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Phase 2 of election audit released

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Texas Secretary of State John Scott on Tuesday released a report on the second and final phase of the agency’s full forensic audit of the 2020 General Election in four of Texas’ largest counties: Collin, Dallas, Harris and Tarrant.

DPS encourages be safe and aware

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The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) is encouraging everyone to end 2022 safely as they travel and spend time with family and friends this holiday season. The Texas Highway Patrol will conduct its annual Christmas and New Year’s holiday traffic enforcement campaign beginning Dec. 23 and will be out on the roads looking for people who are speeding, not wearing their seat belts, driving while intoxicated or committing other traffic violations.

NORAD gears up to track Santa

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The Continental Air Defense Command (CONAD) began tracking Santa Claus in 1955 and did so until CONAD was replaced with the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) in 1958. NORAD’s mission, 24hours a day, 365 days a year, is to track airplanes, missiles, space launches and anything else that flies in or around the North American continent – including Santa’s sleigh and Rudolph with “his infrarednose- so-bright” signature.

Unemployment rate holds at 4.0%

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Texas unemployment rates remained unchanged in November at 4.0 percent compared to October, with more than a half million people remaining unemployed. Utah had the lowest jobless rate in November, 2.2 percent.

North Gin Gift of Giving

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Presented by Jordy Roland and Jim Bradford, North Gin proudly made Christmas donations on behalf of their customers to the Castro County Child Protect Services and Sheriff ’s Offi ce Toys for Tots,

The Miracle of Christmas

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“Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel (Isaiah 7:14 KJV).” The miracle would be fulfi lled as promised. “Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us (Matthew 1:23 KJV).” The favored experience miracles; yet, how could there be a virgin birth? “And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name Jesus.

The King has One More Move

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Having disarmed principalities and powers, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them in it. Colossians 2:15 I’m no good at chess. Sadly, I’m not a very observant individual. My wife can come home from a large meeting and list the names of each person in the group and where they sat. Not me. So, when it comes to playing a grueling game of chess, I usually lose my queen within the first 5-minutes of the game because I don’t observe the danger of her next move. Needless to say, I very soon find myself in checkmate with no moves left for my king.

Abbott bans TikTok on government devices

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Governor Greg Abbott last Wednesday ordered all Texas state agencies to ban the use of TikTok on any government- issued devices as the threat of the Chinese Communist Party gaining access to critical U.S. information and infrastructure continues to grow.