By Uriel J. García, The Texas Tribune July 2, 2026 The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday ruled the federal government can’t hold undocumented immigrants for more than 90 days without a bond hearing, rejecting a Trump administration policy that requires immigration agents to hold immigrants until they are deported. In 2-1 ruling, the…

By Ayden Runnels, The Texas Tribune July 2, 2026 A new update to U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s plans for a border wall indicates that 30-foot wall segments will be built in two parts of Big Bend Ranch State Park, the latest in a series of mixed messaging about construction in the region. Wall segments…

By Perla Trevizo, The Texas Tribune July 3, 2026 This story contains descriptions of suicide and attempted suicide, including methods used. ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. This article is co-published with The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan local…

By Kayla Guo and Alejandro Serrano, The Texas Tribune July 2, 2026 State Rep. Nate Schatzline, R-Fort Worth, resigned from the Texas House Thursday to take a new position as Gov. Greg Abbott’s senior adviser on election policy. Schatzline, who was among the most hardline conservative members of the Texas House, is set to lead…

AUSTIN – Hunters have an exciting lineup of opportunities and a chance to experience the beautiful scenery of Texas through Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s (TPWD) drawn hunt permits program. The drawn hunts program issues permits to hunters for drawn hunts on both public and private lands throughout Texas. Applications are now being accepted for…

By Kayla Guo and Alejandro Serrano, The Texas Tribune July 2, 2026 State Rep. Nate Schatzline, R-Fort Worth, resigned from the Texas House Thursday to take a new position as Gov. Greg Abbott’s senior adviser on election policy. Schatzline, who was among the most hardline conservative members of the Texas House, is set to lead…

July 2, 2026 Ready to train for a new career? NTCC’s Continuing Education department has several short-term programs beginning over the next few weeks, with options in transportation and healthcare. August 3 – Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) Get on the road to a high-demand career with NTCC’s hands-on CDL training program. Learn more at ntcc.edu/pda.…

JUST ANNOUNCED   HEADS UP – MORE PRISCILLA PRESLEY MEET & GREETS!   The original Priscilla Presley post-show meet & greet sold out SO quickly, and we received quite a few disappointed messages…. so we went back to her team and just learned that Ms. Presley has graciously offered to make a PRE-show meet &…

A new poll of 2,506 American vacationers from Scrivy, an author-tools company, has put a number on the great American beach-bag lie: the average traveler packs 2.9 books per trip and finishes 0.6 of them, and 41% come home without turning a single page. Everyone packs for the reader they wish they were. The tote…

https://www.texasforestry.org/news/from-the-pages-of-texas-forestry-magazine Where East Texas Forestry Sto­ries Still Live By Ker­ry Whitsett As the lunch hour broke in the Piney­woods a cen­tu­ry ago, a sig­nal echoed across the tree­tops. It wasn’t just a stan­dard shift mark­er. It was the ​“corn­bread whis­tle,” a high-pitched note blown from the sawmills to let women know it was time to pull skil­let bread from the oven…