|  April 10, 2026  | AUSTIN – The Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM) today celebrated the graduation of the fourth cadet class of the Texas Emergency Management Academy during a ceremony at the Texas Capitol in Austin. In the Capitol auditorium, Texas Emergency Management Chief Nim Kidd delivered the keynote address and congratulated…

WHAT:       CHRISTUS Health is hosting a hiring event in Gilmer for emergency room nurses for a new facility in Longview, due to open in August.                The new 8,500 square-foot emergency room at 2101 West Loop 281 in Longview will feature seven exam rooms, three triage suites,                full-service imaging and administrative areas.                Enjoy…

Former College of Agriculture and Life Sciences student Jerry Moody ’91 introduces people to agriculture through blooms Rows of pink, yellow and red tulips stretch across the East Texas countryside each spring, drawing families, photographers and flower lovers to a small farm outside Mount Pleasant. Visitors wander through the blooms taking photos, filling baskets with…

SHERMAN, Texas –A Guatemalan national who was extradited to the United States to face drug trafficking charges, has been sentenced to over 27 years in federal prison in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Jay R. Combs. Crysthian Omar Escobar Angel, 48, a Guatemalan national, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to manufacture and distribute…

By Texas Tribune Staff, The Texas Tribune April 9, 2026 ProPublica and The Texas Tribune have selected five new partner organizations in Texas to participate in the second year of a local investigative initiative that supports accountability journalism in newsrooms across the state. Over the next year, the five newsrooms — Big Bend Sentinel, the…

By Riddhi Bora, The Texas Tribune April 10, 2026 While filling up at a gas station recently, Janell Britton’s vision started to darken and blur, and her body broke out into a sweat. She suffers from hypoglycemia, a condition characterized by chronic low blood sugar, and she was minutes away from passing out. Having used…

Temperatures are already on the rise, and blazing East Texas temperatures will be here before you know it.  The best way to deal with air conditioning issues is to prevent them before they start. With proper maintenance and preventive care, your HVAC system can run more efficiently, last longer, and help you avoid costly breakdowns…

By Carlos Nogueras Ramos, The Texas Tribune April 9, 2026 ODESSA — On Thursday, Texas Railroad Commissioner candidate Bo French told his more than 50,000 followers on X that he had been snubbed by a Republican candidate forum in Midland, his hometown. “To my friends in Midland, know this, I was not invited and knew…

By Alex Nguyen, The Texas Tribune April 9, 2026 Texas’ highest criminal court has overturned the death sentence of a Harris County man who was on death row for nearly half a century. Clarence Curtis Jordan, 70, was first convicted in 1978 of murdering Joe L. Williams, a 40-year-old Houston grocer. Jordan, who is intellectually…

By Jaden Edison, The Texas Tribune April 9, 2026 The Texas State Board of Education gave preliminary approval Thursday evening to a mandatory list of books that all public schools will teach starting in 2030, paring down an earlier version students and educators had criticized for being too long, lacking diversity and emphasizing Christianity. The…