UT Tyler Continues TBI Care Research Project Through UT System Collaborative
TYLER, Texas (October 23, 2025) – The University of Texas at Tyler received an additional $500,000 from UT System’s Trauma Research and Combat Casualty Care Collaborative to help improve the lives of patients with Traumatic Brain Injury, or TBI. Dr. Shawana Tabassum, the UT Tyler Mary John and Ralph Spence Assistant Professor of Electrical and…
Read MoreTrump taps Texas Sen. Brian Birdwell for assistant secretary of defense
By Alejandro Serrano, The Texas Tribune October 22, 2025 President Donald Trump this week nominated Texas Sen. Brian Birdwell to serve as an assistant secretary of defense, the White House announced Tuesday. The Granbury Republican currently oversees a Texas legislative committee that hears border and homeland security proposals. If confirmed by the U.S. Senate, the…
Read MoreThis newly drawn Houston district could unearth tensions between Democrats of color
By Gabby Birenbaum, The Texas Tribune October 23, 2025 When Texas Republicans redrew the state’s congressional map this summer, Latino Democrats in Houston saw warning signs for their political future. Since its creation in the early 1990s, the 29th Congressional District, based in east Houston, has been majority-Latino. For decades, it was represented by white…
Read MoreTexas Republicans are redefining higher ed. It’s creating confusion about free speech on campuses.
By Jessica Priest, The Texas Tribune October 23, 2025 At colleges across Texas last month, a series of viral campus videos, abrupt professor firings, confusing teaching restrictions and sudden course audits came in such rapid-fire succession that before the fallout was over at one public university, another scandal was upending norms at a school…
Read MoreUT Health East Texas Physicians Welcomes Edilisa Ong, MD, to Tyler
Tyler, Texas (October 22, 2025) — UT Health East Texas Physicians is expanding pediatric services in Tyler with the addition of Edilisa Ong, MD. “I provide comprehensive medical care that focuses on a child’s physical, emotional and mental well-being. Every patient is unique, and I strive to guide families with compassion, understanding and the…
Read MoreCowboys defeat Commanders
By Elwyn Henderson The 2-3-1 Dallas Cowboys hosted the 3-3 Washington Commanders at AT&T Stadium in Arlington Sunday with both teams desperately needing a win to remain in the NFC East race. The Philadelphia Eagles lead the division with a 5-2 record after their 28-22 win on the road in Minnesota against the Vikings Sunday…
Read MoreWho Would Jesus Bomb? The Gospel According to the Military-Industrial Complex
John Whitehead’s Commentary John & Nisha Whitehead October 22, 2025 “Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God.”—Thomas Jefferson For a man supposedly intent on winning a Nobel Peace Prize, Donald Trump spends an extraordinary amount of time waging war, threatening to wage war, and fantasizing about waging war. Notwithstanding his dubious claims about having ended “seven…
Read MoreTCEQ approves fines totaling $979,088
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality today approved penalties totaling $788,363 against 25 regulated entities for violations of state environmental regulations. Agreed orders were issued for the following enforcement categories: five air quality, two industrial wastewater discharges, four multi-media, one municipal solid waste, five municipal wastewater discharges, one petroleum storage tank, four public water…
Read MoreNatives, Pollinators and Shade Gardening Featured at SFA Garden Lecture
Nacogdoches—SFA Gardens will host the monthly Theresa and Les Reeves Lecture Series at 7:00 pm on November 13 in the Ina Brundrett Conservation Education Building at the Pineywoods Native Plant Center, 2900 Raguet Street, Nacogdoches. Heidi Sheesley, owner of Treesearch Farms in Houston, will present “Natives, Pollinators and Shade Gardening” and share decades of experience…
Read MoreFatal Crash on Dallas North Tollway
PLANO – On October 21, 2025, at 6:30 am, Department of Public Safety (DPS) Troopers responded to a four-vehicle crash on the northbound lanes of Dallas North Tollway near Spring Creek Pkwy. A preliminary investigation indicated that an 18-wheeler was traveling northbound when the driver made an unsafe lane change and struck a Honda…
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