FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Dallas linebacker Micah Parsons didn’t wait until next week to get people talking about the Philadelphia rivalry again. Yeah, the young star knows the Cowboys face Jacksonville and Trevor Lawrence on Sunday before the Eagles and Jalen Hurts on Christmas Eve.
HOUSTON (AP) — The only thing standing between the Kansas City Chiefs and their seventh straight AFC West title are the lowly Houston Texans. But the Chiefs know better than to overlook the one-win Texans, especially after they nearly pulled off a huge upset over Dallas last week.
Evelyn Beltman, 84 of Stephenville, TX., passed away on December 13, 2022. .
King William York, age 76, took his last breath with his wife holding his hand on Friday, December 2, 2022 at 3:15 pm and was reunited with our Lord and Savior. King was born June 28, 1946 in San Antonio, Texas to William Walter and Lorene Emilie Willms York. He was the first son of two surviving children. His sister, Nancy was born 7 years later. He was raised Lutheran and attended St. John’s Lutheran Church in San Antonio. During his childhood he and his father shared the love of the outdoors and the hobby of raising homing pigeons. He would tell stories of how they would drive the pigeons 5+ miles from their home and release them, always amazed at their talent to find their way back home. He also loved to read and to sing. He was a member of the choir both at his church growing up and during his years in high school. At age 5 he had a debut performance at the Beethoven Männerchor in San Antonio by singing a solo, Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer. He graduated from Robert E. Lee High School in San Antonio, 1964. The following year he began his postsecondary education at Texas Lutheran College in Seguin, Texas. In 1966, he met and married the love of his life. King and Diane Harris were married at St. John’s Lutheran Church in San Antonio on November 18, 1966. In 1969 they relocated to the Dallas area where Diane was raised. He became a member of the First Baptist Church of Dallas where Diane had already been a lifelong member. King was an active member of the church, serving on the Junior Board of Deacons, teaching Sunday school and volunteering as an Usher during Sunday morning services. He also sang with the church choir and orchestra. King was an entrepreneur. He provided for his family with various businesses owned and operated by him and his wife. He was an active member in his community and worked hard to make it a better place to raise a family. He was a life member of the Garland Jaycees, a JCI Senator, a US Jaycee Ambassador, a Rattlesnake Corp member,
Steven Rock Hager passed away in Brownwood, Texas on Thursday, November 10, 2022, at the age of 73. He lived a life enriched with his zest for adventure and his steady determination to never give up. Memorial services will be held at Heartland Funeral Home on December 28th at 2:30 p.m. Steve was born in Seattle, Washington. Growing up he lived all over the country, from West Palm Beach, Florida to Bakersfield, California. Steve started working at a very young age shining shoes. In his teens he worked as a log skinner, a beef boner, and a horse trainer to name a few. When Steve was 23, he opened his first automotive business (Hager Automotive) in Jasper, Texas. Steve was a gifted automotive mechanic - understanding every nut and bolt of a car and “he knew transmissions”. Steve was also an entrepreneur, owning several successful businesses throughout his life including Brownwood Transmission and Reliable Auto Sales both in Brownwood and Las Vegas. Steve loved drag racing, raising cattle and goats, fishing, hunting, farming, bailing and selling hay, driving 18-wheelers, scuba diving, and flying his Cessna 152. Steve is survived by his wife Jan Hager, brother Dana and his wife Debbie Hager, brother Mark and his wife Kathy Edson, brother Jeff Edson, and sister Cindy Willman and her husband Jimmy Willman. He is also survived by his son CAPT (USN) Bryan Hager and his wife Kristen Hager, daughter Krista Woolley and her husband Roger Woolley, son LtCol (USMC Ret.) Garrett Hager and his wife Sarah Hager, son LtCol (USMC) Michael Hager and his wife Michelle Hager, and his ten amazing grandchildren. Steve was preceded in death by his mother Zona Jean Downs, father Larry Hager, stepmother Bella Hager, his uncle Fred Hamilton, and aunt Evelyn Hamilton. Memorial donations may be made to the GBS/CIDP Foundation International 375 East Elm Street, Suite 101, Conshohocken, PA 19428 or online at https://www.gbscidp.
AUSTIN – The Texas Public Safety Commission along with Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) Director Steven McCraw presented eight Lifesaving Awards, two Director’s Awards and a Unit Citation at DPS Headquarters Thursday in Austin. Two criminal intelligence analysts were also recognized for their tremendous work.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Patriot missile systems have long been a hot ticket item for the U.S. and allies in contested areas of the world as a coveted shield against incoming missiles. In Europe, the Middle East and the Pacific, they guard against potential strikes from Iran, Somalia and North Korea.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Since the pandemic began, the United States has been using a public health rule designed to limit the spread of disease to expel asylum-seekers on the southern border. Title 42, as it’s called, has been used more than 2.5 million times to expel migrants since March 2020, although that number includes people who repeatedly attempted to cross the border.
When John Scott was appointed Texas secretary of state last year, he decided from the start he wanted to do things differently: He would focus his efforts on elections — perhaps the office’s most tedious and contentious responsibility. Until Scott’s tenure, the secretary’s role as chief elections officer had historically come second to other parts of the job, such as economic development or the state’s relationship with neighboring Mexico.
The Fort Worth ex-police officer who shot and killed Atatiana Jefferson at her mother’s home in 2019 was convicted of manslaughter by a jury that deliberated on Wednesday and Thursday. The jury rejected the more serious charge of murder, and sentencing will come later.