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First job fair is a hit
First job fair is a hit
First job fair is a hit
First job fair is a hit
First job fair is a hit
First job fair is a hit
First job fair is a hit
First job fair is a hit
First job fair is a hit
First job fair is a hit
First job fair is a hit
First job fair is a hit

First job fair is a hit

Wed, 08/25/2021 - 5:00am

According to the Texas Labor Market Review from the Texas Workforce Commission, Cass County posted some of the highest unemployment rates in the state at 7%. In July the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce and the Journal-Sun decided to organize a job fair after talking to employers and seeing the help wanted signs around the community. On August 19, at the Mattie Lanier Richey Center our first combined job fair took place. Sixteen vendors including the newspaper set up books to speak to prospective employees. The event brought through a light steady stream of people and got a little busier at the end of the event.

Emily, Travis Ransom’s wife

Emily, Travis Ransom’s wife

Wed, 08/25/2021 - 5:00am

Emily, Travis Ransom’s wife, successfully surprised Travis with a “Welcome Home” party, Terri Hollingshead Peace and Jeff, Leigh McCall and Eric McCall, and Brittanie Lowery and Bret Lowery co-hosted the most relaxed fun celebration with karaoke and cake. She wishes to “thank those who helped out and visited with Travis on August 20, along with those who sent their love due to living in a pandemic world!”

Linden resident lives with rare disease

Wed, 08/25/2021 - 5:00am

Linden resident Gary Daniel is fighting Superficial Siderosis, an ultra-rare disorder diagnosed in less than one per three million Americans. Gary spent eleven years enduring countless medical tests during his journey to put a name to the profoundly disabling symptoms that were taking over his life. When a Texarkana neurosurgeon sent him to Advanced Imaging in late 2014 for an MRI, an observant radiologist discovered the cause of his mysterious symptoms. A 1992 cervical tumor surgery had allowed a Dural defect to cause long-term bleeding into his spinal fluid. This bleeding released neurotoxic free-iron molecules, building into a layer on the surface of his brain and spinal cord, resulting in Superficial Siderosis.

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