A Brownwood man died of gunshot wounds outside his south Brownwood home early Thursday morning following an argument with another man who is now charged with murder, police said. The shooting happened close to midnight in the 2700 block of Elizabeth.
EARLY — The City of Early continues taking steps toward creating its Town Center. Council members agreed to go out for bids for construction of a 6-acre pond that will be part of the center.
Citing large increases in the cost of chemicals, the Brown County Water Improvement District is raising treated water rates by nearly 20 percent for the 2022-23 fiscal year. Water district directors set the water rate Tuesday at just over $2 per 1,000 gallons and approved a budget of just over $4 million, a 21 percent increase over the current budget.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress gave its ultimate final salute Thursday to Hershel W. “Woody” Williams, a 5-foot-6 “force of nature’” in the battle of Iwo Jima and the last remaining Medal of Honor recipient from World War II.
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Federal officials on Thursday solicited outside help as they craft definitions for old growth and mature forests under an executive order from President Joe Biden.
Brownwood City Council members approved an ordinance on first reading to prohibit large trucks from traveling on 14th Street from Stephen F. Austin to Coggin and 15th Street from Coggin to U.S. Highway 377.
Thursday The Bangs Food Pantry, 104 County Road 183, will be open from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
PHOENIX (AP) — Long lines are back at food banks around the U.S. as working Americans overwhelmed by inflation turn to handouts to help feed their families.
JERUSALEM (AP) — U.S. President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid stood side-by-side Thursday and declared they would not allow Iran to become a nuclear power. They parted ways, though, on how to get there.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Backed into a corner by the West, Iran is ramping up uranium enrichment, clamping down on dissent and deepening ties with Russia in a challenge to the U.S. and Europe.