Three-time deported illegal alien arrested and charged after assaulting federal immigration officers in the Eastern District of Texas
PLANO, Texas – A Mexican national, illegally living in Lewisville, has been arrested and charged following an assault on federal immigration officers in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Jay R. Combs. Jose Andres Hernandez Medina, 38, a Mexican national illegally living in the United States, was charged by complaint with assaulting…
Read MoreLongview’s Pack N Mail Receives SBA Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award
Longview, TX – The UT Tyler-Longview Small Business Development Center (SBDC) announces that its client, Pack N Mail, owned by Megan and James Heath, of Longview, Texas, has received the Young Entrepreneur of the Year award from the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Dallas/Fort Worth District. “Pack N Mail is a true local success story…
Read MoreDPS Increases Patrols Statewide to Enforce Seat Belt Use; Prevent Distracted Driving
AUSTIN – The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) is increasing patrols statewide as part of its annual All-American Enforcement Campaign ahead of the Memorial Day holiday. From May 11 to May 25, the Texas Highway Patrol (THP) will focus on enforcing seat belt laws and promoting safe driving behaviors to reduce crashes and save…
Read MoreThe Alamo Podcast Explores Teddy Roosevelt’s Rough Riders
Now available on your favorite podcast app, Episode 131 of the award-winning “Stories Bigger Than Texas” reveals how just footsteps from where the world-famous Battle of the Alamo was fought, a new generation of frontiersmen led by future president Theodore Roosevelt stepped up to fight for freedom. Listeners will hear the Alamo’s Researcher Thomas Ledesma explain why Teddy Roosevelt…
Read MoreTexas Land Commissioner Buckingham Announces Grand Prize Winners and Finalists of the 2026 Save Texas History Essay Contest
AUSTIN— Today, Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham, M.D., is pleased to announce the Grand Prize Winners of the Texas General Land Office’s (GLO) 2026 Save Texas History Essay Contest: 4th-graderJocelyn Narcy from Katy and 7th-grader Lizzy LaGrone from Texarkana. This year, 582 4th and 7th-grade students submitted essays discussing a historical person, event, place, group,…
Read MoreWhat to know about the federal rule that Texans have used to mail in abortion pills
By Ayden Runnels, The Texas Tribune May 7, 2026 In May, Texans’ access to abortion drug mifepristone was thrown into disarray after a federal appeals court ruled that people across the country must obtain the drug in person, and then, three days later, the Supreme Court temporarily blocked that ruling. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court…
Read MorePaxton investigating Texas schools to ensure posting of Ten Commandments
By Jaden Edison, The Texas Tribune January 20, 2026 Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton launched an investigation into whether public schools are displaying posters of the Ten Commandments, following a recent federal court ruling that the state can enforce a law requiring them to do so. More than two dozen Texas school districts must provide…
Read MoreWhat to know about the federal rule that Texans have used to mail in abortion pills
By Ayden Runnels, The Texas Tribune May 7, 2026 In May, Texans’ access to abortion drug mifepristone was thrown into disarray after a federal appeals court ruled that people across the country must obtain the drug in person, and then, three days later, the Supreme Court temporarily blocked that ruling. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court…
Read MoreDeported Texas DACA recipient returned to U.S. freed after detainment
By Uriel J. García, The Texas Tribune May 7, 2026 A 30-year-old South Texas man was freed by federal officials Thursday after being deported earlier this year, and returned to the United States, only to be detained once again. Before he was deported, José Contreras Díaz — whose mother raised him in the Rio Grande…
Read MoreTexas lifts safety rule enacted after deadly flood, clearing the way for some summer camps to reopen
By Stephen Simpson, The Texas Tribune May 5, 2026 The Texas Department of State Health Services is lifting a new requirement for youth camps to install “end-to-end fiber optic facilities” in order to allow them to operate this summer, following a lawsuit from 19 camps that called the measure too challenging. The state health agency…
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