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Texas Prepares For Hurricane Season With Training Exercise

TDEM Reminds Texans to Engage in Personal Preparedness This Hurricane Season AUSTIN – The Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM) hosted a large-scale hurricane exercise involving representatives from more than 30 state agencies and partner organizations at the Texas State Emergency Operations Center in Austin this week. The multi-day training …

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Joe Jonas Lassos Litter As The New Face Of Don’t Mess With Texas®

AUSTIN – They say everything is bigger in Texas, and in the hilarious new PSAs for Don’t mess with Texas, singer, songwriter, and actor Joe Jonas finds lassoing litter may be his biggest challenge yet. The show-stopping PSAs feature the former Westlake, Texas, resident taking an over-the-top approach to keeping Texas …

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Richardson ISD Student Arrested After Gun Found In Vehicle

Wednesday morning at 10:55, the Richardson Police Department received a phone call from a business in the 1500-block of East Spring Valley Road reporting a male holding what appeared to be a rifle. They last saw the male walking toward Berkner High School, located at 1600 East Spring Valley Road. …

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Local TCU Student And Author Recognized

NEW Edition of Gigi at the White House! Awarded to School Libraries as part of Laura Bush Foundation for America’s Libraries Grant Awards New Edition Includes Foreword from former First Lady Laura Bush May 16, 2022 (Washington, D.C.) – A generous donor will give copies of the White House Historical Association’s children’s …

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Northeast Texas Choral Society Concerts This Weekend

The North East Texas Choral Society will present the Endless Summer Spring Concert on Saturday and Sunday, May 7 and 8, at the Sulphur Springs High School Auditorium in the Hopkins County Civic Center. The shows are at 7:00 pm Saturday and 2:00 pm Sunday. Buy tickets at SingersCount.org., at …

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TEA Proposing New Library Policy

The Texas Education Agency is now recommending a new library materials policy. It encourages school districts to post a list of library books online so that parents know what is available for students. Shirley Robinson, Executive Director of the Texas Library Association, says parents shouldn’t have a say over what …

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Net Health To Provide Vaccinations In Sulphur Springs

Net Health will be back in Sulphur Springs, offering Pediatric and Adult COVID vaccines at the MMU tents behind Christus Mother Frances Hospital every four weeks. No appointment is necessary. From 10:00 am until 3:00 pm daily, vaccines will be given during the weeks April 4-8, May 2-6, May 31–June …

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Classic Black was Texas’ #1 Plate in 2021!

AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — It’s official! The number one specialty license plate design in Texas for 2021 was Classic Black, the full black background design from My Plates.com. This retro design has held the position as Texas’ most popular plate since its official launch in 2016. Over 90,000 State and My Plates specialty license plates …

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ERCOT Says It’s Ready For Winter

In a press release, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas says that their electric generation fleet and electric transmission companies are ready for winter after a series of winterization efforts. It comes less than a year after power failed during Winter Storm Uri, resulting in the deaths of more than …

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