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Laneville ISD in Rusk County closed its district last Wednesday and Thursday due to many illnesses among students in all grades, according to a letter posted to social media. They open school on Tuesday, September. 5, following the holiday. Among the illnesses spreading across East Texas is COVID-19. The virus …

Thanks to inflation, those receiving a monthly Social Security Administration check received an average 8.7% increase in 2023. The adjustment for 2024’s inflation should get a three percent raise. The final amount will have to be determined by the Social Security Administration after they include September’s data.

Brookshire Grocery Co. (BGC) is celebrating its 95th-anniversary beginning, with special events and offers planned for customers and employee partners throughout September. At Brookshire’s stores, this will include featured products with a special .95 cents price and additional YourPoints for customers each ad week. BGC has become a leading regional …

In Antlers, Pushmataha County Undersheriff Dustin Bray said they arrested Jody Scott Saturday after he pulled a gun on them and started a shootout. A caller informed them Scott was trespassing on his property Saturday morning around 11:00. After a 30-minute standoff, Scott surrendered to the officers and deputies.

Matthew Purdy, Jr. Officials arrested Matthew Purdy, Jr., 21, for the fatal shooting of a Texas Christian University student last week. The student was Wes Smith, a Junior Finance major at TCU. According to an arrest warrant, Purdy gave police a statement admitting to “approaching Wes, who he didn’t know, …

Rendon Langston Officers served a warrant at 320 Stone Avenue on Rendon Langston Thursday morning for Burglary of Building and Criminal Mischief. During the warrant service, Langston fled the premises on foot to evade officers. They captured and charged him with Evading Arrest or Detention. An officer received minor injuries …

More than 770 new laws passed by the Texas Legislature this year will go into effect Friday, impacting everything from health care and education to public safety. September 1 is the traditional start day for laws passed during a regular legislative session. However, some can delay their effective date, and …

Federal District Judge Alan D. Albright Federal District Judge Alan D. Albright said Thursday he would stop a new Texas law that kept sexually explicit materials off school library shelves on the eve of the law going into effect. It is over House Bill 900. The judge will grant a …

A longtime elementary school custodian at Waco has traded her cleaning supplies for teaching supplies. She overcame the odds by returning to school for her GED while working full-time as the head custodian at the same school where she is now teaching. Isabel Navarro, 35, is in the first weeks …

Gil Brandt, overshadowed by coach Tom Landry and general manager Tex Schramm, was part of the trio that built the Dallas Cowboys into “America’s Team” in the 1970s, has died. The Pro Football Hall of Fame said Brandt died Thursday morning. They did not give the cause of death, but …