Texas Sens. Cornyn, Cruz vote for funding deal to end government shutdown
By Gabby Birenbaum, The Texas Tribune November 10, 2025 The U.S. Senate passed a funding deal late Monday to end the nation’s longest-ever government shutdown, sending the bill to the House of Representatives and inching closer to restoring full SNAP benefits and ending air travel chaos. The bill was backed by nearly every GOP senator,…
Read MoreFormer Marine finds brotherhood at TSTC
(MARSHALL, Texas) – Unsure of his path after high school, Jesse Staples served in the U.S. Marine Corps for four years. “When I got out of the Marine Corps, I actually had a couple of buddies in Chicago that went through a lineman program, and they were telling me about how much they loved it,”…
Read MoreKilleen and Borger Selected for Texas Main Street Revitalization Program
Nov. 10, 2025 THC commissioners and staff with signs that will be installed in Killeen and Borger as part of their Texas Main Street designations. (L to R: THC Historic Preservation Officer Brad Patterson; THC Commissioners Gilbert “Pete” Peterson and Garrett Donnelly; THC CHD Director Linda Henderson and THC Commissioner Robert D. “Dick” Tips) AUSTIN…
Read More⚔️ Playoff Preview: Gilmer Buckeyes vs. Athens Hornets
The Gilmer Buckeyes (4-6, 3-2 District 7-4A DII) are set to begin their 25th consecutive playoff run against the Athens Hornets (8-2, 4-1 District 8-4A DII) in the UIL 4A Division II Region II Bi-District Round. This matchup pits the third seed from District 7 against the second seed from District 8. Game Details …
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ETCOG Honored with National Impact Award for Veteran-Friendly Community Designation Program
ETCOG Honored with 2025 Impact Award from the National Association of Development Organizations for Veteran-Friendly Community Designation Program Pictured left to right: David Scott,Ph.D., Special Projects Director; David Cleveland, ETCOG Executive Director East Texas: The East Texas Council of Governments (ETCOG) has received the 2025 Aliceann Wohlbruck Impact Award from the National Association of Development Organizations (NADO)…
Read More50 years later, the legacy of the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald looms as large as ever
People are gathering at ceremonies around the Great Lakes this weekend to honor the memories of the 29 crew members who died a half-century ago on Nov. 10, 1975, when the Edmund Fitzgerald — the largest freighter on the Lakes at the time — sank during a ferocious storm on Lake Superior. Read more: 50…
Read MoreUPDATE: Veterans Day Commemoration – Location & Speaker Change
Fredericksburg, TX – The National Museum of the Pacific War Veterans Day Commemoration will now take place at the Pacific Combat Zone, located at 508 E. Austin Street, Fredericksburg, TX 78624, instead of the Memorial Courtyard. Additionally, the keynote speaker has changed. The address will now be delivered by Christopher G. Dion, MSgt, USAF (Ret),…
Read MoreGrand Reopening at the National Museum of the Pacific War
Fredericksburg, TX –The National Museum of the Pacific War (NMPW), a Smithsonian Affiliate accredited by the American Alliance of Museums, will celebrate the grand reopening of its principal exhibition space, the George H. W. Bush Gallery, on Saturday, December 6. The gallery has undergone its first comprehensive renovation since opening in 2009. The day will feature a public…
Read MoreFormer LA prosecutor delivers a gritty, action-packed take on gang violence in his debut novel ‘Lion at the Gate’
When a ruthless gang targets the family of a Marine Raider, they unknowingly invite a war they cannot win LOS ANGELES – What would happen if an elite Marine Raider returned home to find his family brutalized by a violent street gang — and the system powerless to stop it? This is the driving question…
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