Jose Fuentes takes the stage at the PTK Texas Honors Institute
July 17, 2025 NTCC student Jose Fuentes took the stage at the Phi Theta Kappa Texas Honors Institute at Texas Lutheran University. The conference itself was held July 11 – 13, but Jose, as the District III Vice President, arrived the day before with the leadership team to help set up for the conference. Jose and the other…
Read MorePhi Theta Kappa Members attend Texas Honors Institute at Texas Lutheran University
July 17, 2025 Alpha Mu Chi, NTCC’s five-star, award-winning chapter of Phi Theta Kappa, participated in the Phi Theta Kappa Texas Honors Institute July 11-13 on the campus of Texas Lutheran University (TLU) in Seguin, Texas. During the conference, attendees stayed in dorms on the TLU campus, ate in the campus dining hall, and participated in activities in classrooms and…
Read MoreThe USDA Wouldn’t Let Her Give Up Her House When She Couldn’t Pay Her Mortgage. Instead, It Crushed Her With Debt.
By Sawyer Loftus, Bangor Daily News ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. Reporting Highlights Foreclosures Focused in Maine: Since March, the USDA has filed 56 foreclosures in the federal court system against properties purchased with a rural development…
Read MoreAmericans pay much more than others for health care. Why?
‘More than ever, Samaritan Ministries makes sense as an affordable approach to health care,’ says Anthony Hopp, SMI’s vice president and chief purpose officer PEORIA, Ill. — Americans are not suffering from imagining health care prices keep climbing; those increasing costs are real enough. The National Health Expenditure — the total amount paid for health…
Read MoreJeff Traylor went into the THSCA Hall of Fame Saturday
UTSA’s Jeff Traylor went into the THSCA Hall of Fame Saturday. While known locally for UTSA, he’s an alum of Gilmer (best mascot in the nation) & won 3 state titles. More on him below.@CoachTraylor @THSCAcoaches #THSCA #jefftraylor @GilmerBuckeyeFB @GilmerISDProud @UTSAFTBL… pic.twitter.com/3gbPj2lqxx — Mr. Bowtie’s Texas High School Sports Machine (@MrBowtie1982) July 19, 2025 Visited…
Read MoreThe Boys of Summer
SUNDAY July 20, 2025 {READ IN BROWSER} FEATURE Bobby Ray Allen’s Take Off Started in East Texas When Bobbie Ray Allen was born July 26, 1922, in Winnsboro, Texas, he was met with a long line of East Texas ancestry under wide open skies. He was a curious child and respectful of others while learning…
Read MoreHe came to the U.S. to support his sick child. Then he disappeared from a Texas detention facility.
By Melissa Sanchez, ProPublica, Perla Trevizo, The Texas Tribune and ProPublica, Mica Rosenberg and Jeff Ernsthausen, ProPublica, Ronna Rísquez, Alianza Rebelde Investiga, and Adrián González, Cazadores de Fake News July 18, 2025 “He came to the U.S. to support his sick child. Then he disappeared from a Texas detention facility.” was first published by The…
Read MoreJIM “PAPPY” MOORE: Ice Cream! You Scream!
By Jim “Pappy” Moore You probably grew up saying this. “Ice Cream! You Scream! We all scream for Ice Cream!” The kid in me has never quit yelling it. I like it, and I eat it every day. When we were kids, the most reliable way to get ice cream was by buying an ice…
Read MoreTexas judge dismisses case against migrant deported to El Salvador for being an alleged gang member
By Alejandro Serrano, The Texas Tribune July 17, 2025 “Texas judge dismisses case against migrant deported to El Salvador for being an alleged gang member” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues. Sign…
Read MoreNumber missing from Hill Country floods down to 3
By Ayden Runnels, The Texas Tribune July 14, 2025 “Number missing from Hill Country floods down to 3” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues. Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s…
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