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• 200-year-old shipwreck found in Gulf of Mexico

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — An oil company exploration crew's chance discovery of a 200-year-old shipwreck in a little-charted stretch of the Gulf of Mexico is yielding a trove of new information to scientists who say it's one of the most well-preserved old wrecks ever found in the Gulf.

  May 18, 2012

Local News

• Tool mayor resigns, then rescinds resignation

  Tool Mayor Leland Pitts resigned Thursday night. Before the council could officially accept his resignation, Pitts rescinded the resignation.
  Pitts, who has been on the Tool Council for 12 years, off and on,   explained to the citizens why he was considering resigning as Mayor.

  May 18, 2012 1 Photo

• Preparing for the Extreme Mustang Makeover
• Log Cabin man sentenced to 99 years for 12th DWI
• Balloons released for Nursing Home Week
• Remembering his father

Sports

• BRETT HOFFMAN: Pair share Bucking Battle victory

  Former Professional Bull Riders World Finals qualifier Stormy Wing of Dalhart and 2010 world champion Renato Nunes each turned in a score of 92 and tied for the win in the PBR 15/15 Bucking Battle.

  May 20, 2012 1 Photo

• Thrice as nice
• HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL: End of the line
• 5/19 Camps Calendar
• HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL: One for the birds

Opinion

• One spoken line about alcohol use led to GBC mayor victory

  The residents of Gun Barrel City and their neighbors are now going to drink until 2 a.m. on weekends, if they so choose.
  And they have so chosen with last Saturday's election, which extends drinking hours in some establishments in that community.

  May 18, 2012 1 Photo

• May 17, 2007: a day in Henderson County like no other
• Mothers are the glue that holds it all together
• It’s the day to celebrate what our mothers mean to us
• The old time satellite dish was so much fun, they ruined it

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