The Austin County Sheriff’s Department is reporting that they have made a sizable find in the local drug war; approximately 800 to 1,000 marijuana plants in Cat Spring, Texas.
Read MoreBlinn College volleyball (10-5, 1-0) kept its unblemished home record while entertaining its fans with a sweep over Wharton County Junior College to open the conference season. Blinn swept Wharton by the score of 26-24, 25-20 and 25-14.
Read MoreJournalists and free press advocates are responding with alarm to newly released documents (obtained through an ongoing Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit filed last November) revealing the U.S. government’s secret rules for using the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) court orders to spy on reporters, calling the revelations “important” and “terrifying.” “There’s a lack of clarity on the circumstances when the government might consider a journalist an agent of a foreign power,”.
Read MoreThe White House announced that it has imposed tariffs on approximately $200 billion worth of imports from China, effective September 24. The tariffs will start at 10% until the end of the year, but in an unexpected twist, are set to rise to 25% on January 1, 2019. A substantial portion of the imports targeted this time are consumer goods, which means that the pain to the US household bottom line is about to get real.
Read MoreThe Austin County Commissioners Court met on Monday September 17, 2018 to discuss county business. The following video is of that meeting.
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