EVENTS CALENDAR Your September Event Picks COURTESY ABILENE CONVENTION & VISITORS BUREAU Sept. 10-19, Abilene West Texas Fair and Rodeo The Key City’s only fair and rodeo originated in 1898 as a way for West Texas communities to connect and showcase their garden crops and farm animals. Today, the fair includes 10 days of carnival…

By Eleanor Klibanoff, The Texas Tribune August 12, 2026 When Armin Mizani won the GOP primary for a north Texas House district in March, warning bells went off in certain Republican circles. It’s not his political ideology. Mizani is a die-hard conservative who, as mayor of Keller, proudly partnered with federal immigration officials, denounced Sharia…

By Sneha Dey, Katlyn Ma and Terri Langford, The Texas Tribune August 11, 2026 Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has intervened to support an Alaskan surrogate who traveled to Texas to get court approval to treat the baby she is carrying for a severe heart defect once a California couple denied the procedure. Paxton’s office…

American College of Cardiology NCDR Chest Pain  ̶  MI Registry Platinum Performance Achievement Award recognizes sustained, high level performance in quality of care   Tyler, Texas (August 11, 2026) — UT Health Tyler for the fourth consecutive year has received the American College of Cardiology’s NCDR Chest Pain  ̶  MI Registry Platinum Performance Achievement Award.…

By Van Yandell Has anything ever been done especially for you? Did it make you feel special, important, or that you really meant something, or to someone? The Declaration of Independence was written by Thomas Jefferson, assisted by Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, Roger Sherman, Robert Livingston and declared the separation of the United States (13…

By Alejandro Santos Cid and Uriel J. García, The Texas Tribune August 11, 2026 The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is planning to sell three warehouses in El Paso County it purchased last year for $123 million to convert into detention centers that could hold more than 8,000 immigrants awaiting deportation, U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar,…

By Eleanor Klibanoff, The Texas Tribune August 10, 2026 Robert Howden, the new Texas secretary of state, said in a legal filing Monday that he would continue to defend the state’s open primary system, putting him at odds with the Texas GOP in the lawsuit filed by the party last year. “The only thing that…

By Berenice Garcia, Jayme Lozano Carver, Stephen Simpson, Hien An Ngo and Alex Ford, The Texas Tribune June 12, 2026 A small fly has the potential to impart a big impact on Texas’ beef and agricultural industry. On June 3, the New World screwworm was detected in a three-week-old calf in Zavala County by the…

Published: August 11, 2026 Five Kilgore College educators attended the High Impact Technology Exchange Conference (HI-TEC) July 27-30 in Austin, marking the college’s largest delegation to the national conference. HI-TEC brings together educators, industry leaders and workforce professionals focused on high-demand technical fields, including electric vehicles, biotechnology, industrial automation, advanced manufacturing and advanced air mobility.…

Beneath its fiercely political surface, Life in Woke America is an unexpectedly tender story about a former foster child determined to build the family, purpose, and permanence he never received. Life in Woke America combines suspense, family drama, and a foster-care survivor’s search for truth and belonging in the Texas Panhandle.   AMARILLO, Texas —…