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The City of Centerville, Texas just became the 33rd in the United States to ban abortions by passing a Sanctuary City for the Unborn ordinance. On Wednesday, the city council unanimously approved the pro-life ordinance in a 5-0 vote, according to Texas Scorecard. Mayor Nolan Ray Goolsby said he supported the pro-life ordinance against the recommendations of the city attorney and state municipal leaders. “I had our secretary check with our attorney in Waco, and he advised us to not take any action. We called [Texas Municipal League], and they told us the same thing,” Goolsby said. “But I want...

"The road, trees, houses and even ourselves were bathed in a blinding phosphorescent-like glow which had its center in a bright streak in the sky above us," highway construction superintendent Leroy Milhan of Centerville, Michigan, would recall in a paper published the following year. "It passed over us toward the west. Immediately came a muffled report or jar that shook houses and the very earth like an earthquake." The following day, the Washington Times reported that "telegraph and telephone communications and electric lighting plants in several cities in southern Michigan and northern Indiana are out of commission" as a result...

Note: The following text is a quote: Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMonday, November 23, 2009 Arrests Made in Case Involving Conspiracy to Procure Weapons, Including Anti-Aircraft Missiles Arrests were made today in a case involving a conspiracy to procure weapons, including anti-aircraft missiles. A criminal complaint, unsealed today, charged Dani Nemr Tarraf with conspiring to acquire anti-aircraft missiles (FIM-92 Stingers) and conspiring to possess machine guns (approximately 10,000 Colt M4 Carbines). In addition, Tarraf and other defendants — including Douri Nemr Tarraf, Hassan Mohamad Komeiha, and Hussein Ali Asfour — were charged with conspiring to...

Centerville sends police to hurricane-ravaged area Chief, other volunteers to help re-establish small-town police force Tuesday night the Centerville City Council met in regular session. Councilman Robert Smith opened the meeting with an inspirational prayer for the victims of the Hurricane Katrina. Smith’s words were not the empty rhetoric of so many national politicians, but symbolized the resolve of Mayor Ronnie Brand and the other members of the City Council to help those in need. Chief Ernie Pardo, with the full support of the city government, announced that a special team from the Centerville Police Department will be traveling to...

Centerville Mayor Ronnie Brand won’t run again After 15 years of public service, Brand to bow out A Houston Home Journal Exclusive By WILLIAM JOHN HAGAN HHJ Staff Writer In an exclusive interview with The Houston Home Journal, Centerville Mayor Ronnie Brand announced his decision not to seek re-election. After over 15 years of dedicated service to the City of Centerville, first as a councilman and then as mayor, Brand served the people of Centerville through a period of exceptional growth. During Brand’s tenure, he shepherded the city through a long phase of unprecedented development. The Centerville population more than...

Man linked to missing woman, girl kills self 01/11/2003 By JASON TRAHAN / The Dallas Morning News Authorities are unraveling the links among a suicide in a Grand Prairie motel this week, two missing people and a bloody trailer found in Central Texas. The man who committed suicide, James D. Clinton, was wanted for questioning in the disappearances of his wife and her daughter. Gay W. Clinton, 43, and her daughter, Samantha R. Clinton, 14, were reported missing Dec. 21 after relatives couldn't reach them. At 8:40 a.m. Thursday, Mr. Clinton, 50, of Centerville in Leon County, called 911...