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Mission San Antonio de Valero. Mission Cabernet Sauvignon 2006 and Mission Sauvignon Blanc 2007 will be available to the public in May. via Abilene Reporter-News

EL PASO, Texas -- An Arizona sex offender was in jail Friday after pleading guilty to what prosecutors are calling "sex tourism." Mexican officials said they found John Dickens Armstrong, 51, in his Juarez ... via KFOXTV

"I know God has taken you home. I'm just someone that's taken care of you"

Authorities in Iraq recently found the bodies of two men who were believed to have been held with former Amherst resident Jonathon Cote. via Buffalo News

Authorities have recovered the remains of two U.S. contractors who were kidnapped in Iraq more than a year ago, the FBI said Monday. via Guardian Unlimited

"A lot of time they don't know what to do."

Eighty years young, with the tenacity of a 30-year-old, Dottie Vaughn has endless energy. via Dallas Morning News

Ponder Boot Company 2358 N. Main 817-626-3523 www.ponderboot.com This Stockyards retailer makes boots at its Fort Worth location and thirty miles north at the old Ponder Bank Building . via Texas Monthly

Spring hopped into the Van Alstyne Public Library on Wednesday March 12 with children dressed in festive Easter outfits. via North Texas e-News

"What the state has done is they've placed resources such as air tankers in several cities in this region"

Posted: Six regions across Texas, including the South Plains, are getting state assistance to protect against the spread of wildfires. via KCBD-TV Lubbock

"That's what it is--a procedural nightmare."

FEW PLACES IN TEXAS ARE more humble than Daingerfield, a town of 2,655 residents hidden away in the rolling hills of Northeast Texas. via Texas Monthly

"I still don't see how it does something about clean air. It's totally ineffective."

KELLER -- After taking some heat from neighboring cities for rejecting a regional Clean Fleet Vehicle plan, the City Council on Tuesday approved a tweaked resolution supporting the policy.

In January, the council rejected the policy, which calls for cities to replace 2003 and older-model vehicles with new vehicles that put out 25 percent less pollution. Councilmen Mark Harness, Ray Brown and Jim Carson voted against the policy at the time.

The Clean Fleet Vehicle policy was adopted in 2005 by the Regional Transportation Council, the transportation planning body for the North Central Texas Council of Governments. Since then, the council has been calling on cities to adopt the policy to show their support for a regional approach to clean air. Read more

"For the most part, they're vicious."

By ROY MAYNARD Staff Writer Smith County's Winona barn has been cleared out and made ready to start housing stray animals when the county's contract with the Humane Society of East Texas expires on March 1, ... via Tyler Morning Telegraph

"If it's already being used, it needs to be paid"

No exemptions allowed; will be reviewed Feb. 22 Mauricio Julian Cuellar Jr., Alice Echo-News Journal Jim Wells County Commissioners spent little time at the start of Monday's meeting giving the go-ahead to ... via Alice Echo-News

Love is in the air around various Texas wineries as Valentine's Day approaches. Chef Kenneth Ruud of Messina Hof, 4545 Old Reliance Road, Bryan, will host an Aphrodisiacs Cooking Party at 6:30 p.m. Feb. via MySanAntonio.com

"He was always careful. He was always professional. I never knew him to break the rules of engagement."

A 28-year-old former Blackwater employee who lives near Fort Worth and grew up in the northwest Texas town of Dickens has been identified as a central figure in the investigation of the shooting deaths of 17 ... via Dallas Morning News

A contractor for the Texas Department of Transportation on Thursday will begin a $3.4 million pavement project on F.M. 2154 from County Road 222 to north of Texas 6. TxDOT officials said drivers should expect ... via Theeagle.com

Fifty-five Idaho inmates being moved from a troubled Texas prison have been forced to make a temporary stop. via KCBD-TV Lubbock

By LAWSON TAITTE / The Dallas Morning News ltaitte@dallasnews.com A lthough it has had some amateur and student productions hereabouts, it has taken 13 years for Alan Menken's take on A Christmas Carol to reach ... via WFAA-TV Dallas

A Christmas Carol Among the charms of December in Houston is the Alley Theatre's annual production of A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens's amusing, sweet tale about an old man who finds his heart one cold ... via Houston Press