MARSHALL, Texas – A Daingerfield man has been sentenced to 12 years in federal prison for drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Jay R. Combs.   Reco Tyrone Hayes, 51, was convicted by a jury for conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and was sentenced…

MARSHALL, Texas – A Leesburg man has been sentenced to 29 years in federal prison for child exploitation violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Jay R. Combs.   Wesley Jacob Hearon, 36, pleaded guilty to production of child pornography and was sentenced to 348 months in federal prison by U.S. District…

By Phillip Williams Three types of free activities, two of them for children, are scheduled at the Upshur County Library within the next week. A book will be read to young children at both of the library’s weekly “Storytime” sessions Thursday (Oct. 1.) “LEGOs at the Library,” for children ages 5-11, is scheduled from 11…

By Aaron Bolton, MTPR Sep 29, 2026 Rep. Mary Caferro, a Democrat in the Montana House, spoke at a July rally at the Montana Capitol in Helena, criticizing the state’s expedited rollout of Medicaid work requirements. She’s among several Democrats who pushed for the state to delay implementing the rules until the Jan. 1 federal…

By Catherine Sweeney, WPLN Sep 29, 2026 This story describes a lethal injection procedure used in state executions. In May, a group of healthcare workers spent about an hour trying to establish complete IV access so they could inject Tony Carruthers, an inmate at the Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in Nashville, Tennessee, with a lethal…

By Michelle Andrews Sep 29, 2026 After hospital staffers checked her vital signs, Autumn Daniels spent four hours in the waiting room before her sister took her to another hospital. She still got a bill from the ER for $410. (Taylor Glascock for KFF Health News) Autumn Daniels is no stranger to migraine headaches, which…

By Will Hammann and Gabby Birenbaum, The Texas Tribune September 28, 2026 WASHINGTON — After several months in limbo, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz’s bill that would impose a sweeping set of regulations on college sports passed the Senate late Monday night with more than three quarters of the body’s support, marking the legislation’s furthest milestone…

By Jayme Lozano Carver, The Texas Tribune September 29, 2026 Attorneys for Clayton Tucker, the Democrat candidate running for Texas Agriculture Commissioner, on Tuesday accused his opponent, Nate Sheets, of being ineligible to serve in the position and is asking state Republican party leadership to review and potentially declare Sheets as ineligible for the election…

By Zach Leggio, The Texas Tribune September 29, 2026 Federal prosecutors have charged the Austin man an ICE agent shot earlier this month with a single count of resisting and assaulting a federal officer, according to court documents. Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, a Venezuelan national, was shot by an ICE officer in Austin on Sept.…