You often hear about the kindness of strangers, and this “kindness” story specifically touches the lives of area veterans.
A stranger from Florida was traveling on I-45 through Buffalo recently when he stopped at a local cafe and noticed a donation jar. Picking it up he read about the need for a van to transport veterans from the Palestine VA Clinic to the VA hospitals in Waco in Temple.

The Texas Department of State Health Services has received limited doses of the H1N1 vaccine and will be administering the vaccine to priority groups over the next few months.

A week after Palestine’s season came to an end, head coach Booker Bowie is retiring.
Palestine Independent School District Superintendent Dr. Thomas A. Wallis confirmed Thursday afternoon that Bowie has decided to retire. Friday will be Bowie's last day.

DALLAS (AP) — Activists have gathered in Dallas to protest coal-fired power plants in Texas.

HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — A convicted killer who volunteered for execution but in recent weeks changed his mind was put to death Wednesday evening for the abduction-slaying of an 84-year-old east Texas woman who was weighted down with a cinder block and thrown into a river.

Ken Bratz has been named co-chairman of the Anderson County Local Emergency Planning Committee.

Santa’s Magic Workshop will open for visitors at 10 a.m. the Friday after Thanksgiving.

HUNTSVILLE _ Palestine native Danielle Simpson was executed Wednesday night for the January 2000 murder of 84-year-old retired schoolteacher Geraldine Davidson.