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State Rep. Gooden plans town hall meeting to discuss Terrell State Hospital privatization

TERRELL, Texas — With the announcement by the Texas Department of State Health Services last week of a tentative award notice to privatize Terrell State Hospital, State Representative Lance Gooden, R-Terrell, announced a town hall meeting on Monday, November 3, 2014.

UPDATE: Hydraulic fluid spill causes lane closure on EB U.S. Highway 80 for more than seven hours

FORNEY, Texas — A hydraulic fluid spill on eastbound U.S. Highway 80 at the Dallas-Kaufman County line caused one lane of traffic —of only two eastbound lanes— to be closed for more than seven hours and caused two to three hour delays for drivers.

UPDATE: Hydraulic fluid spill causes lane closure on EB U.S. Highway 80 for more than seven hours

30-day warning period for school zone and bus stop arm safety camera program

KAUFMAN COUNTY, Texas — The Kaufman County Sheriff’s Office announced a 30-day warning period for a new school zone speed camera and bus stop arm camera program.

Officials break ground on $13.8 million State Highway 34 bypass project in Kaufman

Forney PD locates missing child Thursday afternoon

FORNEY, Texas — The Forney Police Department located a missing child approximately an hour after he was reported missing from Woodcrest Way Thursday afternoon.

DPS Troopers ride and follow Kaufman County school buses during National School Bus Safety Week

KAUFMAN COUNTY, Texas — Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) troopers will ride in and follow school buses across the state of Texas this week for National School Bus Safety Week to remind drivers it is illegal to pass any school bus that is stopped and operating a visual sign — either flashing red lights or a stop sign.

Forney PD locates missing child Thursday afternoon

Officials break ground on $13.8 million State Highway 34 bypass project in Kaufman

KAUFMAN, Texas — State and local officials, on Friday, October 17, 2014, broke ground on the much-anticipated State Highway (SH) 34 bypass in Kaufman, Texas.

Multi-vehicle accident involving two big rigs closed U.S. Highway 80, one taken to hospital

FORNEY, Texas — A multi-vehicle accident involving two big rigs and a small passenger vehicle closed eastbound U.S. Highway 80 east of Farm-to-Market (FM) 460 on Tuesday morning, October 21, 2014.

Kaufman County man killed in Monday morning motorcycle accident

KAUFMAN COUNTY, Texas — A Kaufman County man was killed as a result of injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident on I-20 in eastern Kaufman County Monday morning, October 20, 2014.

Multi-vehicle accident involving two big rigs closed U.S. Highway 80, one taken to hospital