Nationwide event on Saturday, Sept. 12, will showcase locally made goods, with the first 20 customers at each store receiving a limited-edition tote designed by an FFA member BRENTWOOD, Tenn., SEPT. 9, 2026 – Tractor Supply Company (NASDAQ: TSCO), the largest rural lifestyle retailer in the United States, is celebrating the people who grow, make,…

  Experimental commercial flights were made possible by the Department’s first-of-its-kind testing initiative FORT WORTH, TX — U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy was in Texas today to celebrate the state’s first demonstration of its next-generation aircraft under USDOT’s Advanced Air Mobility Integration Pilot Program (eIPP)–making Texas the sixth location to launch under the Department’s…

Student matinees, UIL clinic open for reservations   Kilgore College Theatre is now booking student groups for its 2026-27 Education Series, offering performances and events designed specifically for K-12 students. The series includes two fall morning matinees and the college’s annual UIL One-Act Play Clinic in February, giving teachers theatre-based learning opportunities throughout the school…

LA PORTE, Texas – The Sons of the Republic of Texas (SRT) will commemorate Texian Navy Day on Saturday, Sept. 19, honoring the sailors and ships whose service helped secure and preserve the independence of the Republic of Texas. The annual ceremony will begin at 10 a.m. in the Jesse H. Jones Theatre at the…

The statewide gas price average in Texas is $3.83 for a gallon of regular unleaded fuel, according to AAA Texas. That price is 14 cents more than on this day last week and $1.07 more per gallon compared to this day last year. Of the major metropolitan areas surveyed in Texas, drivers in El Paso…

Texas Crop and Weather Report – by Sarah Fuller Texas aquaculture remains steady despite seasonal challenges of drought and excessive heat faced by many producers, said a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service expert. “Not much new has happened in Texas aquaculture in the last year — no new farms, no new species added, no new laws or…

By Sarah Jane Tribble Sep 10, 2026

By Van Yandell In the early 1840’s, a Hungarian doctor named Ignaz Semmelweis made a discovery. A doctor had performed an autopsy. Then he went directly to the delivery room and delivered a baby. Soon after the delivery, the mother died. Semmelweis determined the doctors hands were covered in a substance that caused the mother’s…

By ProPublica, The Texas Tribune September 10, 2026 This story was originally published by ProPublica. The number of women who died after an ectopic pregnancy has spiked in recent years, a ProPublica analysis found. The mounting deaths in Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data have drawn little scrutiny or response. Such deaths typically occur…

By Kayla Guo and Ayden Runnels, The Texas Tribune September 9, 2026 DALLAS — Democratic U.S. Senate nominee James Talarico on Wednesday said he opposed transgender student-athletes competing in girls’ sports “if it endangers safety or fairness,” reversing course on previous positions he took while in the Texas House opposing restrictions on trans athletes. “Every…