Area News
Inmate convicted of triple murder in small Texas town set for execution
By Ayden Runnels, The Texas Tribune September 16, 2026 LeJames Norman, one of two men sentenced to death for killing three people in a robbery, is scheduled to be executed Wednesday barring a final reprieve from the U.S. Supreme Court. In 2005, Norman and Ker’sean Olajuwa Ramey broke into a neighbor’s home in Edna intending…
Read MoreAfter backlash, power grid officials back away from agreement to give ERCOT CEO millions in additional bonuses
By Paul Cobler, The Texas Tribune September 15, 2026 The president and CEO of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas secured approval for a contract Tuesday that documents suggested could pay up to $6.4 million next year. But after Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick publicly criticized the move, Pablo Vegas told The Texas Tribune that the…
Read MoreOp-Ed: The Constitution Can’t Protect You If You Don’t Protect It
John Whitehead’s Commentary By John & Nisha Whitehead September 15, 2026 “What if the rights and principles guaranteed in the Constitution have been so distorted in the past 200 years as to be unrecognizable by the Founders? What if the government was the reason we don’t have a Constitution anymore? What if freedom’s greatest hour of…
Read MoreOp-Ed: Immigrants Didn’t Take Your Health Care. ICE Did.
Millions of lawfully present immigrants are set to lose health care under the GOP’s changes. Millions more U.S. citizens will join them. By Ramya Gosike | September 16, 2026 The cost of health care just keeps going up — and millions of Americans are set to lose coverage. Under the GOP’s so-called “Big Beautiful Bill,”…
Read MoreGarden Sessions Brings Music, Live Art and Sunday Afternoon Vibes to the Longview Arboretum
LONGVIEW, Texas | September 15, 2026 — Something a little different is taking root at the Longview Arboretum & Nature Center. Garden Sessions, will make its debut Sunday, September 20, from 2 to 5 PM, bringing DJs, live contemporary art, a community drum circle, yard games and plenty of shade to the gardens. Think of…
Read MoreMozambican receives lengthy federal prison sentence for money laundering conspiracy in the Eastern District of Texas as part of Homeland Security Task Force investigation
SHERMAN, Texas – A Mozambican has been sentenced to over 11 years in federal prison as part of a Homeland Security Task Force investigation for a money laundering conspiracy in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Jay R. Combs. Norolamin Gulam, 53, a national of Mozambique living in Portugal, pleaded guilty to…
Read MoreWinnsboro Live! Brings a Free Concert with the Darrin Morris Band— and the Grand Opening of the Winnsboro Social District — to the Bowery on September 19
WINNSBORO, Texas — Winnsboro Live! returns Saturday, September 19, with a free outdoor concert on the Bowery headlined by the Darrin Morris Band. And in a first for downtown Winnsboro, before the music starts, the City will raise a toast on the Bowery to celebrate the grand opening of the new Winnsboro Social District. The…
Read MoreRising Healthcare Costs Have Hit Georgia’s Most Conservative District. But Its Politics Are Unlikely To Change.
By Briah Lumpkins Sep 15, 2026 Amber Bates of Cohutta, Georgia, is one of thousands of people without health insurance in the 14th Congressional District, home to about 765,000 people in the northwestern corner of the state. She and her husband have not had health coverage for the past two years, Bates said, because their…
Read MoreA Cancer Survivor Hoped To Work — Then She Lost Her Medicaid Disability Coverage
By Katheryn Houghton Sep 15, 2026 Taya Hailstone has been in remission from Hodgkin lymphoma for five years, but the cancer’s lasting damage to her organs and nerves can make basic tasks hard. Even so, Montana’s health department decided Hailstone is no longer eligible for low-cost disability health coverage through Medicaid. (Kyla Hailstone) Taya Hailstone…
Read MoreRep. Drew Darby tears into oil and gas commissioner for defying order to appear at Capitol
By Carlos Nogueras Ramos and Zach Leggio, The Texas Tribune September 15, 2026 State Rep. Drew Darby, R-San Angelo, on Tuesday berated Texas Railroad Commissioner Wayne Christian for failing to appear before a legislative panel scheduled to discuss, among other things, the agency’s decision to eliminate public comment during its meetings. In light of his…
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