By DAYNA WORCHELStaff Writer Charles Powell, who works as a certified peer specialist at the Burke Center in Nacogdoches, said the feeling of helping someone through a difficult emotional time is a little like scoring a touchdown in football. “It feels so good; you want to do it again,” he said. Powell was attending a
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Missouri defensive tackle Sheldon Richardson provided some sure-fire bulletin board material Monday, telling reporters that the state of Texas was “overrated.” “I hate people from Texas,” Richardson said. “I give people on our team from Texas a hard time because they’re from Texas. I hate Texas. I just do. I hate Texas. Any other overrated
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ROUND ROCK — The Burnet High School boys cross-country team finished 37th out of 39 teams while the girls team was 35th out of 42 at the Round Rock McNeil Invitational on Oct. 1. Both squads were in the 1A-3A division. “It was a great race with over 600 competitors from all over the state
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The Whitehouse Chamber of Commerce will hold a debate among the candidates running for the Republican nomination for Smith County Sheriff during its annual banquet on Tuesday, Oct. 11, at the Whitehouse High School cafeteria. According to Angela Klein, chairperson of the banquet, “We wanted to do something different this year, and the primary election
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Texas AM has taken the next significant step to leaving the Big 12 and eventually pursuing Southeastern Conference membership. AM  sent a letter to Big 12 commissioner Dan Beebe at 1 p.m. today with official notification that the Aggies were exploring their conference affiliation options. It also requested that the Big 12 outline the process
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If you think video games are a silly waste of time for America’s youth, you might be right. But video games are big business, too, and the state of Texas wants more of the industry here. The Texas Film Commission has boosted incentives for the gaming industry to the same level offered for film and
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The misinformation demonstrated by some of the letters to the Odessa American is mind boggling. How is it possible to live in America all your life, study from first grade through 12th grade, in appropriate classes, our history, our Constitution, and current events and know so dismally little how our government is set up by
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Wansley said the plants had been watered Tuesday before the bust. In the fields Wednesday, deputies found two hammocks, a “lean-to” tent and two toothbrushes, as well as bags of fertilizer. From two fields, deputies seized about 1,775 plants ranging from one to 12 feet tall. By Wednesday afternoon, after spending all morning in the
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“The high temperatures are a challenge for us right now,” she said. “We have increased the number of track inspections in the state of Texas.” Union Pacific will replace the line and test it before operations resume. “Crews will go in and rebuild the line and then test it, and after that, once they test
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The Houston public schools, the state’s largest school system, has laid off more than 700 teachers to solve its budget crunch while having $279 million in reserves. The Dallas schools are considering laying off more than 1,110 employees and expect to have $85 million to $95 million in reserves at the end of the fiscal year. And the San
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