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The Teague Volunteer Fire Department hosted its second annual Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service (TEEX) Tech 2 Rescue Class at its training facility March 3-5. Approximately 40 firefighters from all over the state were trained on advanced vehicle stabilization and extrication techniques.

Freestone County Commissioners Court took a step forward in getting a new ambulance for the Fairfield Ambulance Service. The commissioners made this decision at their regularly scheduled meeting on March 15, when they also accepted a grant to pay for the Emergency Notification Service, accepted a copy of the subdivision regulations to study it for needed changes and took no action to initiate a burn ban, which remains on the agenda year round.

On Friday, March 17, shortly after 5 p.m., the Freestone County Sheriff’s Office conducted an arrest and initiated a search warrant west of Teague based on an aggravated assault with a firearm complaint and a felon in possession of a firearm.