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Texas 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…
Read MoreJIM ‘PAPPY’ MOORE: 1962 – In the Shadow of Nuclear War
By Jim “Pappy” Moore (Third of a five-part series.) In September of 1962 we began our eighth-grade year full of hope and joy. We had made it past the seventh grade and into the sweet territory of our middle year in Junior High. In a mere twelve months we would be ninth graders – the…
Read MoreWest Mountain Volunteer Fire Department donates engines to Gray Volunteer Fire Department
January 19, 2023 MARION COUNTY — West Mountain Volunteer Fire Department (Upshur County) donated two Type II fire engines to Gray Volunteer Fire Department (Marion County) in a direct donation through the Texas A&M Forest Service’s Helping Hands program. Winter Storm Uri in 2021 caused catastrophic freeze damage to Gray Volunteer Fire Department’s fire engines.…
Read MoreCongratulations to our Buckeyes!
Congratulations to our Buckeyes! pic.twitter.com/XIhY2SNaLV — Gilmer ISD (@GilmerISDProud) January 25, 2023
Read MoreTEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY – Van Zandt County Fatal Crash 1/21/23
Number of Vehicles in Crash: 2 Number of Injured: 1 Number killed: 1 Date & Time: 1/21/2023 & 6:50 P.M. County: Van Zandt Location: State Highway 243, 5 miles west of Canton, Texas Posted Speed Limit: 70 mph Vehicle 1: 2019 Nissan Sentra Vehicle 2: 2022 Dodge Ram 2500 Driver 1: Deceased Jennifer L. Johnson, female, 42 YOA of Canton, Texas. Seatbelt: No Pronounced By: EMT / Paramedic – Tyler…
Read MoreVideo: Gov. Greg Abbott attends groundbreaking ceremony for UT Tyler Medical School
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Read MoreGov. Abbott, UT System Break Ground on UT Tyler Medical Education Building
Facility will house East Texas’ first School of Medicine, UT System’s 7th medical school TYLER (January 23, 2022) –Texas Governor Greg Abbott joined UT System leaders today to break ground on UT Tyler’s new Medical Education Building, which will house the university’s new School of Medicine and the 7th medical school within the UT System. Gov. Abbott,…
Read MoreTexas Weekly Gas Price Update
January 23, 2023 Average gasoline prices in Texas have risen 10.9 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.01/g today, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 13,114 stations in Texas. Prices in Texas are 41.6 cents per gallon higher than a month ago and stand 2.7 cents per gallon higher than a year ago. The…
Read MoreJIM ‘PAPPY’ MOORE: Fall 1961 – Spring 1962: Settling In
By Jim “Pappy” Moore (Second of a five-part series.) After the Hurricane Carla onslaught passed, things returned to normal quickly. My new teacher for the seventh grade was Mrs. Wooten. She would teach our core classes. I had choir and physical education taught by others. This was the program for all seventh graders, except band…
Read MoreTEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY – Smith County Fatal Crash 1/20/23
Number of Vehicles in Crash: 2 Number of Injured: 3 Number killed: 1 Date & Time: 1/20/2023 & 10:50 A.M. County: Smith Location: US 80, 5 miles east of Mineola, Texas Posted Speed Limit: 70 mph Vehicle 1: 2018 Chevrolet Impala Vehicle 2: 2016 Ford Mustang Driver 1: Deceased Howard W. Petrea, male, 89 YOA of Mineola, Texas. Seatbelt: Yes Pronounced By: JP Jon Johnson, on scene Passenger: Stanley Phillips,…
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