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Texas Republicans have a data center problem
By Taylor Goldenstein, The Texas Tribune May 7, 2026 This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center. The Republican Party has felt like home to Rena Schroeder since her teenage years when she joined a high school club for conservative Latinos. She cast her first presidential vote for Ronald Reagan. And she’s lost friends over her…
Read MoreEast Texas Law Enforcement Agencies and DEA partner work together to dismantle Methamphetamine and Fentanyl Distribution Ring
Official Press Release Upshur County Sheriff’s Office Sheriff Larry Webb In December of 2023, an investigation into the drug trafficking operations of Cole Seabolt was initiated by an Upshur County Sheriff’s Office Deputy assigned to the DEA Task Force. Cole Seabolt is known as a drug supplier in Upshur County. The investigation quickly revealed a…
Read MoreTexas Weekly Gas Price Update
May 4, 2026 Average gasoline prices in Texas have risen 27.0 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.89/g today, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 13,114 stations in Texas. Prices in Texas are 8.8 cents per gallon higher than a month ago and stand $1.19/g higher than a year ago. The national average price…
Read MoreTeam Captains Needed for Online Challenge
Upshur County residents have not had the opportunity to participate in a community-wide Walk Across Texas program in the past several years. The Upshur County Extension Service and the Health Coalition believe it’s time for families, friends, and coworkers to get up and get moving in a fun, online challenge starting June 22nd. Walk Across…
Read MoreJIM “PAPPY” MOORE: In Them Old Cotton Fields Back Home
By Jim “Pappy” Moore On TV and online, I see many people who think cotton was picked in America exclusively by Black people. This is a major misunderstanding of life in America. My father and his three brothers’ history attests to this fact. They were born in the 1920s and 1930s. They came from…
Read MoreHigh gas prices eating into Texans’ budgets, fueling inflation
By Paul Cobler and Colleen DeGuzman, The Texas Tribune April 30, 2026 The large signs outside of gas stations across Texas intended to catch drivers’ eyes are lately doing so for all the wrong reasons. At a Valero gas station in Edinburg, Reynaldo Zarazoa, who installs tile for a living and has to haul tools…
Read MorePoor preparation doomed Camp Mystic victims, investigator tells Texas lawmakers in harrowing account
By Emily Foxhall, The Texas Tribune April 27, 2026 Asked by the Texas Legislature to investigate last summer’s deadly flood at Camp Mystic, Casey Garrett recounted the harrowing early-morning hours as the Guadalupe River surged through cabins and reached deadly heights. Lawmakers at the Capitol hearing sat attentive Monday as Garrett methodically offered one of…
Read MoreTexas Weekly Gas Price Update
April 27, 2026 Average gasoline prices in Texas have risen 1.3 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.62/g today, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 13,114 stations in Texas. Prices in Texas are 5.9 cents per gallon higher than a month ago and stand 94.3 cents per gallon higher than a year ago. The…
Read MoreJIM “PAPPY” MOORE: Remembering Astros Infielder and Manager Phil Garner
By Jim “Pappy” Moore You may have heard that former Astros player and manager Phil Garner passed away. He was my age. I got to know Phil in the early 1980s when he first came to Houston in 1981 to play for the Astros. I was living in Kingwood. He hired a downtown law firm…
Read MoreHARMONY INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT JOINT STATEMENT OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND MICHAEL ALPHIN
Michael Alphin has announced his resignation as Superintendent of Schools for the Harmony Independent School District. An Agreement has been reached which allows Mr. Alphin the ability to pursue other interests and permits the Board to pursue hiring another Superintendent. The Board and Mr. Alphin have entered into the Agreement believing it is in their…
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