Hundreds of Denison High School students posted ever-higher scores on a diverse slate of rigorous Advanced Placement exams in 2022, proof positive that Denison teachers and students continue to teach, learn and succeed in record numbers – even during a lengthy Covid pandemic.
Sherman ISD secondary teachers both learned and earned last month as a part of the Workforce Solutions Texoma’s Business Education for Teachers program, which partnered educators with local employers to update their career field knowledge and make contacts.
Roger Mills was an early Texas lawyer and legislator. He fought in the Civil War and served for nearly three decades in Congress and the U. S. Senate from the 1870s through the 1890s. Though respected for his dedication and work ethic, his political stands damaged his political career.
It is clear from the Baptist, Presbyterian, and Methodist records that religion was an important part of life for all the races that inhabited early Oklahoma. There were many missionaries who were active in the region, trying to convert both Native Americans and former enslaved people. Dr. Cyrus Kingsbury was one of those who worked tirelessly throughout Native American Territory. He kept a journal and in 1853 wrote: “Went to see an old colored brother, Dennis Folsom. He is, we think, near death.”
GENEVA (AP) — A cost-of-living crisis sparked in part by higher fuel and food prices is expected to hit women the hardest, the World Economic Forum reported Wednesday, pointing to a widening gender gap in the global labor force.
HOUSTON (AP) — Amid a summer heat wave that has pushed temperatures in some Texas prisons without air conditioning to 100 degrees Fahrenheit (38 Celsius), many inmates fear dying or falling gravely ill from the hot weather and believe actions taken by officials to mitigate the dangerous conditions continue to fall short, according to a new report.
PHOENIX (AP) — Long lines are back at food banks around the U.S. as working Americans overwhelmed by inflation turn to handouts to help feed their families.
As Grayson County continues to grow, so do the dockets at the local courts. Court-at-Law 1 Judge James Henderson received permission during the county commissioners court Tuesday to apply for a grant to help pay for an indigent defense coordinator for the county courts-at-law.
Quick help for suicidal thoughts and other mental health emergencies will soon be as easy as 9-8-8. The United States’ first nationwide three-digit mental health crisis hotline goes live on Saturday.
Denison may soon become the latest city to ask incoming development to pay for its impact on local infrastructure and utilities. The City Council voted unanimously Monday to approve a $198,000 professional services agreement with Huitt- Zollars for a study on instituting impact fees for new and future development within the city.