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Former Southwest Airlines customer-service agent is charged with fraud in voucher-selling scheme

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A former Southwest Airlines customer-service agent is being charged with fraud. Federal prosecutors say he issued nearly $1.9 million in travel vouchers and sold them. Prosecutors said Tuesday that DaJuan Martin was charged with 12 counts of wire fraud in an indictment. A co-defendant who bought some of the vouchers faces four counts of wire fraud. Each count is punishable by up to 20 years in prison. Prosecutors say Martin was working for Southwest at Chicago’s Midway Airport when the voucher scheme took place.

Texas

Patrick on Phelan: '... hard to work with someone who does not communicate'

  • By Bethany Blankley | The Center Square contributor
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(The Center Square) – Scrutiny continues with Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick describing his frustration with House Speaker Dade Phelan, a fellow Republican, and as Texans statewide continue to demand answers about members reportedly being drunk while conducting official business.

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Gulf's 'dead zone' forecast to be smaller than average, but still twice reduction goal

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The oxygen-depleted “dead zone” that forms each year in the Gulf of Mexico off Louisiana and Texas is forecast to cover about 4,155 square miles this year. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced Monday that's about 1,200 square miles smaller than the average during the 36-year history of dead zone measurements in the Gulf. But it said it's still more than twice as large as the long-term hypoxia-reduction goal set by a federal-state task force. LSU marine biologist Nancy Rabalais, however, says there’s a good chance the estimate could be high for a second straight year because of less rainfall in the Midwest. Scientists will travel along the coasts of Louisiana and Texas later this summer to see if the estimate holds up.

Kilgore High School opens student coffee shop in library
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Kilgore High School opens student coffee shop in library

  • By Lucas Strough lstrough@kilgorenewsherald.com
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Many high school students use the school library as a quiet place to study, to find a good book or to simply enjoy a quiet break from their busy schedules. Kilgore High School librarian and campus digital media specialist Annaleigh Herrin had a vision for a collaborative space where students and faculty could put their heads together and fuel their creativity — with coffee.