$543,478 in grant funds available for prescribed burning

  COLLEGE STATION – Some Texas landowners may be eligible for funding to help with prescribed burning costs on private lands. Now through September 30, 2019, Texas A&M Forest Service is accepting grant applications to reimburse landowners for the costs of having a prescribed burn conducted on their property by certified and insured prescribed burn

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AG Paxton Announces Medicaid Fraud Suit Against Opioid Manufacturer Johnson & Johnson

AUSTIN – Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced that his office filed a civil Medicaid fraud lawsuit against pharmaceutical manufacturer Johnson & Johnson, and its subsidiary Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., for misrepresentations made to the Texas Medicaid program about their dangerous opioid drug, Duragesic. The State alleges the companies directed their sales representatives to deliver false

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Gregg County Under Burn Ban

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GILMER ADDLES ATLANTA, 47-26

By Phillip Williams GILMER–The rabbit’s foot may be an iconic symbol of good luck, but the Atlanta Rabbits’ fleet feet were insufficient to invalidate the injury inflicted on them by Gilmer Buckeyes quarterback Mason Hurt, who flung three touchdowns as Gilmer axed Atlanta, 47-26, in the pair of state-ranked squads’ season inauguration Friday night. The

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Upshur under burn ban …

Upshur County joins growing list of East Texas counties issuing a burn ban on outdoor burning. Violating this burn ban could cost you $500.

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Gladewater/White Oak Area Sports Highlight Insert – 2019

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New Texas Laws Affecting Feral Hog Hunting, License Validation Take Effect Sept. 1

AUSTIN – Feral hogs are so loathed by landowners in Texas for their habitat destroying behavior that beginning Sept. 1, you won’t even need a hunting license to pursue them on private property. That’s when a new law takes effect removing even more obstacles from controlling hog numbers. The new law, SB 317 by Sen.

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Game Wardens Stress Safe Boating over Labor Day Weekend as Kali’s Law Takes Effect

    AUSTIN – Game wardens will be out in force patrolling the waterways over the Labor Day holiday weekend to help ensure Texans make it back home safely. They’ll also be educating folks about Kali’s Law, the new mandatory ignition “kill switch” requirement for boat operators that goes into effect Sept. 1. Kali’s Law

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