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ALLY WRIGHT completed her 100-page math packet from First Baptist School’s summer program.

ALLY WRIGHT completed her 100-page math packet from First Baptist School’s summer program.

ALLY WRIGHT

ALLY WRIGHT
JOHN DUPNIK, AT the podium, moderates a discussion on property rights versus regulation. Also pictured are, from left, Alan Day, Gary Westbrook, Billy Howe and James Totten.

JOHN DUPNIK, AT the podium, moderates a discussion on property rights versus regulation. Also pictured are, from left, Alan Day, Gary Westbrook, Billy Howe and James Totten.

Annual summit addresses area groundwater issues

Groundwater professionals shared data on statewide trends, permitting, legislative updates and a discussion on property rights versus regulation in a Thursday, July 18, summit.The annual summit was held by the Post Oak Savannah Groundwater Conservation District (POSGCD)at the Caldwell Civic Center.

Sales tax holiday set for Aug. 9-11

Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar announced that shoppers they can save money on clothes and school supplies during the state’s annual sales tax holiday on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 9-11.This will be the 25th year for the sales tax holiday.

Copper, tin, electrical wiring stolen on CR 430

Someone stole some copper and tin off a storage building and some nearby electrical wiring last weekend from a residence on County Road 430.The thefts were discovered on Sunday morning, July 28, and reported to the Burleson County Sheriff’s Office, said Sheriff’s Lt. Joey Garza.

‘Speeding kills. Slow down, save lives’

The telltale redand- blue lights in a driver’s rearview mirror can inspire shame and guilt. But those feelings don’t come close to the guilt speeding drivers feel after killing or injuring someone -- or the pain a family feels when someone dies in a crash.