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Lend a Hand for Fourth Annual Graffiti Wipeout Volunteer Day

Friday, September 21st, 2007

City looking for volunteers for September 29 event

Get ready to pick up a paint brush or roller and rid our community of an eyesore the City of San Antonio is combating on multiple fronts. Individuals and groups are now being recruited to join City leaders and staff for the Fourth Annual Graffiti Wipeout Volunteer Day. Hundreds of people are expected to turn out for this year’s event on Saturday, September 29 from 9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
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Bexar commissioners name interim sheriff

Thursday, September 20th, 2007

After six hours and five candidate interviews, Bexar County commissioners on Wednesday voted to appoint longtime Chief Deputy Rolando R. Tafolla as interim sheriff.

Tafolla pleased commissioners when he told them Wednesday he had already reached a mutual agreement with Premier Management Enterprises, a Louisiana jail services company, to terminate its operation of the jail commissary. The contract with Premier sparked an ongoing public corruption investigation that forced the resignation of former Sheriff Ralph Lopez on Aug. 31.
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Texas to carry out 25th execution this year

Wednesday, September 19th, 2007

On Thursday, convicted killer Clifford Kimmel,32, will die by lethal injection for his 1999 murders of three people, Rachel White and Susan Halverstadt, both 22, and Brent Roe, 29.

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