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With some country radio stations initially reluctant to play the pop star’s latest releases “Texas Hold ’Em” and “16 Carriages,” The Onion asked country music fans why they would never listen to Beyoncé, and this is what they said.

An added sanitarian and a public health inspector will join the district’s ranks,...

Randy Sorrels left his previous firm (Abraham Watkins) after 30 years, including 25 as managing partner. “I was given a unique opportunity to join another firm as a result of my role as president of the State Bar. Then fate, as well as a couple of former Major League Baseball players stepped in, and we opened our own law firm,” Sorrels said. “And the result could not have turned out better.” According to a press release, a the new team is rounded out by a nurse/lawyer, a pharmacist/lawy...

A Bell County judge sentenced a Killeen man to a decade behind bars for an armed robbery of an elderly couple earlier this year. During a remote hearing on Thursday, Judge Paul LePak heard testimony from the defendant, Jason Lomas, 18, and his mother, as well as attorneys’ arguments, before sentencing Lomas to ten years in prison with credit for time served. LePak, who presides over the 264th Judicial District Court, also considered a victim’s impact statement. Lomas entered a guilty ...