The following defendants were sentenced recently in 35th Judicial District Court, District Attorney Micheal Murray's office said: Christopher Bradley Rose pleaded guilty to two offenses of possession of a controlled substance and was sentenced to 50 years in prison. Judyth Elizondo pleaded guilty to assault against public servant and was sentenced to seven years in prison.
Brownwood High School’s HOSA (Future Health Professionals) students returned from a successful trip to State competition in with many accolades and scholarships. “It was such an exciting time to be able to present five of our students scholarships on stage at the State Leadership Conference,” said Bonita Deen, health science technology teacher and Texas HOSA Board of Directors past president.
NEW YORK – Workers at a Target store in Christiansburg, Virginia, filed paperwork Tuesday with federal labor regulators to hold a union election, joining a wave of union organizing at other retailers around the country.
TILOS, Greece – When deciding where to test green tech, Greek policymakers picked the remotest point on the map: tiny Tilos. Providing electricity and basic services, and even access by ferry, are all a challenge for this island of just 500 year-round inhabitants.
LIMA, Peru – About 10 million people speak Quechua, but trying to automatically translate emails and text messages into the most widely spoken Indigenous language family in the Americas was long all but impossible.
WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden appealed to world leaders on Thursday for a renewed international commitment to attacking COVID-19 as he led the U.S. in marking the approaching “tragic milestone” of 1 million deaths at home from the virus.
Brownwood ISD teachers will receive an 8 percent increase in pay in the 2022-'23 school year. School board members approved the increase, which consists of: • The 4 percent bonus, which was previously offered, will now incorporated in the salaries.
RAMALLAH, West Bank – Thousands gathered to mourn a slain Al Jazeera journalist in the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah on Thursday, as the head of the Palestinian Authority blamed Israel for her death and rejected Israeli calls for a joint investigation.
KYIV, Ukraine – Finland’s leaders Thursday came out in favor of applying to join NATO, and Sweden could do the same within days, in a historic realignment on the continent 2 ⁄2 months after Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine sent a shiver of fear through Moscow’s neighbors.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – A nearly $1 billion tentative settlement has been reached in a class-action lawsuit brought by families of victims and survivors of last June’s condominium collapse in Surfside, Florida, an attorney said Wednesday.