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An Aggie ring 40 years in the making

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Mike Shipley ’26 finishes what he started and honors the woman who never let him forget he should On a Tuesday morning earlier this month, Mike Shipley ’26 sat down for an interview with AgriLife Today. He answered every question with the warmth and candor of someone who has lived a very full life, and…

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Voices of Veterans: Jonathan Hernandez Shares His Story of Service as a Combat Journalist in the United States Air Force

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AUSTIN, Texas— Today, Texas Land Commissioner and Veterans Land Board (VLB) Chairwoman Dawn Buckingham, M.D., is proud to introduce the next installment of the series highlighting the VLB’s Voices of Veterans oral history program. This week, we highlight the service of Jonathan Hernandez who served in United States Air Force as a Combat Journalist. Born…

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Federal Judge Rules to Restore National Endowment for the Humanities Funding in Historic Case

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Statements from American Council of Learned Societies, American Historical Association, and Modern Language Association on the Ruling   May 8, 2026 – Yesterday afternoon US District Judge Colleen McMahon ruled that the mass termination by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) of more than 1,400 grants to support scholars, research institutions, and humanities organizations…

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AgriLife Extension remembers pesticide safety educator Don Renchie

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Renchie dedicated more than 32 years to advancing pest management educational programs across Texas Don Renchie, Ph.D., a longtime Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service educator and statewide leader in pesticide safety training and compliance education, died May 5, after serving AgriLife Extension for over 32 years. Don Renchie, Ph.D., served the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service for…

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Three-time deported illegal alien arrested and charged after assaulting federal immigration officers in the Eastern District of Texas

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PLANO, Texas – A Mexican national, illegally living in Lewisville, has been arrested and charged following an assault on federal immigration officers in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Jay R. Combs.   Jose Andres Hernandez Medina, 38, a Mexican national illegally living in the United States, was charged by complaint with assaulting…

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Longview’s Pack N Mail Receives SBA Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award

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Longview, TX – The UT Tyler-Longview Small Business Development Center (SBDC) announces that its client, Pack N Mail, owned by Megan and James Heath, of Longview, Texas, has received the Young Entrepreneur of the Year award from the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Dallas/Fort Worth District.  “Pack N Mail is a true local success story…

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The Alamo Podcast Explores Teddy Roosevelt’s Rough Riders

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Now available on your favorite podcast app, Episode 131 of the award-winning “Stories Bigger Than Texas” reveals how just footsteps from where the world-famous Battle of the Alamo was fought, a new generation of frontiersmen led by future president Theodore Roosevelt stepped up to fight for freedom. Listeners will hear the Alamo’s Researcher Thomas Ledesma explain why Teddy Roosevelt…

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Texas Land Commissioner Buckingham Announces Grand Prize Winners and Finalists of the 2026 Save Texas History Essay Contest

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AUSTIN— Today, Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham, M.D., is pleased to announce the Grand Prize Winners of the Texas General Land Office’s (GLO) 2026 Save Texas History Essay Contest: 4th-graderJocelyn Narcy from Katy and 7th-grader Lizzy LaGrone from Texarkana. This year, 582 4th and 7th-grade students submitted essays discussing a historical person, event, place, group,…

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