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A motorcycle accident occurred, followed up by a six-vehicle pileup on Highway 59, next to the Sonic. According to Police Chief Greg Restell, at approximately 12:15 on Saturday, a black Escalade collided with a semi-truck hauling another semi causing a series of other collisions. There were multiple injuries. Both individuals in the black SUV were badly injured. The driver was taken to Wadley and then airlifted to Little Rock, where the wife was taken first to Christus - Atlanta then airlifted to Shreveport. The driver for the Chevrolet was also airlifted to Shreveport.

Saturday at 9:21 a.m. the corporate office of Brookshire’s informed Atlanta P.D. of a bomb threat that had been sent in through their main office. Out of safety, Brookshire’s reached out to the Atlanta Police Department to make them aware of the threat, said Atlanta Police Chief Greg Restelle. They then closed the store, and surrounding establishments were made aware.

The Caddo Wildflower Chapter of the Native Plant Society of Texas meets at 6:30 p.m. the fourth Tuesday of each month at the Mary Dougherty Senior Citizens Center, 507 S. Kaufman St., Linden. Meetings are open to the public and start with a potluck before ending with a native plants/flowers raffle.