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Latest Parker County Trials News
Parker was longtime gynecologist dedicated to his work
Texas
Dr. Maxwell Venable Parker's grandfather was a noted San Antonio doctor, and there were other doctors in his extended family — so it may have been natural that he chose medicine as a career. Chris Parker, the youngest of his two sons, said his father worked on the business side of a doctor's office after getting a degree from Trinity University, but quickly saw he was more cut out to practice ...
May 07 2013
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States continue tussling with Medicaid expansion plans
Parker, pennsylvania
CQ HealthBeat reports that even in jurisdictions that opt not to pursue the Medicaid expansion, the number of people who are left without insurance coverage will not be as large as expected. Meanwhile, Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe signed his state's private insurance option plan into law while debate is ongoing in Pennsylvania, Texas, Florida and South Dakota.
May 07 2013
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Free healthy living workshops
Texas
A series of six free healthy living workshops for those with chronic diseases and/or their caretakers will be offered weekly from 9:30 a.m. to noon May 3 — June 7 in the Parker County Hospital District boardroom, 1130 Pecan Street in Weatherford.
May 07 2013
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Jury selection coming soon in Brett Parker double murder trial
Texas
Attorneys in the Brett Parker double murder case could start picking a jury as early as Tuesday. Monday's court action included a decision by defense attorneys to hold off on arguing what they say is the central theme of their case.
May 07 2013
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Arkansas governor signs private insurance option into law
O Brien, texas
By Suzi Parker LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas (Reuters) - Arkansas's Democratic governor signed into law on Tuesday a plan to extend health insurance to more of the state's low-income residents in a move that could offer a model for other states wrestling with opposition to the federal government's Medicaid expansion plan. The Arkansas law uses federal Medicaid funds to buy private insurance for about ...
May 04 2013
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Lawmakers skeptical as VA touts strides in mental health care for veterans
Texas
A sign at a VA hospital in California Credit: Parker Knight/Flickr.com WASHINGTON – A senior Veterans Affairs official said today that the agency is now better prepared to help former military personnel cope with the emotional and psychological trauma of war, but key members of the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee remained skeptical amid intensifying demand for mental health care. “We are ...
February 16 2013
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Affidavit: Texas murder suspect blames 'voices'
Doss, texas
The details were in a probable cause affidavit released Friday by the Parker County sheriff's department. According to the affidavit, a friend became concerned that he hadn't been able to contact Doss and went to check on him Wednesday.
February 10 2013
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Civil Filings
Texas
Court-At-Law No. 3 Judge Judy Parker
February 09 2013
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County sees January flu shot rush
Texas
Despite a flu vaccination season that would typically be drawing to a close, the Parker County Hospital District is continuing to see a strong demand for children’s flu shots.
February 07 2013
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Arrest made in alleged homicide
Texas
PARKER COUNTY -- Parker County sheriff's officials have arrested a 24-year-old man on a charge of murder.
January 31 2013
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Neighbors React to Grove Street Murder
Texas
by Mikaya Thurmond Neighbors tell me it's a story that's too common for their neighborhood. A young man's life taken over what some believe to be a gang initiation. Gloria Griffith is an elder at Renaissance Baptist church and lives in the same neighborhood where Tyler Parker Jr. ...
January 29 2013
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Capital murder charge will stand against teen accused of killing mom, sister
Texas
PARKER COUNTY -- The capital murder charge against the Parker County teen who confessed to killing his mother and sister will stand, despite his lawyer's argument to lessen it. Jake Evans' attorney contends that the charge should be dropped, because the U.S. Supreme Court has already ruled that 17-year-olds can't be executed or held for life without parole. Under Texas law, those are the only ...
January 23 2013
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Teen who told police he killed mother and sister makes 1st court appearance
Texas
PARKER COUNTY -- Jacob Evans, 17, made his first court appearance Wednesday morning since calling 911 last October, and calmly saying he shot to death his mother and sister inside the family's home, near Aledo in Parker County. Evans' attorney argued that the capital murder charge should be dropped, because the U.S. Supreme Court has already ruled that 17 year olds can't be executed or held for ...
January 23 2013
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Man soaked in blood arrested in Springtown pickax killing
Texas
A Weatherford man, soaked in blood, told investigators who found a body under a blanket in a Springtown house that he killed the man with a pickax, the Parker County sheriff's department reported Thursday.
January 19 2013
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Hey Joe: Recruiting analysts split on Jabari Parker predictions
Texas
I'll be at Chicago Simeon's game today, though Jabari Parker is expected to sit this one out. He pushed it last week, in the ESPN game in Texas, on a healing foot attached to a body that suffered from five months off. He's not expected to play again until at least the end of the month. But I'll watch carefully to see whether he gives out any hints as to the decision he'll make at 4 p.m. Thursday ...
January 16 2013
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Alzheimer’s caregiver program to REACH into Parker County
Texas
The Alzheimer’s Association announced the expansion of Resources for Enhancing Alzheimer’s Caregiver Health (REACH), a program that will address the needs of those in Parker County caring for a family member with Alzheimer’s disease at home.
January 15 2013
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STAR PARKER: Court's Roe v. Wade decision, 40 years later
Texas
Forty years we have lived with the silent, and sometimes not-so-silent, holocaust in our midst as the lives of 55 million innocent and unborn children have been killed, plucked from their journey to enter this world.
January 14 2013
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Judge OKs Lon Morris College bankruptcy loan, upcoming auction
Texas
The Hon. Bill Parker of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Texas has ruled in favor of the Lon Morris College bankruptcy estate by giving interim approval for a $500,000 debtor-in-possession loan to help complete the sale of the school's remaining assets.
December 21 2012
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Grand jury hands down capital murder indictment
Allen, Texas
The man accused of brutally stabbing and killing 47-year-old Linda Surginer Preston in her home in October was indicted Thursday by a Parker County grand jury.
December 15 2012
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Neal, Parker lead Spurs over Rockets in OT 134-126
Texas
Tony Parker was happy about getting his first career triple-double on Monday night. When it became clear that the performance was going to help the San Antonio Spurs win, the 12-year veteran could enjoy it so much more.
December 11 2012
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Granbury man injured in Sunday accident listed as ‘critical’
Texas
Dana Kjilgaard, 47, of Granbury, was listed in critical condition as of Monday morning by Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth after suffering multiple severe injuries in a motorcycle accident late Sunday afternoon near a curve in the 6200 block of Tin Top Highway, approximately four miles south of Hood County’s border with Parker County.… Read the rest
December 02 2012
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Weatherford-based escapee apprehended
Texas
From the Parker County Sheriff's Office Parker County Fugitive Unit members and U.S. Marshals enlisted the assistance of the Tarrant County Auto Theft Task Force in apprehending and arresting a Weatherford man who escaped from Wichita Falls in September. Billy Clay Wade, 48, of Weatherford, was sent to North Texas State Hospital in Wichita Falls earlier this year, under orders from District ...
November 20 2012
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