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East Texas paramedic spends 83 days in hospital, 50 days in coma with COVID-19, survives against all odds
www.news-journal.com - RSS Results in news of type article M j, Y | g:i aEast Texas paramedic and longtime first responder Steve Finley isn’t used to being in the limelight.
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Stallard: Don't let society's attitude define your success
www.news-journal.com - RSS Results in news of type article M j, Y | g:i aAlan Moye made it.
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Biden wins White House, vowing new direction for divided U.S.
www.news-journal.com - RSS Results in news of type article M j, Y | g:i aDemocrat Joe Biden defeated President Donald Trump to become the 46th president of the United States on Saturday, positioning himself to lead a nation gripped by a historic pandemic and a confluence of economic and social turmoil.
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Veteran police officer killed in Houston shooting, another wounded
www.news-journal.com - RSS Results in news of type article M j, Y | g:i aA Houston police officer was killed and another injured when they were shot on duty Tuesday morning in southwest Houston.
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'Luxury' Longview business Lollar's Jewelry perseveres through pandemic
www.news-journal.com - RSS Results in news of type article M j, Y | g:i aHaving opened 43 years ago in a shopping strip on Pine Tree Road, Lollar’s Jewelry has seen its share of setbacks.
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Work to complete Longview's Lear Park underway
www.news-journal.com - RSS Results in news of type article M j, Y | g:i aThe work that will complete the W.G. “Bill” Lear Athletic Complex in Longview has begun.
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Open Door Pregnancy Center in Gilmer plans Friday grand reopening
www.news-journal.com - RSS Results in news of type article M j, Y | g:i aA Gilmer nonprofit that has been providing women and men with help for unplanned pregnancies since January 2017 will celebrate its growth Friday with a grand reopening.
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Labor Day at Martin Creek Lake State Park
www.news-journal.com - RSS Results in news of type article M j, Y | g:i aThe Marshall family were among at least dozens of families who visited Martin Creek Lake State Park on Monday. Park Superintendent Sara Barber said the park sold out of day-use permits Saturday and Sunday, and she expected Monday to be…
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Attention turns to Chicago's last standing Columbus statue
www.news-journal.com - RSS Results in news of type article M j, Y | g:i aCHICAGO (AP) — A Christopher Columbus statue on Chicago’s South Side that was left standing after two other Columbus statues were removed last week may yet be taken down, a City Council member says.
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Masked mourners brave heat, virus fears to honor John Lewis
www.news-journal.com - RSS Results in news of type article M j, Y | g:i aWASHINGTON (AP) — Mourners braved both coronavirus fears and brutal heat on Tuesday to pay their respects to the late Rep. John Lewis, the first Black lawmaker to lie in state at the Capitol Rotunda.
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