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Bowie County I-30 – From FM 989 to Arkansas state line, reconstructing and widening highway, placing concrete barrier in median I-30 – From FM 989 to FM 3419, extension of frontage roads. FM 2148 closed under I-30 bridge I-30 - Eastbound from FM 2253 past FM 3419, bridge work. Lane closure as needed SH 8 – At Sulphur River, replacing bridges SH 98 – At Anderson Creek, bridge replacement Camp County SL 255 – From FM 1520 to US 271, constructing highway, County Road 2120 detoured SL 179 - From SH 11 to US 271. Seal coat operations, lane closures Cass County SH 8 – At Sulphur River, replacing bridges US 67 – Widening bridge at Jennings Slough, lanes open US 59 – From 1.2 miles south of FM 2328N to 1.9 miles south of FM 2328S, resurfacing road, bridge rail improvements US 59 - From SL 236 to FM 3129, resurfacing road, lane closure Harrison County US 59 – At I-20, replacing bridge. US 59 traffic shifted to southbound lanes I-20 – Concrete pavement repairs. Daytime lane closures SH 43 – At Kansas City Southern Railroad in Karnack, widening bridge over railroad. Roadway open FM 3001 – At Little Cypress Bayou Relief. Replacing bridge. Temporary traffic signals in place, lane closure with two-way traffic I-20 - From US 80 to FM 134. Installing safety barrier cable Morris County I-30 – Eastbound at Exit 178, US 259, ramp rehabilitation.

William Ervin “Bill” Wood, son of William Harley and Sarah Adeline (Tatum) Wood, born in Forsyth County, Georgia July 11, 1860, and came to Cass County as a young single man about 1876, following the Grogan Brothers lumbering operations. On August 11, 1885, he married in Cass County, Margaret Talullah “Lou” Grogan, born in Georgia, November 12,1869, daughter of Thomas Jefferson and Mary Elizabeth (Lummus) Grogan, who for many years ran the Gulf Hotel in Bloomburg. He was a farmer.