Faith Academy’s Kaleb Shepherd, Sophomore, is the player of the week for being lead scorer against Southwest Christian Academy.

Faith Academy’s Haley Guzman, Sophomore, is the player of the week for her strong rebounding and aggressive defense against Robert Beren Academy.

The Faith Academy released their 2nd Quarter A&B Honor Roll.

The Faith Academy released their all A’s honor roll for the 2nd quarter.

The Horticulture Committee of Austin County would like to invite everyone to the Small Farms and Vegetable Conference. There will be a variety of local vendors on site to assist with any questions or needs you might and provide the latest up to date technology and products available.

The Quad County Urban & Homeowner Soil Testing Campaign is underway in Austin County and will run January 21 – February 28, 2020. This campaign is made possible through the support of the Multi-County Ag Committee and in cooperation with the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Soil, Water, and Forge Testing Lab in College Station.  

The 28th Annual Gulf Coast Grape Grower Field Day is scheduled for Feb. 7 at the Cat Spring Agricultural Society Hall. This year’s field day includes an optional one-hour industry perspective for those new to the grape and wine industry. 

A variety of medical devices can be inserted into the gastrointestinal tract to treat, diagnose, or monitor GI disorders. Many of these have to be removed by endoscopic surgery once their job is done. However, MIT engineers have now come up with a way to trigger such devices to break down inside the body when they are exposed to light from an ingestible LED.

There is good news and bad news regarding President Trump’s nomination of Judy Shelton for one of the two vacant positions on the Federal Reserve Board of Governors. 

Tristan Ikpe helped end a four-game losing streak by scoring a season-high 33 points to lead the Blinn College men’s basketball team (13-7, 3-6) to a 97-83 win over Jacksonville College on Saturday in the Kruse Center.

The Blinn College women’s soccer program recently received a 2019 College Team Ethics and Sportsmanship Award from the United Soccer Coaches Association for exhibiting fair play, sporting behavior, and adherence to the laws of the game.

At a moment tensions are soaring over Turkey’s expansive East Mediterranean claims, and after starting early last summer it began sending oil and gas exploration and drilling ships off Cyprus’ coast, Ankara is demanding that Greece “demilitarize” its islands in the Aegean Sea.

UK seeks new trade and security deals in Indo-Pacific but much will hinge on how it handles China…

Houston was rocked by a large explosion in the early dark hours of Friday morning, which could be felt for miles across the city, when a manufacturing facility in the northwest erupted in a massive fireball. 

What feeling do you have when you hear IRS? Is there a sick feeling in the pit of your stomach or do you just roll your eyes knowing that April 15th will be here all too quickly? Throw in the word audit and emotions and blood pressure can reach levels you never dreamed of. The IRS audit data reveals 10 trends from the past decade that have become the new realities for current state of IRS audits.

The laser-like focus on consumer spending as the driver of economic health is largely the result of the government’s premiere measure of the economy: the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Significant flaws in how GDP is measured, however, not only make it a misleading indicator, but have led to erroneous conclusions about what makes the economy tick. Such errors lead to extremely costly and damaging public policies.

Meet the Spendthrifts; an American family who spends a lot more money than it earns each year. Last year, the Spendthrifts made just over $34,000 but spent more than $44,000. Nearly $10,000 of their spending came from borrowing—they put the excess spending on their credit cards. The problem is that their credit card debt was over $215,000 at the start of the year, bringing it to over $227,000 at year-end. Oh, and they weren’t making any monthly credit card payments. But the Spendthrifts are not an actual family. Rather, they represent the federal government, just add nine more zeroes to all the above numbers and you end up with the federal budget and debt as of September 28, 2019.

The US Senate is increasingly targeted by left-wing think tanks and legislators for the fact it is based on “voter inequality.” According to critics, the Senate ensures small states are “overrepresented,”and the body favors voters in smaller and more sparsely populated states. In contrast, reformers hold up the concept of “one man, one vote” as an ideal and a solution. But, is it?

The Blinn College women’s basketball team (16-4, 5-3) rallied back on Wednesday night to defeat Angelina College in overtime, 82-81, and pick up its fifth straight win on the road.

After much flip-flopping, a $569 million Midland ISD school bond election failed by 26 votes now that county workers have taken into account ballots found in a missing box located weeks after Election Day.