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Texas Weekly Gas Price Update
(February 28, 2022) – Average gasoline prices in Texas have risen 7.7 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.26/g today, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 13,114 stations in Texas. Prices in Texas are 27.6 cents per gallon higher than a month ago and stand 85.3 cents per gallon higher than a year ago.…
Read MoreUncertain Treasures
SUNDAY February 27, 2022 “The good we procure for ourselves is precarious and uncertain until it is secured for all of us and incorporated into our common life.” Jane Addams With so much uncertainty around the globe, this edition offers some GOOD news. Children’s author Nancy Churnin writes inspiring stories that approach diversity by focusing…
Read MoreMarket report – Winnsboro Livestock & Dairy Auction
DAIRY SALE February 23, 2022 HEAD COUNT – 106 HD BABY CALVES: $25 – $300 HEIFERS: 300-400 LBS – $250 – $375 HD 400-500 LBS – $375 – $475 HD BREEDING AGE: $450 – $675 HD SPRINGERS: FANCY – $1100 – $1350 HD PLAIN – $750 – $1050 HD FRESH – $900- $1300 HD BREEDING…
Read MoreJIM “PAPPY” MOORE: Finding God in Nature
By JIM “PAPPY” MOORE The wind whips across the open water of the lake, causing white caps. A thousand birds in the water take off in unison and immediately form a pattern programmed somewhere inside their individual brains and collective genes. To me, this is God. In nature, all is genius, all is perfect.…
Read MoreRussian invasion of Ukraine
By DR. JAMES FINCK As I watched the news last night of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, it scared me as it probably has scared many of you wondering what is going to happen next. Not that this helps the larger picture, but I thought I would write about the events to give a bit of…
Read MoreETCOG CEO/RTPO Board Chair, Judge Robert Johnston, Receives Distinguished Service Award from Texas Transit Association
East Texas, February 25, 2022: ETCOG is pleased to announce its Chairman of the Chief Elected Officials / Rural Transportation Planning Organization Board, Anderson County Judge Robert Johnston, has received the Distinguished Service Award from the Texas Transit Association (TTA). Judge Johnston was honored with the award yesterday in Austin at one of the largest transit conferences held…
Read MorePets Fur People Pet of the Week – Ally
Ally is available for adoption at the Humane Society’s Pets Fur People in Tyler. She is one year old and weighs 55 pounds. Ally has been spayed, is current on starting vaccinations including rabies and has been microchipped for identification purposes. Ally would thrive as a member of an active family. She loves to ride…
Read MoreBowie County Man Indicted for Trafficking Deadly Fentanyl
TEXARKANA, Texas – A Texarkana man has been indicted for federal drug trafficking and firearms violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today. Darell Montrell Trotter, 32, was named in an indictment returned by a federal grand jury on Feb. 16, 2022, charging him with possessing fentanyl with intent to…
Read MoreStress Assistance for the Agriculture Community
TYLER, Texas (February 24, 2022) – Those in the agriculture, forestry and commercial fishing (AgFF) industries face increasingly high levels of stress daily brought on by weather changes, price increases, market fluctuations, trade agreements, labor shortages, isolation, lack of resources … the list goes on. The common denominator here is uncertainty. The constant feeling that…
Read MoreKC Athletics will host ‘Full-Court Press Family Fun Day’ Saturday
Kilgore College Athletics will host an event Saturday to celebrate outstanding basketball seasons by the men’s and women’s teams. “Full-Court Press Family Fun Day” is set for noon to 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 26, in the carpeted gym in the Turner PE Building. It was originally set to be held outdoors, but has been moved…
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