Texas Sales Tax Holiday is Aug. 5-7

  (AUSTIN) — Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar is reminding shoppers they can save money on clothes and school supplies during the state’s sales tax holiday on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Aug.

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Texas Ranks 14th in Labor Productivity Among States

With numerous economic experts predicting that the U.S. is headed toward recession, one of the many concerning signals is a sharp decline in labor productivity. After more than a decade of

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DNA Doe Project and Gregg County Sheriff’s Office identify Jane Doe from 2002

Woman’s remains discovered off Highway 135 identified as Pamela Darlene Young   Twenty years after her partial skeletal remains were located by construction workers off Highway 135 in Gregg

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Important Heat Safety Tips for Families Affected by Dementia

  With a heat wave bringing dangerously high temperatures for tens of millions of Americans, the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America (AFA) is providing important tips to help families affected by

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Texas Prepaid Tuition Program Newborn Enrollment Deadline Approaches

(AUSTIN) — Texas families have through July 31 to enroll their newborns at 2021-22 prices in the Texas Tuition Promise Fund®, the state’s prepaid college tuition program. Newborns are

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Texas A&M Forest Service warns large wildfires possible today 

COLLEGE STATION –  Hot and dry conditions across the state of Texas will create high wildfire potential through the weekend. Continued triple digit temperatures and dry conditions will

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UPSHUR COUNTY MAN SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON FOR MURDER

On July 7, 2022, defendant, NichJous Cole Williams, 21, pied guilty to the murders  of Leonard Faris Gibson, the grandfather of the defendant and Denene Susanne Mosely. On February 7, 2021 in

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CAPITAL HIGHLIGHTS …

Three arrested in deaths of 53 migrants Three people were arrested last week by federal authorities in connection with a human smuggling incident that left 53 migrants dead. The migrants were

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LIFE SENTENCE OF UPSHUR COUNTY MAN UPHELD BY THE 12â„¢ COURT OF APPEALS

The 12th Court of Appeals issued a ruling today affirming the Life Sentence of Joshua David Verhoef. He was tried before an Upshur County jury on April 21, 2021 after pleading not guilty. The

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CAPTIAL HIGHTLIGHTS …

Abortion officially illegal in Texas The U.S. Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe vs. Wade effectively ends all legal abortions in Texas within the next 30 days, many news media outlets

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