“Mostly it was for trading because it was a place for people, mostly country people, to gather and find whatever they needed and trade it for whatever they had an excess of,” Allen said.
The station will be relocated less than a mile from its current location to Geneva Street. The department began raising money for a new station in 2020 and has had thousands of dollars donated by residents and businesses.
A new Texas law requires that schools hire armed security officers. Lufkin ISD’s deputy superintendent talks to KTRE about their efforts to meet those staffing requirements.
Students, faculty, and staff across the country gathered at their schools’ flagpole Wednesday morning to honor See You at the Pole day, a morning of prayer started for students, by students.
From birth, doctors diagnosed baby Eivor Calvert with a hole in his heart along with other health complications, and since then, Shyanne Calvert, his mother, and he have seen themselves forced to stay in Dallas.
“Everybody thinks that trafficking is being kidnapped at the back of van and instead it’s, ‘hey do you want to hang out at the Four Corners and here’s my friend...’ and that’s how it starts,” Assistant DA Bryan Jiral.
The county’s AgriLife agent Ricky Thompson said they are close to surpassing their 100-member count.“We’re seeing a whole new set, or whole new crop of kids coming in. It’s exciting because they come with different ideas and projects in mind,” said Thompson
Bureau of Justice Statistics shows that about 60 percent of formerly incarcerated people struggle to find employment. Studies also show employment can be a key factor in preventing recidivism and re-incarceration. A second chance can open doors for many people in need of a job opportunity.
Linden police are investigating a possible accidental shooting that took place as an employee set grocery bags near a rifle on a customer’s vehicle back seat.
A newly-enacted Texas law calls for a survey of the state’s 1,200 public school districts to review efforts to better educate students about genocide and the Holocaust.