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Thursday, October 8, 2026 at 11:56 PM
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Big tragedy in a small town

They say everything’s bigger in Texas. But most things that make it big are small.

West, Texas, for instance.

The name confuses. Named after a banker and sodbuster, West is in Central Texas, 25 miles north of Waco, where I spent a long time as a newsman.

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