Brookesmith Ag-Mechanics teacher Willie Schoen took his high school students, 13 girls and 14 boys, to Prime Time in Abilene Tuesday. Schoen will retire when school ends this year. He celebrates 44 years teaching and coaching. This trip commemorates a great year and a greater career. PHOTO CONTRIBUTED
A new study blames pollution of all types for 9 million deaths a year globally, with the death toll attributed to dirty air from cars, trucks and industry rising 55% since 2000. That increase is offset by fewer pollution deaths from primitive indoor stoves and water contaminated with human and animal waste, so overall pollution deaths in 2019 are about the same as 2015.
WASHINGTON – At the center of the nationwide baby formula shortage is a single factory: Abbott Nutrition’s plant that has been closed for more than three months because of contamination problems. On Monday, U.S.
I had been feeling pretty full of myself recently after some photography successes. It involved a multi-week project of capturing digital images of the development of robin eggs found in a nest built just outside our back door. The pictures are amazing, if I do say so myself.
Dear Abby: My father died five years ago at 90. For the last 20 years of his life, both my sisters shunned him because they disliked his second wife (who predeceased him). She had never been anything but kind to us all. They refused to speak to him and, when he was dying, announced that they wouldn’t attend his funeral.
George P. Bush raised $2.3 million ahead of his runoff Tuesday with two-term Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who raised $2 million from March 2 to Saturday.
WASHINGTON – Congress has bestowed its highest honor on merchant mariners who fought in World War II, almost eight decades after the conflict in which more than 8,000 of them were killed. More than two years after Congress voted to approve the award, leaders on Capitol Hill on Wednesday awarded the Congressional Gold Medal to surviving merchant mariners who provided equipment, food, fuel and other materials to military troops around the world during World War II.
A woman was convicted Tuesday in 35th Judicial District Court and sentenced to 30 years in prison, District Attorney Micheal Murray’s office reported. Joanna Ellen Hopkins, AKA Jeanna Hopkins, was sentenced as a repeat offender.
Brookesmith fourth-grade students present school librarian Teresa Contreras with personal letters of appreciation and a card in recognition of her revitalization of the school library. Contreras is a retired public school employee who has served as an aide, teacher, cafeteria manager and librarian. She is delighted to be working with children again. PHOTO CONTRIBUTED
Leaders of the Texas power grid tried to assure the public Tuesday that the state’s grid is ready for summer, when they forecast record-breaking demand for electricity during the hottest stretches. Texas Public Utility Commission Chair Peter Lake, appointed by Gov.