Texas History Minute
Wed, 08/10/2022 - 5:00am
President Jimmy Carter awarded him the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1977
Columns & Opinions
DSHS gets nearly 15,000 monkeypox vaccines
Wed, 08/03/2022 - 5:00am
The Texas Department of State Health Services has received and distributed 14,780 doses of the monkey pox vaccine to local health departments and DSHS regional offices. Another 27,000 doses could be made available by the Strategic National Stockpile.
TEXAS HISTORY MINUTE
Wed, 08/03/2022 - 5:00am
John Connally became a giant in Texas politics in the 1960s. He had a long career that included service in World War II, work as an attorney, years of work with Lyndon Johnson as his right-hand man in many campaigns. He would eventually rise to become governor and Secretary of the Treasury in a storied career. For Connally, it all began as part of a hardworking tenant farming family in South Texas.
Nominating for a new Republican District EC Chair
Wed, 08/03/2022 - 5:00am
On Saturday, August 6, 2022, Carolyn Lance, the Cass County Republican Party Precinct Chair will be one of 250 chairs to vote on nominating a new 6th Court of Appeals District Executive Committee District EC Chair. According to Lance, only Precinct Chairs are allowed to be delegates and vote.
TEXAS HISTORY MINUTE
Wed, 07/27/2022 - 5:00am
More than 180 years after his death, the mention of Jim Bowie still stirs the imagination of admirers around the world. But Bowie was more than just the knife or the battle at the Alamo. Overall, it was a remarkable and colorful life of adventure.