Exotic Animals Close to Home

An elk, an emu and an alligator — no, this isn’t the start to some lame joke — those are just three of the animals you might spy at Cherokee Trace Drive-thru animal safari.
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History and Fun at Pioneer Village

The Navarro County Cotton Gin Scale House is the latest acquisition at Pioneer Village, located at 912 W. Park Ave. in Corsicana. This particular gin scale house was built in the 1930s after the Depression when the economy became better as Jim Skinner established a new electric cotton gin at Corbet. The gin scale house is now a work in progress at Pioneer Village.
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Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center

The Edwin L. Cox, Jr., Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center (TFFC) combines visitation and outdoor education with a production fish hatchery.
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Car Facts

Automakers feeling the economic heat

American automotive companies aren't the only ones feeling the heat of reduced demand for new vehicles. At the end of 2008, South Korean automaker Hyundai Motor Co. began cutting worker shifts and reducing output in response to low product demand, both domestically and at factories abroad.

Hyundai is the latest in a growing number of automakers who are flailing in the wake of poor Japanese, American, Indian, and European economies and subpar demand for autos.
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Travel

Spring Road Trip Tips

'Tis the season to pack a few supplies, get behind the wheel and embark on a road trip adventure.

The convenience of setting your own pace, charting your own course, choosing your destination, and many other benefits to road-tripping push taking a trip by vehicle ahead of other modes of travel.
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