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“Windows 2000” contained 29 million lines of code.

Trespasser investigated

It was a quiet week for local law enforcement with very few offenses investigated. A man claimed he had been shot in the 700 block of Baylor. Police responded, and discovered red marks on his back, indicating he had likely been shot with a pellet gun. Kimberly Jines reported a trespasser at 621 S.

Spider-bat

The disk-winged bats of Latin American have adhesive disks on both wings and feet that enable them to live in unfurling banana leaves. They can also walk up a window pane.

Did you know?

As more people work remotely, electricians and safety advocates are warning that various missteps may be putting people at unnecessary risk of fire and other unsafe conditions. Electrical equipment is necessary to run home offices just like it is traditional offices.

Court issues injunction in fight over Medicaid waiver

A federal district judge last week temporarily reinstated a 10-year extension of a Medicaid program worth billions of dollars to the state for health care for the uninsured. As the Texas Tribune and other media outlets reported, the U.S.

Texas Insurance Tips

My car was totaled! Now what? What does ‘totaled’ mean?Y our insurance company compares the value of your car and the cost to repair it. If the repair costs are about the same or more than the car’s value, it will likely consider the car totaled.

What’s in a name

The U. S. Civil War conflict had at least thirty different names during the 1800s, including The War Against Northern Aggression, The War for States’ Rights, The War for Constitutional Liberty, The War for the Preservation of the Union, The Brothers’ War and Mr. Lincoln’s War.

Parade winners announced

The annual Wheatheart of the Nation Celebration parade was held Saturday morning on Main Street, where thousands of county residents turned out to enjoy the show. The Perryton-Ochiltree Chamber of Commerce announced the winners of the best entries in the parade.

Truckers must pay heavy highway vehicle use tax by Aug. 31

The heavy vehicle use tax is assessed annually on heavy highway motor vehicles operating on public highways with a taxable gross weight of 55,000 pounds or greater. The deadline to file and pay heavy highway vehicle use tax is Tuesday, August 31.