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TYLER, Texas (June 16, 2026) – The University of Texas at Tyler announced students who were named to the spring 2026 President’s Honor Roll. To qualify for the President’s Honor Roll at UT Tyler, a student must have completed, in one term, 12 or more credit hours of undergraduate college-level credit with a grade of…

Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service course will help keep Texas livestock moving June 13, 2026 – by AgriLife Today News Team Gov. Greg Abbott announced the launch of a free online course on June 13 to expand the number of certified New World Screwworm, NWS, inspectors across Texas. A free New World screwworm inspector training…

SHERMAN, Texas – An Irving man has been sentenced to over 13 years in federal prison as part of a Homeland Security Task Force investigation for trafficking fentanyl in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Jay R. Combs.   Dulio Ariel De-La-O, 25, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent…

America250 is excited to announce that Chris Stapleton and The Smashing Pumpkins will headline America250’s July 4th Concert at the LA Memorial Coliseum, hosted by Queen Latifah. As America marks its 250th anniversary, this landmark concert will celebrate Giving 4th, America250’s new national initiative calling on all Americans to add something new to their celebration:…

By Renzo Downey, The Texas Tribune June 15, 2026 HOUSTON — To some extent, Mohamed Hussein knew he was preparing to enter the lion’s den. But he made the decision to attend the Republican Party of Texas Convention to confirm for himself that he had a place in the GOP, even as members of the…

By Jessica Priest, Ayden Runnels and Alex Nguyen, The Texas Tribune June 11, 2026 Texas Tech University quarterback Brendan Sorsby will not play in the upcoming college football season, a school official said Monday, after the Big 12 Conference sued the university to keep Sorsby off the field amid concerns over improper betting. Texas Tech…

By Jessica Priest and Ayden Runnels, The Texas Tribune June 15, 2026 University of Texas at Austin leaders fired KUT General Manager Debbie Hiott on Monday, a little more than a month after she publicly challenged safety as the reason why much of the public radio station’s inaugural festival was forced off campus. Hiott’s firing…

By Carlos Nogueras Ramos, The Texas Tribune June 16, 2026 After a Republican primary that focused on fighting Sharia law and diversity policies, the general election for a seat on Texas’ oil and gas regulatory agency is shaping up as a partisan brawl with more talk of issues unrelated to its core functions. Bo French,…

By Paul Cobler and Jayme Lozano Carver, The Texas Tribune June 16, 2026 James Henderson was a teenager in 1971 when he had to treat animals for a type of white maggot that ate livestock from the inside out — the New World screwworm.  “It’s a horrible parasite, and it will eat that flesh very quickly,”…

(Washington, D.C., June 15, 2026) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins and U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon hosted several land-grant university leaders at USDA for a roundtable discussion and announced the opening of the FY2026 funding opportunity for the Research Facilities Act program. President Trump’s Working Families Tax Cuts provided $125 million…