December 2022

Andrea Yates, Andre Thomas show the injustice of death penalty in Texas

Capital murder cases of two mentally ill killers had much different outcomes Are Andre Thomas and Andrea Yates so different? Both were severely mentally ill and hearing voices before they killed family members in what they said were attempts to save them from evil forces. Yet Thomas, found guilty of capital murder, is set to be executed in four months while Yates, found not guilty by reason of insanity, remains confined to a state mental hospital, where she will likely live out her days.

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Texas Instruments, GlobalWafers cap off 2022 for Sherman

For the city of Sherman, 2022 saw growth and the building blocks for significantly more in the near future as development and high tech industry began to knock on Sherman’s door. The past year saw progress on a milti-billion-dollar project that was announced the year prior, the start of work on another $5 billion dollar project with the possibility of a third near the year’s end. All the while, the city continued work on infrastructure for this and other expected growth.

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ENTERTAINMENT NEWS

NEW YORK (AP) — Tobe Nwigwe didn’t expect to be nominated for best new artist after he submitted his music to the Grammys, but he’s learned to embrace the unexpected. “I felt like it was going to add to our underdog story,” explained the Houston emcee.

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William Lewis Belknap

1942-2022 William Lewis Belknap entered into eternal rest on Wednesday, December 28, 2022, in Sherman, Texas. Lewis was born on August 09, 1942, at home in Sherman, Texas, to Lloyd and Helen Belknap.

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Congress on proxy voting

The House of Representatives spent Friday passing the $1.65 trillion omnibus spending blowout, and the bill is loaded with earmarks and pet priorities from healthcare to public lands that few Members have bothered to read. This is no way to run a government, and compounding the embarrassment is that half of the lawmakers had already ditched Washington for the holidays.

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