April 2022

NEW ORLEANS – Stinky but handsome and widely popular landscape trees have spawned aggressive invaders, creating thickets that overwhelm native plants and sport nasty four-inch spikes. Bradford pears and 24 other ornamental trees were developed from Callery pears – a species brought to America a century ago to save ravaged pear orchards.

PARIS – From attacks on “wokeism” to crackdowns on mosques, France’s presidential campaign has been especially challenging for voters of immigrant heritage and religious minorities, as discourse painting them as “the other” has gained ground across a swath of French society.

Don’t trust anyone who tells you that they know all the answers to Texas history. Especially not about the era before, during and after the Texas Revolution of the 1830s.

The 1880s and 1890s saw the rise of some of the most notorious criminals in American History, mostly riding the dusty trails of the West. One of the most infamous was the Dalton Gang, made up of outlaws from Kansas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas. The Dalton Gang terrorized the frontier, with a string of murders and robberies stretching from Texas to Kansas.

With a monthly income of roughly $1,600, Sherman High School senior Shaydin Reimer had to make ends meet. She shopped for different options, trying to balance her budget, but at the end of the day, she still found herself in the red by about $250.

Mallory Fuller, the reigning Miss Texas and a strong proponent of mental health awareness and suicide prevention, recently brought her powerful message of positivity, kindness and friendship to Hyde Park Elementary and B. McDaniel Intermediate School, where students greeted her with welcoming smiles and thunderous applause.

A number of individuals were honored Monday at Southeastern Oklahoma State University’s Faculty-Staff Recognition Celebration. Both the Faculty Senate and Staff Senate presented awards in several categories.