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Celebrating 25 years: Denison’s Tony Kaai talks time as city’s economic developer

A long-time figure in Denison's business community and architect in the city's industrial development is celebrating a quarter century of helping the city's business community. Earlier this month, Tony Kaai celebrated his 25th anniversary as the president of the Denison Development Alliance, the economic development arm of the city.

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Juneteenth celebrations begin

June 19, 1865 was the day Major General Gordon Granger reached the city of Galveston with a proclamation from then-President Abraham Lincoln. The recitation of the Emancipation Proclamation in South Texas that day effectively proclaimed the freedom of slaves in Texas, the last state to receive the word.

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