By EMILY GUEVARAStaff Writer ATHENS — An Athens couple counted their blessings after an 18-wheeler crashed into their house mere feet from one of them. Bobby and Betty Thomas escaped with only minor injuries after the wreck, which occurred shortly before 8 a.m. Thursday. Texas Department of Public Safety trooper Joshua Jenkins said 40-year-old Gary
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“Our economy is suffering, our moral direction is deteriorating, and as a whole, I feel it’s because we lost those foundations we were built on,” White said. “Marriages are affected and families are being divided, even spirituality – not religion – is being lost, even in the church.” While strong opinions surrounded the rally, including
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My first experience with faith was through my grandmother, Lena Gresham. She never sat me down and told me in detail about faith and how it worked, but she didn’t have to. Her actions in life every single day showed me and gave me examples of how she lived in faith. If you knew grandmother,
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