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June 2022

Friend upset after being left out of vacation plans

DEAR ABBY: Recently, my oldest and dearest friend (since kindergarten) talked about renting a house in Puerto Rico for her family and mine. We talk often and have remained close over the years. I consider her family a part of my family.
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Burnett sees development in Lions’ 7-on-7 season

Brownwood head football coach Sammy Burnett doesn’t overreact to wins and losses during the summertime 7-on-7 pass-tag season. Instead, he and his coaching staff saw growth and development in their players this summer as the Lions posted a 7-9 record in 7-on-7 games.
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Coleman wins State Lineman Challenge

Texas high school football headlines during June are dominated by the 7-on-7 State Tournament for the offensive and defensive skill players – the quarterbacks, receivers and defensive backs. But on Saturday, the linemen for the Coleman Bluecats took advantage of their chance in the spotlight at Abilene.
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Lawsuit: Texans ‘turned a blind eye’ to Watson

HOUSTON (AP) — The Houston Texans had been told that their former quarterback Deshaun Watson was sexually assaulting and harassing women during massage sessions, but instead of trying to stop him, the team provided him with resources to enable his actions and “turned a blind eye” to his behavior, according to a lawsuit filed Monday.
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Sarah Symes

Sarah “Linda” Symes was called home on Saturday June 11,2022 to be with her Lord and Savior. Linda couldn’t stand the way her relatives would pronounce her first name so she preferred to be called by her middle name from an early age.
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Donella Long

Joan Donella Taylor Long, age 79, of Early, passed away Friday, June 24, 2022. Funeral services for Donella will be held at 10:00 AM of Tuesday, June 28 in the Heartland Funeral Home Chapel. Visitation will be held on Monday, June 27, from 6-8 P.M.
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A global look at suffocation deaths of trafficked migrants

Officials said 46 people have been found dead and 16 others were taken to hospitals with heat-related illnesses after a tractor-trailer rig containing suspected migrants was found Monday on a remote back road in southwest San Antonio. The deaths were the latest in what has become a global series of mass deaths occurring during human trafficking attempts. Big rigs emerged as a popular smuggling method in the early 1990s amid a surge in U.S. border enforcement in San Diego and El Paso, Texas, which were then the busiest corridors for illegal crossings.
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46 migrants found dead in abandoned trailer

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Forty-six people were found dead after being abandoned in a tractor-trailer on a remote back road in San Antonio in the latest tragedy to claim the lives of migrants smuggled across the border from Mexico to the U.S. Sixteen people were hospitalized, including four children.
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