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Caroline Martin, 13, of Girl Scout Troop 612, built training equipment for dogs at the Midcoast Humane Society.

Pleasant Grove and Liberty-Eylau will be well represented in the area track meet for Districts 15-4A and 16-4A at Paris High Schools track complex.

TEXARKANA, Texas -- In what may a first for the school, Pleasant Grove literally ran away with the boys district title Wednesday night at Liberty-Eylau High School.

LONGVIEW, Texas -- Pleasant Grove gets its second shot at Canton as the two schools clash in the Class 4A bi-district basketball playoffs at Spring Hill School.

TEXARKANA, Texas -- Paris clawed its way back from an early 12-point deficit to get past Pleasant Grove, 62-56, Friday night at Hawk gym.

Right now, Jasper is at Midcoast Humane in Brunswick, Maine.

TEXARKANA, Texas -- Texas High freshman Sereniti Collins scored a season-high 33 points to ignite the Lady Tigers to a 72-57 victory over Pine Tree Friday night in the Tiger Center.

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NEW BOSTON, Texas -- New Bostons boys won and Lady Lions picked up two wins during the opening day of the 32nd Annual Gunslinger basketball tournament Thursday at Lion Gym.

The head of Midcoast Humane's behavior department worries that a growing trend of punishment-based training methods is causing emotional and behavioral problems in local animals.