AgriLife Extension, Legacy Ag Credit offer livestock, pest control, conservation and market education July 30, 2026 – by Melody Beck Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, in partnership with Legacy Ag Credit, ACA, will host the East Texas Forage Conference on Aug. 14 in Hallsville. Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service and Legacy Ag Credit will host the East…

Jonathan L. Snare delivers a suspenseful and emotionally charged space thriller that blends industrial disaster investigation with high-stakes science fiction   ARLINGTON, Va. – Jonathan L. Snare delivers an intense and thought-provoking science-fiction thriller with “Confined Space” (published by Xlibris), a novel that merges futuristic space exploration with the complexities of industrial disaster investigations, human…

By The Waco Bridge and Ayden Runnels, The Texas Tribune August 3, 2026 A network of little black cameras on tall metal posts has sprouted up across Texas, in big cities and along remote country roads. The cameras, produced by Atlanta-based Flock Safety, use artificial intelligence to scan every vehicle that passes by, uploading the…

By Emily Foxhall and Dan Keemahill, The Texas Tribune August 3, 2026 KERR COUNTY — Joan Connor, 82, didn’t expect another horrific flood to happen again in her lifetime. But two-and-a-half weeks ago, she found herself hurrying home from a Colorado trip with her 99-year-old husband to the house they’d just rebuilt after last summer’s…

By Lawrence S. Wittner Although 81 years have passed since the atomic bombing of Japan in August 1945, the rulers of major nations continue their reckless march toward a nuclear holocaust. The nine nuclear powers (the United States, Russia, China, Britain, France, Israel, India, Pakistan, and North Korea), possessing some 12,100 nuclear warheads, are all busily upgrading…

By Sarah Jane Tribble and Tony Leys Aug 3, 2026 (DigitalVision/Getty Images) A century-old hospital near Michigan’s southern border was one of the nation’s first to convert into a new emergency-focused model Congress created to save rural care. Afterward, though, use of Sturgis Hospital’s emergency department fell, according to data collected at the state level.…

By Alex Nguyen, The Texas Tribune August 2, 2026 Former Fort Worth U.S. Rep. Kay Granger has died, U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson said in a Sunday social media post. She was 83.  Granger was the first Republican woman elected to represent Texas in Washington, D.C.  She took the seat in 1997 and went on…

“Bobby Stephens Day” in Gilmer honored Air Force test pilot **Colonel Robert L. “Bobby” Stephens**—famously nicknamed **”The Silver Fox”**—following his record-breaking feats in military aviation. While the town hosted celebrations around that summer, the official **”Bobby Stephens Day” parade and festivities in Gilmer actually took place on Saturday, June 18, 1966**. — ### Why He…

Patricia Marins @pati_marins64 · 1h Amid strong rumors that Netanyahu had already agreed with Trump to resume bombings against Iran, Gulf countries like Qatar and the United Arab Emirates were already working behind the scenes. Qatar, in particular, had been warning about the imminent risks to its massive infrastructure and natural gas exports. This, however,…