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Houston Daily Digest Tuesday, August 04, 2026

Ty's Take

Mean Muggin' Coffee Bar sits in the middle of town doing something that costs nothing but shows up in a thousand small ways, and that's what a coffee shop in a county seat of 2,000 is supposed to do. The arrests logged this week across Houston and Cabool and Licking tell a different story, one about what happens when a family fractures or when somebody's wrestling with demons that whisper louder than their better judgment. There's no moral lecture coming from this desk, just the observation that the warmth people find in a place like Mean Muggin' matters more in a rural county than city folks might understand. It's not about the coffee. It's about the fact that someone opened a door and decided to keep it open, and some weeks that's exactly what a community needs to see happen.

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Mean Muggin’ Coffee Bar owner offers community and warmth, ironically

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Deputy’s report: Son allegedly throws knife at mother

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Cabool police: Man arrested on stealing, property damage charges

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Houston Police: Man arrested on assault charge

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Licking man arrested on drug charges

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