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AUSTIN — Agents from the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission will visit hundreds of alcohol retailers — such as bars, restaurants, and stores — as part of a statewide operation to keep alcohol out of the hands of minors in popular spring break locations. The annual underage compliance operations during the month of March are part

By Phillip Williams Upshur County Commissioners Court last week accepted bids on numerous materials for the county’s Road and Bridge Department. County Road Administrator Andy Jordan told the court’s Feb. 28 meeting in Gilmer he had recommended the lowest bid submitted on all items. The court opened the bids Feb. 14, but deferred acting on

C-SPAN has interviewed more than half of the nearly 80 new members of the U.S. House of Representatives including Rep. Nathan Moran (R-TX). In these C-SPAN profile interviews, freshman members discussed their upbringing, careers, political philosophy and more. Rep. Moran spoke to C-SPAN about his upbringing at a bible college campus, his father sparking a

  AUSTIN – The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s (TPWD) 2023–24 proposed freshwater fishing regulation changes focus on simplifying and clarifying fishing-related rules on waters within public parks, particularly Community Fishing Lakes (CFLs). Additional changes could remove unnecessary exceptions and clarify water-body boundaries. “We aim to make those angling experiences as easy and enjoyable as

 In 2022, factors such as “driving under the influence”, “failure to drive in a single lane” and “unsafe speed” contributed to 167 fatal crashes and 192 total deaths in the Tyler District. The TxDOT Tyler District, which includes Anderson, Cherokee, Gregg, Henderson, Rusk, Smith, Van Zandt, and Wood Counties, released preliminary numbers revealing the top-five

By DARREN BENSON Texas A&M Forest Service COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Bill Oates was renovating his Nacogdoches home when he thought the rumbling he heard was coming from his daughter running around the house. John Gill was working a weekend job on a logging crew in East Texas when his boss asked if he had

  (AUSTIN) — Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar is joining other unclaimed property administrators to celebrate the third annual national Unclaimed Property Day tomorrow, Feb. 1. “I am proud to have returned more than $2 billion dollars to Texans since becoming Comptroller, and we are continually looking for new ways to return even more,” Hegar said.

  SHREVEPORT, La. (December 20, 2022) – Southwestern Electric Power Co. is urging customers to be prepared for a potential extreme winter weather event Thursday and Friday. Forecasts predict dangerous, below-freezing temperatures, high winds and some wintry precipitation across Arkansas, Texas and Louisiana. These factors can stress the electric grid and cause utility problems. SWEPCO