J.W.’s News Update: Wednesday August 10, 2011

Good Wednesday, Here are some stories making headlines today:

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A Gurdon Arkansas High School Football players has died after collapsing during the teams practice session last night.  The superintendent for the school says Montel Williams a sophomore at the school collapsed around 8:15 pm about an hour into the teams practice.  The cause of death is being investigated.

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Yet another traffic fatality to report in our area. The Texas DPS says 57 year old Debra Jean Rachel-Brown of Doddridge was killed when she lost control of her vehicle on FM  3129 in Cass County in Northeast Texas. Troopers say the vehicle left the roadway and struck a large mound of dirt on the side of the road.

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In Sports: 

The Texas Rangers  beat the Seattle Mariners last night in Arlington 7-6 after trailing by three runs. Josh Hamilton had a walk-off rbi hit to finish the game and Ian Kinsler added a home run earlier in the contest.

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