Dubliners will soon have a new way to secure quality food as the Cross Timbers REKO launches. For those unfamiliar with REKO, it is an acronym for the Finnish words, “rejäl konsumtion” meaning responsible consumption and is a way to buy locally produced food, completely without intermediaries, directly from the producer to consumer.

“You know when you watch those sports movies and it’s from the player’s perspective and then all of a sudden, the sound comes on?” asked DHS senior Mariana Ortiz. “That’s kind of what it felt like.”

Law enforcement officers are investigating more than 100 instances of alleged animal cruelty, resulting in the largest animal seizure ever in Erath County. According to information released by the Erath County Sheriff’s Office, about two weeks ago deputies were called to a property on CR 712 near Huckabay in Erath County in reference to a dead animal on a neighbor’s property.