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Texas Weekly Gas Price Update
February 13, 2023 Average gasoline prices in Texas have fallen 10.9 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $2.95/g today, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 13,114 stations in Texas. Prices in Texas are 7.3 cents per gallon higher than a month ago and stand 18.3 cents per gallon lower than a year ago. The…
Read MoreJIM ‘PAPPY’ MOORE: 1964 – The Beatles Invasion
By Jim “Pappy” Moore We began our last semester at Lufkin Junior High in January of 1964. In five months we would graduate and head to Lufkin Senior High School. Our reign was near its end. The new year rolled over to 1964, and it would be our last semester as the big dogs at…
Read MoreLady Buckeyes Basketball: Bi-District Playoff Game Info
Gilmer will be home team. Ticket link ⬇️https://t.co/VC3eGSJTMp pic.twitter.com/xpieAz8g22 — Gilmer GBB & XC (@gilmergbb_xc) February 10, 2023 Our undefeated District Champions start their playoff run Tuesday night at TJC vs Jacksonville 6pm tip-off. Buy tickets here: https://t.co/W5p39IrZZc 🧡🖤Go Lady Buckeyes!! 🧡🖤 pic.twitter.com/tHZcVoP3Ti — Gilmer ISD (@GilmerISDProud) February 10, 2023
Read MoreBlue Bell/TSWA Class 4A All State Team
Third in a five-part series Carthage’s Cuff, Cuero’s Burks are players of the year BRYAN – Carthage senior quarterback Connor Cuff and Cuero senior linebacker Sean Burks are the players of the year on the Blue Bell/Texas Sports Writers Association’s Class 4A all-state football team. Cuff passed for 4,033 yards with 52 touchdowns and only…
Read MoreTexas Weekly Gas Price Update
February 6, 2023 Average gasoline prices in Texas have fallen 3.1 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.05/g today, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 13,114 stations in Texas. Prices in Texas are 21.0 cents per gallon higher than a month ago and stand 3.1 cents per gallon lower than a year ago. The…
Read MoreJIM ‘PAPPY’ MOORE: 1963 – An Ominous Autumn
By Jim “Pappy” Moore (Fourth of a five-part series.) We survived Hurricane Carla in 1961. We survived The Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962. Little did we know 1963 had even more in store for us. As 1963 began we were concluding our eighth-grade year. I was running track in the spring. John Grier and I…
Read MoreState Board of Education eases stance on vouchers after previously rejecting “school choice” policies
By Brian Lopez, The Texas Tribune Feb. 2, 2023 “State Board of Education eases stance on vouchers after previously rejecting “school choice” policies” 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…
Read MoreLady Buckeyes – District Champs!
I don’t brag on them enough and we have so much more to do…but.. Just sayin’…District Champs. Proud? Yes. Satisfied…no. Let’s go!!! pic.twitter.com/qCpMikFceh — Gilmer XC (@gilmerxc) February 1, 2023
Read MoreTEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY – Harrison County Fatal Crash 1/30/23 (Vehicle v. Pedestrian)
TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY Number of Vehicles in Crash: 1 Number of Injured: 0 Number killed: 1 Date & Time: 01/30/2023 & 07:10 P.M. County: Harrison Location: Interstate 20, .1 mile west of Waskom, Texas Posted Speed Limit: 70 mph Vehicle 1: 2020 Freightliner Truck Tractor towing a Utility Trailer Driver 1: James B. Ford, male,…
Read MoreTexas Weekly Gas Price Update
January 30, 2023 Average gasoline prices in Texas have risen 7.3 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.09/g today, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 13,114 stations in Texas. Prices in Texas are 30.0 cents per gallon higher than a month ago and stand 9.8 cents per gallon higher than a year ago. The…
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