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Accused Soldier Begins Trial Over Detainee Abuse

9-8-05 - A day after one Ohio reservist was acquitted in the beating of Afghan detainee who later died, another soldier accused of the same charge was set to go to trial. Sgt. Darin Broady, a member of the...

Evacuated Kids Enroll in Texoma

9-8-05 – 60,000 students evacuated from the hurricane-ravaged areas are expected to enroll in Texas schools. Local school districts are ready to take them on, they say, if only parents would sign up their children.

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Whitesboro NHS Raises Money for Hurricane Relief

9-7-05 - Friday at the Whitesboro Homecoming Pep Rally and Game, the National Honor Society passed around the helmet for hurricane relief donations. The generosity of the fans in Whitesboro led to over ...

Mission of Relief - Airboat Rescues

9-8-05 - Texoma airboat pilots are making a difference in New Orleans - pulling hundreds of stranded victims from the floodwater. Harold Speed is one of them - a boat maker from Hendrix, Oklahoma.

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Plans to Move Additional Evacuees on Hold

9-7-05 - Plans to transfer Hurricane Katrina evacuees from Texas to other states including Oklahoma have been put on hold because many of these people do not want to leave, an Oklahoma official said ...

Oil Prices Fall as Market Focus Shifts

9-7-05 - The supply fears that dominated energy-market psychology in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina receded somewhat on Wednesday as attention turned to expectations of softening demand.

Ardmore Police Officers Headed to Louisiana

9-7-05 - Ardmore Police say they're not short on manpower even though they've temporarily lost six officers to Louisiana relief efforts. The Ardmore Police Department was contacted by an outside security...

Crude Oil Cools as Gulf Coast Recovery Progresses

9-7-05 - Crude oil prices cooled further Wednesday as the production recovery proceeded in the hurricane-battered U.S. Gulf Coast, but unleaded gasoline prices rose and traders were keeping a close eye ...

School Enrollment Process Beginning For Evacuees

9-7-05 - While Tuesday marked the first day of school for many hurricane victims able to find housing with friends, family or strangers, the enrollment process was just beginning for the masses of ...

Some Hurricane Evacuees Relocating on Their Own

9-7-05 - Dozens of hurricane evacuees slumped at a Dallas Greyhound station, clutching bus tickets they purchased to move on and begin rebuilding their broken lives. While some refugees are ...

Mexican Media Buzz Over Relief Convoy

9-7-05 - Radio talk shows and newspapers here buzzed with excitement over news that Mexico, long on the receiving end of U.S. disaster relief, was sending a hurricane aid convoy to help its larger...

Texans to Seek Hurricane Compensation

9-7-05 - The next Hurricane Katrina disaster relief bill Congress considers should include reimbursement to Texas for providing help to hundreds of thousands of storm victims, Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison said...

Making a Home for Evacuees

9-7-05 – A Texoma family unable to give money to Katrina relief efforts went down to Dallas to volunteer last week, and came back home with nine people. Mike and Dedrea Higginbotham of Luella...

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Teachers Needed to Help Students and Schools

9-6-05 - The Texas Education Agency opened a hotline to take calls from teachers who would like to help, and here in Texoma, Davis schools need your help to assist with those displaced by Katrina.

Judges Push Perry to Sign Pay Raise Bill

9-6-05 - Gov. Rick Perry had asked legislators to approve a salary increase for judges during the 2005 regular session and added the issue to the agenda during the two failed special sessions on ...

Houston Channel Dredging Expedited

9-6-05 - Anticipating that ship traffic will be diverted from the damaged ports of New Orleans and Gulfport, Miss., a dredging project in the Houston Ship Channel has been expedited. The project, which will allow ...

Hundreds Find Refuge in El Paso

9-6-05 - As the floodwaters rose around her 9th Ward home in New Orleans, Doris Causey tried her best to reassure her family. Causey, 59, and her daughter, Karen Cheneau, 40, were among more than ...

Army Reservist Accused of Hitting Detainee

9-6-05 - An Army reservist accused of hitting a detainee who later died in Afghanistan claims his is a case of mistaken identity. Sgt. Christopher W. Greatorex is scheduled to stand trial Tuesday on...

Escaped Convict on the Loose

9-6-05 - Marshall County authorities say they were one inmate short on a headcount Monday morning, but they aren't talking much about the escape. KXII started getting phone calls and emails Monday about ...

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Evacuees Arriving Late to Falls Creek

9-5-05 - Officials at the Falls Creek church camp near Davis say as many as 3,000 evacuees WON'T be arriving today. Oklahoma Highway Patrol Lieutenant Stewart Meyer says he was informed Monday ...

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KXII Traveling With National Guard

9-5-05 - 100 soldiers from the 180th National Guard out of Durant are on their way to the disaster area. KXII has a crew along with them to report on their status as they set out on their Mission of Relief. The Guard and ...

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Police presence welcome at Astrodome, other shelters

9-5-05 - Linda Jeffers' only belonging besides her clothes is a small black purse which contains her entire identity now that she's lost everything to Hurricane Katrina. As Jeffers makes her way through...

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In The Community

Sherman Public Library Summer Reading Club sign ups

Posted: 05/08/13 - The Sherman Public Library is very excited about our upcoming Summer Reading Club for children and teens. Children ages birth-11 can Dig into Reading and join the Youth Summer Reading Club. The theme for the Teen Summer Reading Club this year is Beneath the Surface and it is open to teens ages 12-18. Read More

Southeastern Spring Commencement set for May 11

Posted: 05/07/13 - DURANT, Okla. – Regent Terry Matlock will deliver remarks at Southeastern Oklahoma State University’s Spring Commencement, scheduled for Saturday, May 11, at Paul Laird Field. The ceremony (for all schools) will begin at 10 a.m. A reception will follow at 11:30 a.m. in the Visual & Performing Arts Center. Read More

Austin College Commencement Celebration Nearing

Posted: 05/06/13 - SHERMAN, TEXAS—Members of the Austin College Class of 2013 are counting down the days until graduation—with both excitement and trepidation. Austin College President Marjorie Hass will present diplomas to more than 340 bachelor’s degree candidates and 18 Master of Arts in Teaching degree candidates who will take part in graduation events May 18 and 19 on campus. Read More

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