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A reception was held on May 23rd at the AISD offices to celebrate the retirement of Sidney Harrist and Dianne Whatley. Harrist has been employed with the school district afor 48 years; Whatley for 46 years. See more photos on page 2.

Flint’s Furniture, a community furniture store, has now been open for seven years and is already expanding to provide the Cass County community with more choices, an even better selection, and a special place for clearance and scratch and dent items. Flint’s Outlet is in the old Sears building located at 301 E Main St in Atlanta, Texas. The Outlet will be celebrating their grand opening on June 23.

Blake Sampson the baby at the heart of the Charles Edwin Brooks, Jr case is making some progress but is still very much fighting for his life. It was first reported on April 23, 2021, that Charles picked up Blake from his grandmother’s Texarkana house and drove from there to his Dallas home with his stepson. Charles then later called Madison before she left work and told her that Blake fell down the stairs. Madison then called 911. After an officer arrived at the scene, he called an ambulance to take Blake to Medical City hospital in Dallas, where doctors found evidence of abuse in multiple blunt force trauma and severe bruising and brain swelling; and adult bite marks on the boy’s body.