AUSTIN – This season, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s (TPWD) Big Time Texas Hunts (BTTH) program is offering Texans some of the very best hunting opportunities in the state. Ten premium guided hunt packages are offered in this year’s Big Time Texas Hunts drawing. In the last 25 years, Big Time Texas Hunt participants have helped

  (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. 5-7. State law exempts sales tax on qualified items — such as clothing, footwear, school supplies and backpacks — priced below $100, saving shoppers about

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 below-average productivity growth, the COVID-19 pandemic raised the prospect of a productivity boom. Many low-productivity jobs were eliminated early in the pandemic, while major

Approximately 40 acres in the city of Lindale were annexed into the city limits by the city council Tuesday night during its regular meeting at city hall. The annexations we’re approved following a required public hearing called by the council before the vote. No one spoke during the public hearing. Just over 38 acres of

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 Alzheimer’s disease and other dementia-related illnesses keep their loved ones safe. “The dangers of extreme temperatures, which can cause heat stroke in a matter of minutes,

(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 children younger than 1 year of age at the time of enrollment. * “It is never too early for Texas families to consider enrolling their newborns

COLLEGE STATION, Texas—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 reduce the moisture in vegetation across the landscape, increasing the possibility for wildfire ignitions to occur this week. Today, the fire environment will support an increased potential for

  Lindale city council members addressed several issues during their second monthly meeting at City Hall on Tuesday, June 21, approving several plats, appointing a new parks board member and giving their OK to a new roof for the I.B. Rice Youth Building at pool park. Upon a recommendation from Mayor Jeff Daugherty, Christy Smith

With temperatures expected to hit 100 degrees in many parts of the Ark-La-Tex in the coming days, Southwestern Electric Power Co., an American Electric Power (Nasdaq: AEP) company, offers 10 tips to help customers manage both the heat and their electric bill.   Turn off lights and electronics when not in use. Replace incandescent light

Council adds court clerk, increases judge’s salary Lindale City Council members gave their approval to adding another full time municipal clerk to the city’s court and adjusted the municipal judge’s pay during their regularly scheduled meeting Tuesday (June 7) at city hall. Yvette Martin, Rick Thelen and newly- elected Place 5 representative Gavin Newsom were