A federal judge has asked Texas to cooperate with a new investigation into child abuse allegations at youth treatment facilities around the country, including 11 that are housing Texas children out of state.
DALLAS — By 5:51 a.m. on a recent Thursday morning in downtown Dallas, it was 76 degrees and getting warmer outside, and Michelle Smith, the outreach and engagement program manager for a homeless recovery center, had already prepared a cooler full of ice-cold water bottles.
As Sherman Independent School District transitions to new leadership, a new position has been created to divide its financial duties. District officials announced Monday that Mandi Lewis will be the SISD’s new chief financial officer in a shift for the district.
An Allen, Texas man has been indicted for federal crimes arising from a scheme to extract Unemployment Insurance (UI) benefits under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act using the stolen identity of others, announced U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today.
Grayson County Judge Bill Magers Tuesday announced he is losing his assistant. Tera Norris began her career with the Grayson County in February of 2009 as a deputy clerk in the County Clerk’s Office.
While I have been hiding away from the blistering heat outside I have spent way too much time on social media. I admit I may be developing a problem.
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ROME (AP) — Italy’s art squad police said Tuesday they have thwarted the potential illegal sale by a Vienna auction house of a 17th-century painting by Artemisia Gentileschi, a celebrated Baroque artist.
Did you notice? It was the most remarkable thing. One evening last week, the House Judiciary Committee approved legislation that would impose the first assault- weapons ban in this country since an earlier ban was allowed to expire in 2004. Sure, the vote was predictable — 25 Democrats in favor, 18 Republicans opposed — but it’s been many years and many mass shootings since a congressional body felt compelled to approve really meaningful gun-safety legislation. (As much as we support gun-safety legislation that President Biden signed a few weeks ago, co-sponsored by our own Sen. John Cornyn, its gun-related components — including “incentives” for red-flag laws — were modest.)
Despite a growing labor force and ample jobs, area employers still struggle to find candidates, local workforce officials said this week. The latest unemployment report from the Texas Workforce Commission lists the Sherman-Denison unemployment rate at 3.8 percent — within what is considered full employment — for the month of June.