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Student Art Exhibit on display throughout April

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April 9, 2026 The Northeast Texas Community College Art Department will hold its annual student art show from Thursday, April 9th through Tuesday, April 28th in the foyer gallery of the Whatley Center for the Performing Arts. The exhibit will feature student artworks in design, drawing, ceramics, photography, and digital media.  We have almost 150…

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Impressive

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SUNDAY April 12, 2026 {READ IN BROWSER} FEATURE A Tale of Two Counties What do the fastest-growing (Kaufman) and the smallest (Rockwall) counties in Texas have in common? They originally were one and the same. Long before the American settlers arrived, the Cherokees and Caddo Indians lived on land bordered between the Trinity and Sabine…

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JIM “PAPPY” MOORE: A Grand Idea

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By Jim “Pappy” Moore I have two granddaughters who are 11 and 14. They are both avid readers. They love to read books for entertainment. I am very happy about that and encourage it. I have a method I’ve invented to encourage their reading, and to add to their world knowledge. It began with my…

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NRCS Texas Announces a $4.4 Million Investment with the City of Burnet for Emergency Watershed Protection Program Recovery Buyouts

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TEMPLE, April 9, 2026 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in Texas announces an agreement with the City of Burnet for Emergency Watershed Protection (EWP) Program Buyouts as part of recovery efforts from the historic Hill Country flooding event in July 2025. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation…

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One completes Professional Driving Program

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April 9, 2026 The Northeast Texas Community College Professional Driving Academy continues to grow and supply high-demand CDL drivers to the local area.  One student recently graduated from the program. The four-week professional driving academy includes 160 hours of training and the cost includes the DOT physical, drug screen, MVR and CDL permit.  Students spend…

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Op-Ed: OATHS OF OFFICE need Holy Books as an Anchor of fidelity

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OATHS OF OFFICE need Holy Books as an Anchor of fidelity   by JAMES  A. MARPLES **********************************************************************  It seems like almost every couple of weeks, we read about corruption in one form or another.  Society has shifted from “occasional fibs” to “outright lies” to “A.I. generated fakery” to “brazen untruths”.    I’m a Texan, and…

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Commemorating the 190th Anniversary of the Battle of San Jacinto 

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HOUSTON, TX — Texans and history enthusiasts are invited to attend the official San  Jacinto Day Ceremony marking the 190th anniversary of the Battle of San Jacinto — the  decisive clash that secured Texas’ independence from Mexico.  The ceremony will take place on Tuesday, April 21, at 11 a.m. at the San Jacinto Monument,  the…

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