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PLANO - The University flag at A&M-Commerce is at half staff Wednesday in honor of James L. “Jim” Toler, who died February 18 in Plano after a long battle with Parkinson’s.

Luke tells of recent hunt on Ranger Creek Ranch & Mike Ford drops in to talk turkey hunting.

GREENVILLE - Don Dial is up for parole next month in a more than decade-old Hunt County murder case that was part of a scheme to obtain the proceeds from the deceased‘s fraudulent insurance policy. 

SULPHUR SPRINGS - Like most major employers, a company downsizing not only means a loss in jobs but a major hit to the local property tax roll.

COMMERCE - The City of Commerce is the latest Hunt County entity to sign off on a draft transportation plan that will guide the region for the next few decades.

FANNIN COUNTY - The whereabouts of an escaped inmate from Fannin County were still unclear as of Wednesday morning after the man apparently took off in a county employee’s vehicle the day before.

The Boles, Cooper, Dodd City, Ector, Paris, Saltillo and Trenton boys basketball teams have all advanced to the Area Round of their respective class by winning their bi-district matchup Tuesday night.

Bonham, Clarksville, Roxton and Yantis each had a bye in the first round.

Teams that failed to advance Tuesday night were Greenville, Honey Grove, Leonard, Royse City, Sulphur Bluff and Wills Point.

The Area Round of the high school basketball playoffs takes place February 23-25. 

FANNIN COUNTY - A Fannin County Jail inmate remained on the loose this afternoon after he reportedly escaped a work detail Tuesday morning. 

AUSTIN, Texas - Local governments and other public entities in 30 Texas counties hit by wildfires from Aug. 30 to Dec. 31, 2011, have 10 days to submit official requests for federal assistance, the Texas Division of Emergency Management and Federal Emergency Management Agency said Tuesday.

COMMERCE - Texas A&M University-Commerce is reporting another increase in enrollment for the spring semester, marking an all time high for this time of year.