Feds target 15 in area drug roundup on Wednesday
      TYLER - At approximately 9 a.m. on October 3, a combined task force of federal, state and local law enforcement agencies began arresting individuals involved in a drug trafficking criminal enterprise in Longview, Harleton, Gladewater, White Oak and Dallas.
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Catfish released at Elder Lake
BY KATHRYN MARTINEZ news1@Kilgorenewsherald.com
      If you are headed to Elder Lake this week end don't forget your cane pole. Yesterday morning the lake was stocked with a truckload of live channel catfish - 780 to be exact - from Texas Fresh Water Fisheries, in Athens.
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Texas Agency fires youth prison workers
      DALLAS (AP) - The Texas Youth Commission fired seven employees, including four quality assurance monitors, in response to a report of juvenile inmates living in squalid conditions at a West Texas lockup. Commission Inspector General Bruce Toney said Wednesday that he has opened a criminal investigation into the operations of the Coke County Juvenile Center.
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