Danny Lakey, left, and Cheryl Shadden, center, pray with fellow community members outside of Brazos River Baptist Church on Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025. Voters will decide whether area around Mitchell Bend ...

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HOOD COUNTY, Texas — Residents in an unincorporated part of Hood County rejected a plan to form a new town to impose noise regulations to quiet a crypto mine next door. The mine has been the subject ...