A Brown County jury convicted Kevin Boykin, 51, of indecency with a child Thursday in 35th Judicial District Court, and District Judge Mike Smith sentenced Boykin to life in prison, District Attorney Micheal Murray’s office reported.
Keep Texas Beautiful, a statewide grassroots environmental and community improvement non-profit organization, recently named Keep Brownwood Beautiful a Silver Star Affiliate, a designation granted to only 28 of the state organization's nearly 300 affiliates. Silver Star recognition is the second-highest status any community affiliate can achieve.
May is Mental Health Awareness Month. This column is from the Center for Life Resources.
WASHINGTON – Is there a new American motto: In nothing we trust? By lots of measures, most in the U.S. lack much confidence in large institutions and have for years.
LAS VEGAS, N.M. – Weather conditions described as potentially historic were on tap for New Mexico on Saturday and for the next several days as more than 1,400 firefighters and a fleet of airplanes and helicopters worked feverishly to bolster lines around the largest fire burning in the U.S.
Dear Abby: Last year my mother passed away after a 15-year battle with lung cancer. When I tell people she died, I am not bothered if they ask what she died from. However, more often than not, when they learn she died of lung cancer, they proceed to ask me if she ever smoked. It’s so upsetting! Why would they ask this? Because she got what she deserved if she did?
The average person might not care to know the details regarding which nutrients they’re getting when they eat fruits and vegetables but eating a variety of different colors on a daily basis can help ensure that you’re eating healthier.
Howard Payne University unveiled the Newbury Family Welcome Center Thursday in a grand opening that brought a large crowd of civic and business leaders along with HPU representatives to the nearly 8,000-square-foot facility.
SUGAR LAND – A man suspected of stealing catalytic converters from vehicles at a suburban Houston apartment complex was fatally shot by police after allegedly pointing a gun at an officer, according to authorities.
Bangs Police Chief Robert Garcia talks with “honorary police officers” (from left) Cal Clark (first grade), Avery Newton (first grade) and Emily Herrera (kindergarten) as the students eat lunch Wednesday at J.B. Stephens Elementary School. Also pictured is the school’s principal, Candace Wilson. Students are chosen from each grade to have monthly lunches with the police chief. STEVE NASH/BROWNWOOD BULLETIN