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DENTON, Texas – FEMA Region 6 encourages Texans to stock up on emergency supplies during this year’s tax-free weekend starting April 27. Residents can buy supplies and equipment to use in emergencies or natural disasters during the Texas Comptroller’s 2024 Emergency Preparation Sales Tax Holiday. No sales tax will be collected for …

COMMERCE, TX: Students, faculty and staff at Texas A&M University-Commerce are enthusiastically preparing for the Spring 2024 commencement ceremonies, scheduled for May 10 and 11. This semester, 1,542 students will receive their degrees, including 858 undergraduate students, 662 master’s students and 22 doctoral students. Among the candidates, 467 will graduate …

COMMERCE, TEXAS: Texas A&M University-Commerce hosted a luncheon at the Hilton hotel in Rockwall, Texas, on Tuesday, April 16, to celebrate the university’s planned Ted and Donna Lyon Center for Gamebird Research. The Lyon Center, which will be located along Highway 24 in Commerce, Texas, approximately 1.5 miles south of the …

  Wednesday, officers responded to the 1200 block of SE 16th about a suspicious person’s call. They contacted John Wade Armentrout, 40, and Christopher Robin Jones, 49. They were subjects wanted on felony warrants for Possession of a Controlled Substance. Jones’ warrant was from Georgia, and the Lamar County Sheriff’s …

A reluctant Donald Trump will return to a New York City courtroom Thursday as his hush money trial resumes. At the same time, the U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments in Washington over whether he should be immune from prosecution for actions he took during his time as president.