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LOCAL FOCUS: Dixieland Furniture Mfg.

By | 5:10 AM | May 9, 2013 | Business, Living, News

There are lots of furniture factories in Chickasaw County but few that have been around since 1976. Dixieland Furniture Manufacturing opened 37 years ago making sofas, loveseats and chairs and has found their niche in a industry with lots of ups and downs. The company continues to make upholstered furniture at the factory east of [...]

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Tidy up the Trail

By | 8:56 AM | February 27, 2013 | Opinion

Tanglefoot Trail will officially open later this year with a steady flow of people walking, hiking and biking this path too and from Houston. Trail advocates have estimated it could see up to 100,000 users each year as word of this tourism draw spreads. That same study estimates Tanglefoot Trail could have an estimated economic [...]

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