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Tickets Now Available To The Public! You’re invited to Weapons and Whiskey, where you’ll get up close and personal with weapons and historic artifacts from the Alamo while tasting whiskey and enjoying light bites at Bohanan’s. 💥 🥃 Guests at this event will enjoy whiskey tastings from an array of Texas distilleries, as well as handcrafted…

From dairy to cotton, producers explore organics with Texas A&M AgriLife support programs – by Kay Ledbetter Growing organic in Texas has never been easier. Much of that is due to the hard work of growers and their collaborations with Texas A&M AgriLife to build the state’s organics industry. Texas leads all states in organic…

This federal investment will support 68 rural hospital districts and authorities working to prevent and manage diabetes, cardiovascular disease, respiratory disease, and obesity The Trump Administration announced today that a $51 million investment is being delivered to create or improve community-based chronic disease prevention, wellness, and nutrition programs through the federal Rural Health Transformation Program…

By Carlos Nogueras Ramos, The Texas Tribune September 26, 2026   Karl Rove, a former advisor to President George W. Bush, said at The Texas Tribune Festival that Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s baggage is hurting his U.S. Senate campaign. Paxton is running against former state Rep. James Talarico, who has made concerning statements of…

By Tom H. Hastings In our 2024 presidential election, Donald Trump got 77,303,568 votes, or almost half (49.8%) of all votes cast and counted. We live in a system where a plurality (more than anyone else) wins at that level, rather than a majority (more than half). With barely more than 75 million votes and just a…

By Gabby Birenbaum, The Texas Tribune September 26, 2026 Attorney General Ken Paxton and Democratic state Rep. James Talarico traded barbs over the gas tax Saturday as high gas and diesel prices become a top midterm issue. At a campaign event at a gas station in Carrollton, Talarico called on his Republican opponent to condemn…

News from Southern Arkansas University   MAGNOLIA, AR (09/26/2026) Dr. Helmut Langerbein, professor of history at Southern Arkansas University, was selected to participate in a faculty seminar on World War II history at The National WWII Museum in New Orleans. The weeklong seminar brought together faculty members from the United States, Canada, Poland, and Italy.…

By Renzo Downey, The Texas Tribune September 26, 2026 At the closing keynote of the Texas Tribune Festival, Fetterman said he doesn’t have a reason to join the Republicans, pointing to the fact that he joins the Democrats on most partisan votes. “I don’t have a reason to,” Fetterman said. “But for a big-tent situation,…

Duane Johnson, a singer-songwriter from Northeast Texas, has released a new single, “The Last Grave on Cedar Hill.” “The Last Grave on Cedar Hill” is a story-driven Red Dirt country/Americana song told through the eyes of a longtime county lawman. At the edge of a small-town cemetery sits a nameless grave tied to a decades-old…