August 25, 2026 Looking to earn your GED or improve your English skills? Northeast Texas Community College’s Adult Education program is now enrolling students for free six-week GED and English as a Second Language (ESL) classes beginning September 15. Registration is by appointment only August 31 through September 14 at the Community Resource Center (Old…

August 25, 2026 Northeast Texas Community College nursing faculty member Jami Baker, MSN, APRN, FNP-C, CNEcl, was recently recognized with a DAISY Award for Exceptional Nurse Educators. Baker serves as Professor of Nursing and ADN Program Coordinator at NTCC. The DAISY Award recognizes nursing educators who make an exceptional impact on their students and help shape…

Kaufman County – On August 28, 2026, at approximately 4:01 a.m., the Texas Department of Public Safety (TXDPS) Highway Patrol (HP) responded to a single vehicle crash on US-80 near Sierra Parkway.   A preliminary investigation indicates a Chevrolet Camaro was traveling eastbound on US-80. The driver failed to maintain a single lane, overcorrected, and…

SHERMAN, Texas – An illegal alien has been sentenced to federal prison as part of a Homeland Security Task Force investigation in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Jay R. Combs.   Jose Guadalupe Lopez-Arana, 41, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering and aiding and abetting and was sentenced to 30…

August 25, 2026 Emma Mendoza (pictured right) and Josalynn Patterson (pictured left), standout student leaders at Northeast Texas Community College (NTCC), have been named 2026 Dr. Mary Hood Texas Region Scholars. Each will receive a $1,500 scholarship in recognition of their exceptional academic and leadership contributions. The Dr. Mary Hood Texas Region Scholarship honors outstanding Phi Theta Kappa (PTK)…

MCKINNEY, TX — Nate Sheets, Republican nominee for Texas Agriculture Commissioner, welcomed new federal action aimed at giving farmers and ranchers greater freedom to process and sell their own food, saying Texas must rebuild local processing capacity and give producers more choices. “From the beginning, this has been a key piece of my Texans Should…

SHERMAN, Texas – A Colombian man has been found guilty of federal drug trafficking violations as part of the Homeland Security Task Force in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Jay R. Combs.   Nelson Javier Christancho Parada, 45, was found guilty by a jury of two counts of federal drug trafficking violations…

August 27, 2026 AUSTIN – This morning, members of the Public Safety Commission (PSC), along with Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) Colonel Freeman F. Martin, awarded DPS’ Criminal Investigations Division (CID) Amarillo a Unit Citation in recognition of their efforts and swift, decisive actions that prevented a mass July 4th attack in Northwest Texas last…

August 28, 2026 AUSTIN – An Arizona man will soon be extradited to Texas on capital murder charges after modern forensic testing identified him as the person responsible for a 1981 sexual assault and murder. The suspect, Kelly Lee Brower, 68, was arrested on Aug. 19, 2026, in Cottonwood, Ariz. On April 13, 1981, 23-year-old Yolanda…