall Festival, Uncle Fletch Cook-off and the Henderson County 2008 Cattle Baron’s Ball all happening this weekend.

  • Fall Hunters’ Rendezvous celebrates 25th anniversary Tue Oct 7 9:38am EDT

    The 25th anniversary of the Fall Hunters’ Rendezvous will also include some firsts for the event.

  • Area drilling project off to slow start Mon Oct 6 9:39am EDT

    BlackBrush Oil and Gas Co. of San Antonio, which received a drilling permit from this city recently, got off to a rough start when workers spotted the well in the wrong place.

  • Former county judge Reagan dies at 93 Sat Oct 4 8:09am EDT

    Winston Reagan, who served two decades as Henderson County’s county judge, died Friday in Chandler. He was 93.

  • Familiar face to lead county Democrats Sat Oct 4 8:09am EDT

    Edith Rounsavall has been working for Democratic candidates for many years. Now she steps into the roll of Henderson County Democrat chairman just weeks before a hotly contested general election.

  • Report details area specs Sat Oct 4 8:09am EDT

    The Northeast Texas region is given an in depth look in a study released this week by State Comptroller Susan Combs’ office called “Texas in Focus: Upper East Texas.

  • Seminar to address digital TV changes Sat Oct 4 8:08am EDT

    The age of analog television is nearing the end.