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ATHENS–Aug. 5, Henderson County Commissioners’ Court voted to accept the proposed bankruptcy plan for Purdue Pharma as well as the execution of the subdivision participation and release form.
Jan. 23, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced that a bipartisan coalition of states and other parties reached a $7.4 billion settlement in principle with members of the Sackler family and their company Purdue Pharma for what an attorney general’s office release says was “their instrumental role in creating the opioid crisis.”

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Lilley Wiggins pets a ball python during the final summer reading program session of the Red Waller Community Library in Malakoff, held Aug. 7 at the Malakoff Community Center and featuring Wild Things Zoofari.

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Mabank High School football players gather at the door with Coach Rick Slade (left) before being allowed entry for equipment pass-out day Aug. 4.

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Mabank football players line up in the weight room to enter an equipment area, as excitement builds on the first day of practice.

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A July 31 Athens-area traffic stop leads to investigators recovering a large amount of suspected methamphetamine, marijuana, suspected cocaine, several suspected ecstasy pills, THC gummies and a large amount of U.S. currency, according to a release from the Henderson County Sheriff’s Office.

KAUFMAN COUNTY–A truck driver at the wheel that killed five people on I-20 near Terrell was indicted on multiple charges by a Kaufman County grand jury this past week. 
A company official for the trucking company, Hope Trans, was also indicted for felony forgery. 
The driver, 27-year-old Alexis Osmani Gonzalez-Companioni, was indicted on five counts of manslaughter and aggravated assault with a weapon. 

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Eustace High School volleyball player Carley Pitman (at rear, right) goes up for setting opportunity during two-a-days.

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Eustace ISD Athletic Director and head volleyball coach Tosha Spain (foreground) conducts practice in the E.L. Kirk Gym Aug. 1.