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Carol Waller speaks last week at Hemphill Senior Center in a presentation to memorialize the USS Maine. .

The 273rd Judicial District Court of Sabine County met to hear pleas on Monday, Feb. 13. Judge Craig Mixson was presiding over the criminal court with District Attorney Paul Robbins as the state agent.

LUFKIN, TX (February 13, 2023) – February is commonly known as the month of love, but it’s also Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month. This is an issue that impacts everyone— not just teens—but their parents, teachers, friends and communities.

Family Crisis Center of East Texas staff distribute posters to schools throughout the nine counties it serves as part of Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month this February. From left: Stuart Burson, prevention coordinator; Stacy Gillis, Brookeland High School Counselor.

From the moment that God said, “Let there be light” (Gen. 1:3), Satan has tried to shroud the world in darkness. The conflict between right and wrong, truth and error, heaven and hell, and Jehovah and the devil is the battle of darkness and light. It is very clear that ungodly people prefer darkness, as Jesus said, “The light is come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their works were evil” (John 3:19). The apostle Paul writes of this same truth it 1 Thess. 5:1-5 that men loved darkness to hide their debauchery. In fact, Isa. 5:20 declares that licentious people attempt to change the truth to error and light to darkness in order to disguise their real intentions.