Daily Progress, Jacksonville, TX Homepage 2012-05-16T21:39:54-05:00 urn:uuid:95ffe515-d55a-49af-a512-e21fa1516994 Law enforcement honors fallen brethren Faith Harper urn:uuid:e229710a-8f70-4f2b-bc19-3640573144b6 2012-05-16T15:46:35-05:00 <p> Local law enforcement officials paid homage to their brethren who paid the ultimate sacrifice to their community while in the line of duty this week.</p> Seniors celebrate nursing home week urn:uuid:9519d546-8fc9-42d6-ad36-67a486d78975 2012-05-15T11:13:56-05:00 <p> Residents from four area nursing homes reminisced about old times during a picnic at Nichols Green Monday to kick off nursing home week.</p> Oscar Harper, Jacksonville’s ‘bicycle man,’ passes away at age 79 Marivel Resendiz urn:uuid:4466dc5b-7a29-4eb0-bc1e-7415bd04c131 2012-05-14T15:11:45-05:00 <p> Known for rebuilding bicycles for local children of Jacksonville, Oscar Harper, &#8220;the bicycle man,&#8221; passed away on Thursday. He was 79 years old.</p> Local business helps kids with Mother's Day gift Marivel Resendiz urn:uuid:34ee81df-c054-4cf9-8556-706bb734d680 2012-05-13T16:41:31-05:00 <p> With a flower to plant and a card to color, Atwoods gave children an opportunity to surprise their moms with a gift.</p> Rusk OKs liquor sales Progress staff reports urn:uuid:433f392d-f877-451b-aa16-7eb4165c9a11 2012-05-12T20:50:54-05:00 <p> Voters in Rusk approved the sale of liquor for off-premise consumption with 252 voters for the measure and 164 against.</p> JISD G.T. students display projects Marivel Resendiz urn:uuid:3d8ef0ac-505c-4fa9-87df-b0d481c4dc72 2012-05-12T18:52:43-05:00 <p> Egyptian mummies, 3-D tornadoes, weather charts and more filled the Norman Activity Center during the Gifted and Talented Project Fair on Thursday.</p> New plan would save Cuney post office Marivel Resendiz urn:uuid:ec35a3bd-45a7-48cb-bbea-a89e5f1e49fd 2012-05-10T13:00:49-05:00 <p> The fate of thousand of rural postal offices, including Cuney&#39;s, has taken a turn and will now remain open with shorter operating hours under a proposal by the U.S. Postal Service.</p> Playground designer gets input from Bullard kids Faith Harper urn:uuid:085dfe33-0e06-4af8-9a35-a53c6dcd291e 2012-05-09T12:26:26-05:00 <p> &#160;Spaceships, rock climbing walls, slides and fun houses &#8212; Bullard students shared their ideas on what would make a great park with the designer of a proposed playground on Tuesday.</p> Gas price likely won't set record this summer urn:uuid:34ccd79a-8823-4da4-9170-73762ed0e6b8 2012-05-08T20:30:49-05:00 <p> Gasoline prices likely won&#39;t set any records this summer, thanks to a recent drop in the price of oil.</p> 'Where Wild Things Are' author Maurice Sendak dies urn:uuid:cb646141-b5cd-45f6-a371-a049d30c20e8 2012-05-08T20:28:34-05:00 <p> &#160;Maurice Sendak didn&#39;t think of himself as a children&#39;s author, but as an author who told the truth about childhood.</p>