After a politically-charged September meeting, the State Board of Education meets this week to approve “streamlined” social studies curriculum standards. Teachers’ responses are mixed.

After we wrote about the passage of Prop A the biggest question that seemed be circulating was “Where is this going to be located?”.  So, we reached out to Kenneth Burns, owner of Burns Architecture, LLC, to see if he couldn’t possibly get us a Google Map with the new Justice Center overlaid in it.  He was kind enough to comply and sent us a rendering for the public to see.

Austin County and surrounding area teams battled it out last night in Friday Night Football action in Week 11 of Texas Football.  Here are the scores that we have.

The Nov. 6 Election saw the passing of Proposition A here in Austin County, clearing the way for the construction of the newly proposed justice center. 

Sealy PD have a suspect in custody after a rash of mailbox burglaries broke out in the Sealy, TX area. The suspect was caught with stolen items along with several tools used to commit the burglaries.

Reese’s is letting you trade in your cheap candy and exchange it for Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups.  The BAD news: The Reese’s vending machine is in New York City.

The Buccaneers concluded the regular season with a 6-3 overall record and a 4-3 conference record. Blinn claimed the No. 3 seed in the Southwest Junior College Football Conference and will face Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College on Saturday, Nov. 3, in Miami, Okla.

If Halloween is your season then you’re in luck this Halloween 2018.  There are so many places in Austin County that are set to keep you busy.  Here are some of the local area Halloween Activities.

In coming years, interest payments on debt will increasingly pull money away from programs like Medicare and military spending.

The US military will deploy 5,000 troops to the southern border – up from initial estimates of 800, according to the Wall street Journal, citing US officials. The troops will be sent to Texas, Arizona and California as Central American migrant caravan makes its way north through Mexico. 

Outgoing Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto announced what amounted to a program of government handouts, dubbed “you are home” for the Central Americans to stay in Mexico, It promised the migrants shelter and medical attention and schooling if they agreed to stay in southern Mexico. But, a large block of migrants voted to reject Mexico’s offer.

A new report from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services shows President Trump’s temporary tent city for unaccompanied alien children at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s Tornillo, Texas Land Port of Entry has dramatically expanded its capabilities over the last several months. The temporary shelter has 3,800 beds for unaccompanied alien children between ages 13 and 17, 1,400 of those beds are on special reverse status.

Austin County and surrounding area teams battled it out last night in Friday Night Football action in Week 9 of Texas Football. Here are the scores that we have.

Across the state, local governments are seeking approval for nearly $8 billion of debt on several issues such as schools, jails, sidewalks, and affordable housing.

State and local governments face a $5 trillion dollar unfunded pension liability. In other words, politicians promised workers $5 trillion in retirement benefits, but government doesn’t have the money.

This year’s tour promises to be something truly special for the historian as well as the ghost hunter that resides in many of us!

An employee of billionaire investor George Soros discovered a bomb placed in a mailbox at Soros’s Westchester County home on Monday. The explosive device was later “protectively detonated” by an FBI bomb squad after the employee moved it to a wooded area.

A new FICO scoring system is about to roll out in 2019. The new score is going to be called the UltraFICO and is being designed to specifically boost the number of approvals for credit cards and loans just as consumer debt is about to reach an all-time high of $4 trillion by the end of 2018.

A Central American migrant caravan which was temporarily delayed by the Mexican government has regrouped, resuming their advance towards the US border on Sunday. The number of migrants swelled overnight to approximately 5,000 as the mile-long caravan set out.

The 2018 Austin County Fair Results are in! Here are the results of the the 2018 Austin County Fair Winners for the Home Economics Division, Hay Show and the Wine Show Results.