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Over several weekends this spring, the FHS Percussion line keeps its playing sharp and focused by competing in the North Texas Color Guard Association Competition. The competition takes place over several weekends in different North Texas Schools. To date the Percussion line has had one virtual presentation of its program and two live performances. The program presentations are short and thematic, and additions are made to it at each competition event. The FHS Percussion is under the leadership of Director Riley Warren and is assisted by Shannon Jacobs. Here the FHS Percussion line is shown practicing in the parking lot of Alvarado Jr. High School before performing their program in the school’s gym.

Whether rediscovering the joy of riding a bike or taking a ride for the first time, cycling saw a boom during the pandemic, and many believe this trend is here to stay.

CenterPoint Commercial Properties will invest approximately $650,000 to improve the Northridge Shopping Center located at 1805 North Galloway Avenue. The improvements will include façade enhancements, new tenant signage, roof repairs and storefront renovations. In 2020 the developer purchased the shopping center, which was constructed in 1960, and has proposed plans to renovate the center to attract new tenants and approve its appearance.

I enjoyed a couple of days in the outdoors this past week and I truly wish each and every one of you could have been with me. Since that’s impossible, let me describe the short but fun and action packed couple of days.

Mirroring moves by other red-state legislatures across the country, Texas Republicans are attempting to reach into classrooms and limit what public school students are taught about the nation’s his

Last week, Crandall ISD held a groundbreaking ceremony celebrating the official beginning of construction on its ninth school in the district. The new middle school, scheduled to be open in the fall of 2022, will be the district’s third campus to be located within the Heartland development.

Texas is moving closer to loosening restrictions on virtual schools and enabling students to learn online within their local districts even after the pandemic subsides.

February 9, 1928—March 9, 2021 (complications of kidney failure at age 93): Mudd was an American broadcast journalist and correspondent/anchor for CBS News and NBC News and primary anchor for The History Channel, television host of Meet the Press, and recipient of the Peabody Award and five Emmy Awards. He was born in Washington, D. C., and attended D. C. schools, graduating from Wilson High in 1945. He had a Bachelor of Arts in history (1950) from Washington and Lee University and a Master of Arts in history from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1953.

More than 130 students received academic awards April 22 at Austin College’s 2021 Honors Convocation, an all-campus event that highlights the achievements of students and faculty. Most student awards are determined by departmental faculty, and many involve research opportunities as well as financial awards for the next academic year. Awards in teacher education are made to those students entering graduate study through the Austin Teacher Program. The annual event did look a bit different than usual, spaced safely per Covid guidelines and masks on all present on the outdoor venue.

Congressmen Lance Gooden (R-TX) and Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX) have introduced the RARE Act to reduce America’s dependence on China for rare earth elements critical to our way of life. The Reclaiming American Rare Earths Act establishes tax incentives for the domestic production of critical minerals used to manufacture military weapons and the technologies that drive our modern economy.

“I love my mom because she is cool. She works in the library, so I do not have any fines,” says Katherine, 12.

Trinity Valley Community College Ag Club members claimed numerous awards in leadership contests at this year’s Texas Junior College Agriculture Association Convention held at West Texas A&M University in Canyon.

A 20-year veteran of the United States Army, Sandi Primous is living proof of the benefits that can come from decades of service to our country. Having grown up in a military family, with her father and uncle both enlisted in branches of the Armed Forces, young Sandi knew the value of hard work. So much so, she graduated high school at age 16 and began her military career at age 17. “Entering the military at the age of 17 had an effect on me like no other,” she says. “What I mean is, I grew up, matured, and learned responsibility at a very young age. The Army reiterated values I learned at home such as honor, respect, and integrity. The Army instilled lifelong values in me such as loyalty, duty, personal courage, and selfless service.”