What has happened? Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller is the voice of reason in the state government… again? In April, he criticized Gov. Greg Abbott’s creation of staterun truck checkpoints near the U.S.-Mexico border that wreaked havoc on the supply chain and hurt farmers, truckers and grocery stores.
A damning state legislative report released Sunday describes pervasive failures to prevent or effectively respond to the Uvalde school massacre, but it fails to drive home a key point: If a disturbed 18-year-old had been unable to buy a powerful AR-15-style rifle, the slaughter of innocent children and teachers might not have happened.
Roughly a third of the state’s psychiatric beds are offline. Industries all over are mired in staffing shortages.
Texas Department of Transportation crews continue their work across the county this week. In a news release issued Friday, the department said these schedules are subject to change due to weather conditions, equipment failure or other unforeseen issues.
Donations are needed for the 26th annual School Supply Drive and Fair hosted by the Fannin County Children’s Center. The Children’s Center will once again be giving away free school supplies to Fannin County students on Saturday, August 6 from 9 am to noon.
A Sherman man was indicted this week for attempting to set the home he lived in on fire. The indictment is a formal charge and not an indication of guilt.
As monkeypox continues to spread across the world, the state of Texas released information showing that most cases of the virus in the state are in North Texas. But as of Friday, there are no reported cases of Monkeypox in Grayson County.
The case of illicit recordings of underage people at a local church came to an end Friday with the conviction of an Anna man on child pornography charges Friday. A news release from the office of Eastern District of Texas U.S.
DALLAS (AP) — A 37-year-old woman fired several gunshots, apparently at the ceiling, inside of Dallas’ Love Field Airport on Monday before an officer shot and wounded her, authorities said. The woman was dropped off at the airport at about 11 a.m., walked inside near the ticketing counters and then entered a bathroom, Dallas police Chief Eddie Garcia said at a news conference.
I don’t think I speak solely for myself when I say that the world and how I perceive it changed — perhaps permanently — over the last two and a half years. I’ve said before that each generation has a moment that set the tone for the years to come and I am convinced that this was that moment for at least the current generation, if not others.