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Sam Houston State to receive funds for rural crime lab
The Department of Justice Edward Byrne Memorial Grant Program is sending $335,380 to the Sam Houston State University Rural Crime Laboratory.
The check for the rural crime lab — a partnership between SHSU, Walker County and the City of Huntsville — is part of $1 million secured by U.S. Rep. Kevin Brady and U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison for the crime lab this fiscal year.
“These funds are vital to the local law enforcement community as Sam Houston State University’s crime lab will help give rural law enforcement access to cutting edge technology,” said Brady who calls this “another towards helping the region to get timely and accurate information to fight crime and skip over the long wait times in Houston or Dallas.”
The Rural Crime Lab at Sam Houston State will provide some of the most basic forensic needs of law enforcement agencies, working in the ten county area surrounding Huntsville, Texas.
The lab will provide services to local law enforcement such as identification of controlled substances, toxicology screening, and latent fingerprint analysis.
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City to reroute network
The Huntsville Public Library and other city facilities will experience temporary network losses including loss of internet and phone systems today as the City of Huntsville Information Technology Department works to reroute the city network to accommodate the library’s upcoming renovation and expansion.
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Fed Survey: Pace of economic recovery slow in some places
The pace of economic activity has slowed or held steady in parts of the country, revealing a choppy path back to health.
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SHSU president Gaertner to address summer grads
Jim Gaertner, Sam Houston State University’s 12th president, will be the commencement speaker for graduation ceremonies on Saturday, Aug. 7.
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HISD calls board election
Huntsville Independent School District trustees formally approved an order calling its regular board of trustees election on its new Nov. 2 election date during a meeting Tuesday night.
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Local man jailed on multiple drug charges
A Huntsville man was arrested on multiple drug charges Tuesday evening after an arrest warrant was served against him for delivery of a controlled substance.
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Crews take step toward readying permanent well fix
Crews took another step toward readying the relief well expected to finally kill the Gulf of Mexico oil gusher, removing the plug they had popped in before clearing the area ahead of Tropical Storm Bonnie last week, federal officials said Wednesday.
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Shooting suspect arrested
A Huntsville man wanted in connection with a July 15 shooting that left one man injured was apprehended by police Tuesday afternoon.
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U.S. braces for blowback over Afghan war disclosures
Operatives inside Afghanistan and Pakistan who have worked for the U.S. against the Taliban or al-Qaida may be at risk following the disclosure of thousands of once-secret U.S. military documents, former and current officials said.
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