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Developer Steven Haynes answers questions concerning the project and his company.

HENDERSON/VAN ZANDT COUNTIES–Two tragic weekend accidents have claimed the lives of a local teen and a law enforcement officer.
According to DPS preliminary reports, around 2:30 a.m. June 11, Haylie Grimes, 17, of Gun Barrel City was on the shoulder of FM 317 approximately 3.5 miles from Athens speaking to the driver of a vehicle stopped partially in the westbound lane. Samuel Bautista, 19, of Athens went around the parked vehicle in a no-passing zone and came to a stop in the eastbound lane to pick up Grimes. 

Kenneth Duncan, 87, beloved father, grandfather and great-grandfather, was called to his eternal resting place May 27, 2023.
He entered this world July 10, 1935 in Hawkins born to John Henry and Jessie Fay (Morrison) Duncan. 
Kenneth was a truck driver as well as a bulldozer operator. He loved fishing, hunting and spending time with his grandchildren. He was a kind, loving, hard-working man who never met a stranger.