Ken Paxton’s Security for Travel Cost Taxpayers Millions. Just 1 in 6 of His Trips Had a Stated Business Purpose.
Records show the Texas attorney general has taken nearly 1,000 trips during his tenure, costing $3.3 million in security. We could only connect 138 of those trips and $553,000 in security costs to state business. by Zach Despart, ProPublica and The Texas Tribune Co-published with The Texas Tribune October 9, 2026, 6:00 am ProPublica is…
Read MoreDrought Map for Upshur County as of October 6
Cowboys fall to Tampa Bay
By Elwyn Henderson The 2-2 Dallas Cowboys, fresh off their 34-30 victory four days earlier on Sunday in Houston against the 0-4 Texans returned to AT&T Stadium in Arlington Thursday to entertain the 0-4Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Tampa Bay won the coin toss and deferred to the second half. Chase McLaughlin kicked the ball away and…
Read MoreJOE DODD: 2026 GILMER BUCKEYES FOOTBALL • GAME INFORMATION & NOTES • Gilmer Buckeyes (4-1) vs. Texarkana Pleasant Grove Hawks (5-0)
Friday, Oct. 9, 2026 • Jeff Traylor Stadium • Gilmer, Texas • 7:00 p.m. TEAM INFORMATION GILMER BUCKEYES TEXARKANA PLEASANT GROVE HAWKS Class 4A Division II • District 8-4A DII Class 4A Division II • District 8-4A DII Enrollment: 879 Enrollment: 823 2026: Season Record 4-1 2026: Season Record 5-0 2025: 4-7 overall • Lost…
Read MorePhi Theta Kappa members explore Oklahoma City
October 8, 2026 Seventeen Northeast Texas Community College members of the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society and the Work4College program recently traveled to Oklahoma City for an immersive field study connecting regional archaeology, living Indigenous history, and modern civic resilience. Supported by a grant from the Moody Foundation, the excursion provided students with experiential research…
Read MoreGREATER LONGVIEW UNITED WAY EXPANDS DOLLY PARTON’S IMAGINATION LIBRARY TO UPSHUR COUNTY
Bringing the joy of reading and the gift of a book each month to even more East Texas children. LONGVIEW — Greater Longview United Way is expanding Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library (DPIL) to Upshur County, extending its commitment to early childhood literacy and ensuring more East Texas children have access to books from birth to…
Read MoreDocuments show DHS probed nonprofits, obtained millions of records in hunt for noncitizen voters
By Jonathan Shorman, Stateline October 7, 2026 The Department of Homeland Security obtained tens of millions of unspecified records as part of a sweeping nationwide effort to find voter fraud, according to internal DHS reports, and weighed using undercover agents to investigate voter registration efforts by nonprofit groups. The reports from May and June by…
Read MoreUrban, rural hospitals closing at similar rates, study finds
By Nada Hassanein, Stateline October 8, 2026 Urban hospitals are closing at roughly the same rate as rural ones, and the shuttered hospitals are more likely to have served communities with high poverty rates and fewer transportation options, according to a new study published Thursday in the journal JAMA. Researchers at the Harvard T.H. Chan School…
Read MoreRanger Preview Day set for Oct. 9 for students interested in KC
Registration is underway for Kilgore College’s annual Ranger Preview Day to give potential students an opportunity to learn more about the exciting opportunities KC offers. The event is set for 9 a.m. to noon on Friday, Oct. 9. Online registration is available at www.kilgore.edu/previewday. It is free and open to anyone interested in learning more…
Read MoreBarnett repeats as calf roping champion at UAM Rodeo Inbox
News from Southern Arkansas University MAGNOLIA, AR (10/07/2026) Westin Barnett kept his hot streak going at the University of Arkansas at Monticello Rodeo, held October 1-3, winning the calf roping average for the second straight weekend and leading a strong showing for the Southern Arkansas University Muleriders. Three of his teammates also placed over the…
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