Blinn College sophomore guard Hailey Atwood (Austin) was named Region XIV Women’s Basketball Player of the Year and head coach Jeff Jenkins was named Coach of the Year after leading the 23rd-ranked Buccaneers to the regional tournament semifinals.

The US government ran a budget deficit of $659.59 billion in March, pushing the budget shortfall to a record $1.7 trillion through the first half of fiscal 2021, according to the Treasury Department’s Monthly Treasury Statement. The March budget deficit ranks as the third biggest monthly shortfall in US history, driving Uncle Sam the biggest half-year deficit ever.

Americans’ faith in organized religion continues to trend down at an accelerated pace. A new poll from Gallup shows for the first time since the public opinion polling company began asking questions in 1937, the number of Americans who view themselves as members of a church, synagogue, or mosque has plunged below 50%.

The Blinn College women’s soccer team fell to No. 1 Tyler Junior College, 4-0, on the road Tuesday. 

The Blinn College men’s soccer team fell to No. 12 Tyler Junior College, 7-1, on the road Tuesday.  

The Blinn College baseball team managed eight hits off of No. 3 San Jacinto College-North, but fell to the Gators, 12-3, in seven innings, to open a four-game conference series Tuesday. 

The No. 13 Blinn College men’s golf team placed sixth at the NJCAA Southwest Championship at The Rawls Course Tuesday. 

The Blinn College softball team swept Galveston College to earn two conference wins at Hohlt Park Wednesday. 

The sign of a healthy society is one where private property is respected, and not just the private property of large corporations or the politically connected, but that of everyday business owners and citizens. Unfortunately, the legacy media and ruling class don’t share this view.

When Big Business comes together to collude with Big Government, it usually means everyday people are about to get ripped off.

At a moment the United States appears poised to send its warships near Ukraine as a strong ‘deterrent message’ against Russian forces built up near the east Ukrainian border, Russia on Tuesday warned that US vessels better stay away from Crimea “for their own good”.

In a shocking report that could have dramatic implications for the US vaccine rollout, federal public health authorities in the US have decided to stop administering COVID jabs developed by Johnson & Johnson, and are asking states to do the same. The reason? Authorities have identified six cases of rare and life-threatening blood clots, at least one of which resulted in death.

The National Collegiate Athletic Association Board of Governors said on Monday that it “firmly and unequivocally supports” transgender biological male athletes competing in women’s sports at the college level.

Despite widespread curfews, freezing temperatures, and snow, thousands of Black Lives Matter activists took to the streets of Brooklyn Center, a Minnesota suburb, for the third night to protest the shooting of Daunte Wright.

Texas’ power grid operator, Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), which came under immense pressure months ago for mishandling the historic winter storm in mid-February, urged customers Tuesday afternoon to “reduce their electricity use” as a cold front swept through, causing power demand to spike.

Austin County residents must take care of overdue transactions

The Blinn College softball team upset No. 12 San Jacinto College-South with a pair of wins at Hohlt Park Saturday. 

The Blinn College football team defeated Southern Shreveport, 46-30, in a non-conference game at Cub Stadium Saturday. 

The Blinn College dance team captured its eighth straight national title, while the Blinn College cheer team placed second at the 2021 National Cheer Association & National Dance Association Collegiate Cheer and Dance Championships Friday. 

One of the San Felipe De Austin Museum buildings caught fire and “burned to the ground” according to a a local resident who posted the event to his Facebook Page.