ReadSafe Ratings Offers a Solution to Protect Books, Readers, and Revenue (Austin, TX – August 2025) – As the new school year begins across Texas, authors and publishers face unprecedented challenges under Senate Bills 13 and 412, laws that now mandate new requirements for books distributed in schools. These laws, which many Texas authors are…

Mineral Wells, TX – The Texas Department of Public Safety, Ranger Division, working in conjunction with the Mineral Wells Police Department, has arrested William Henry Lowery (W/M, 60 YOA, photograph included at left) for an Aggravated Sexual Assault that occurred on December 10th, 2016.   On December 10th, 2016, the Mineral Wells Police Department responded…

BEAUMONT, Texas – A Lufkin felon has pleaded guilty to a federal firearms violation in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Jay R. Combs. Preston Allen, 58, pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm before U.S. Magistrate Judge Christine L. Stetson on August 19, 2025.   According to…

Dallas Arboretum’s Iconic Pumpkin Festival Goes Global with ¡Mundo México! An immersive cultural transformation featuring 110,000 gourds, contemporary Mexican artists, and heritage programming presented by DALLAS – Aug. 20, 2025 – The Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden, which welcomes over one million visitors annually, reimagines its beloved autumn festival with Autumn at the Arboretum: ¡Mundo…

Love’s collects critical donations for Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals (TYLER, Texas) – Love’s Travel Stops will kick off its annual Miracle Balloon Campaign on Friday to raise critical funds for Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals (CMN Hospitals) in support of CHRISTUS Trinity Mother Frances Health System. This nationwide initiative brings together Love’s locations from coast to coast to help change…

Dear Editor,   I appreciated your recent article, “TxDOT: End Summer with Friends, Not Cellmates.” As your coverage rightly noted, DWI offenses continue to pose serious risks to public safety and place significant demands on our legal system.   I thought your readers might also be interested to know that to help ensure that Texas…

By Gabe Grantham Texas is entering a new chapter in how we measure student learning. Conversations are swirling about what could come after we retire the current state assessment, the STAAR exam. That includes questions like: What needs to change? How can we do better? Evolving our systems is part of how we improve. But…

AUSTIN – New laws – including ones giving the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR) the authority to regulate residential solar retail companies and salespersons, as well as delivery network companies – will go into effect on September 1, 2025. In addition, the Texas Lottery Commission and its Charitable Bingo Program will become part…

August 20, 2025 LAMAR COUNTY, Texas—Following recent reports of timber theft in Lamar County, Texas A&M Forest Service and the Lamar County Sheriff’s Office urge landowners to be vigilant and report any suspicious timber harvesting. Individuals in Lamar County have allegedly approached multiple landowners, verbally requesting permission to harvest trees on their property. After receiving…