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Mom who lost son in drunk driving accident hoping for stiffer penalty for Trinity man

Judge originally sentences man to deferred adjudication, shock probation

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Anngie Medellin watches over her son, 13-year-old Eric, in a Houston hospital after he underwent three surgeries this week to repair his damaged right leg. He lost his left leg in a drunk driving accident Dec. 8, 2007 and his right leg was severely crushed.

A Lufkin mother is hoping justice will be served at the Friday re-sentencing of the Trinity man responsible for the drunk driving accident that killed her son and shattered the life of her family.
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Veterans Day Parade sees good participation, sparse crowd

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The Disabled American Veterans Unit 84 float bear the somber reminder that 'Freedom Isn't Free' in Saturday morning's Veterans Parade in downtown Lufkin.

Brenda Marcus, whose son Shaun Marcus is serving in Iraq and has also been stationed in Fort Hood, the scene of 13 deaths in Thursday's shootings, attended the annual Veterans Day Parade in downtown Lufkin Saturday morning with her two granddaughthers - Heaven, 6, and Kennedy, 5.
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