The Huntsville Item, Huntsville, TX News 2012-05-27T08:42:49-05:00 urn:uuid:ecc54db4-767a-4bb6-9588-3a4f9e0276a1 TDCJ end final meal requests By Brandon Scott urn:uuid:179803e8-7f7d-4f55-8e15-d995aeb8fa4d 2011-09-22T21:51:21-05:00 <p> In a letter to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice on Thursday, Sen. John Whitmire demanded ending final meal request for death row inmates.</p> Expect influx for Tuesday execution The Huntsville Item urn:uuid:42265c2c-d446-409f-812f-de581bbf59e2 2010-08-16T07:12:00-05:00 <p> The Texas Department of Criminal Justice expects an influx of media into Huntsville &#8211; along with death penalty protesters &#8211; Tuesday evening as the state prepares to execute a former gang member convicted in the brutal slayings of two Houston teens.</p> Banquet pays homage to emergency personnel urn:uuid:a872b0d1-0b3c-4eb7-b9c9-5fbf6620cdce 2006-02-24T00:10:00-06:00 The Emergency Personnel Banquet will be held Saturday and the memory and great heart of the late Judge James Pasket of New Waverly lives on with the event. Friends of Huntsville State Park remember the 200 African-Americans who built a local landmark Matt Pederson urn:uuid:e4e24164-3bec-4eee-9cf2-7774e91b1765 2006-02-24T00:06:00-06:00 To celebrate Black History Month, the Friends of Huntsville State Park are putting together an exhibit about the 200 black workers who built the park during the Great Depression.