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Twenty to 26 inches of rain fell in portions of Wood, Smith, Morris, Upshur, Gregg, Marion and Harrison counties. Nineteen persons drowned in the rampaging rivers and creeks that swept away bridges, roads and dams, and caused an estimated $12 million damage. The Apri 1966 NE Texas Flooded The rainfall was concentrated in the Sabine…

https://thc.texas.gov/state-historic-sites/san-jacinto-battleground/san-jacinto-battleground-history Before that fateful day Early Americans occupied this area for thousands of years. Traces of them are scarce, due to coastal conditions and changes to the landscape. During the 1820s and 1830s, settlers established homesteads around Galveston Bay, each with a few dozen to a few thousand acres. They eked out a living as…

By Kayla Guo, The Texas Tribune April 20, 2026 Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows on Monday targeted Roblox for alleged child endangerment, after learning the platform offered a simulation of the 2022 Uvalde mass shooting. Burrows instructed lawmakers to study ways to strengthen child safety and accountability for virtual gaming, singling out Roblox, an online…

By Jessica Priest, The Texas Tribune April 20, 2026 As former Vice President Mike Pence headlined Texas A&M’s civil discourse symposium Monday, some students and faculty said the event’s message rang hollow after months of fights over what can be taught and learned in class. Inside Rudder Auditorium, the same man interrupted Pence twice, shouting…

By Lomi Kriel, The Texas Tribune April 20, 2026 An Egyptian family of six believed to be the longest detained at the controversial South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, the only federal immigrant facility authorized to hold parents with their children, were released late Thursday following rulings this week by two Texas federal judges.…

By Paul Cobler, The Texas Tribune April 21, 2026 Anxiety is in the air at computer science programs on university campuses across Texas. Universities are incorporating artificial intelligence into education more every year, while admissions to computer science programs are down roughly 20% in Texas and nationally as hiring slows for software engineers. Students are…

Published: April 16, 2026 The Kilgore College Department of Music will present its annual Masterworks Concert at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 28, in Van Cliburn Auditorium. The performance will feature KC choirs and the KC Wind Symphony, highlighted by a presentation of A Silence Haunts Me by composer Jake Runestad. The concert is free and open to the…

The Kilgore College Board of Trustees on April 20 named Dr. Staci Martin as the sole finalist for the position of president of Kilgore College. Under Texas law, a public institution must name a sole finalist and observe a 21-day waiting period before final action may be taken to appoint the next president. Martin has…

Work scheduled to begin April 27 April 20, 2026 ATLANTA – A portion of U.S. Highway 271 in Pittsburg is scheduled for rehabilitation this month, according to plans awarded in January by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT). “This project will cover an area of almost three miles from State Loop 179 to Business 271H,” said…