NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are being dragged lower early Tuesday after a warning from corporate giant Walmart that inflation was negatively impacting American consumers’ spending power. The S&P 500 index was down 0.6% as of 9:55 a.m.
AUSTIN – Governor Greg Abbott today encouraged Texans to remain vigilant during increased wildfire activity this week as the State of Texas continues ongoing coordinated wildfire response efforts through the Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM). Critical fire danger and widespread drought conditions have resulted in multiple wildfires continuing to burn across Texas, including the Chalk Mountain Fire in Somervell County and the 1148 Fire in Palo Pinto County. Both fires have caused local officials to issue voluntary evacuation orders for residents.
WASHINGTON, DC – Last week, Rep. August Pfluger (R-TX) and other members of the Homeland Security committee revealed that the Department of Homeland Security was refusing to brief the Committee on two significant terrorist plots planned on U.S. soil without a signed privacy waiver from the suspected terrorists.
GLEN ROSE – When students return to the classroom Aug. 17, three new principals and one new assistant principal will be leading them into the 2022-23 academic year within Glen Rose ISD.
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Millions of letters and packages sent to U.S. troops had accumulated in warehouses in Europe by the time Allied troops were pushing toward the heart of Hitler’s Germany near the end of World War II. This wasn’t junk mail — it was the main link between home and the front in a time long before video chats, texting or even routine long-distance phone calls.
June kicked off a very warm and dry start to meteorological summer for the U.S., according to experts from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information. The year so far also brought nine separate billion-dollar weather and climate disasters to the nation — including tornado outbreaks, damaging hail and extreme drought.
LONDON (AP) — A fossil of a 560-million-year-old creature, which researchers believe to be the first animal predator, has been named after the British naturalist and broadcaster David Attenborough. Scientists said Monday they believe the specimen, named Auroralumina attenboroughii, is the earliest creature known to have a skeleton.
We hear the phrase “mental health” often. It is talked about on radio shows, podcasts, featured in television shows and movies. We have a flood of information available on the Internet, but so many are still uncertain what mental health looks like. We wonder if our anxiety is normal, if the unwanted thoughts that pop into our head make us crazy, how to navigate difficult relationships, or how to say what we need without feeling guilty.
GLEN ROSE — Who could have envisioned a young boy skipping school in 1907 and changing the course of Glen Rose forever? Well, they say truth is sometimes stranger than fiction. A recent flood had occurred on Wheeler Branch, and George Adams had a desire to go exploring the creek rather than attend school.
Dwight Taylor accepts the 2022 Lions Citizen of the Year Award for his work as Director of PaPa’s Pantry from the 2021 Lions Citizens of the Year Pam Streeter and Scott Cole of Inn on the River on Wednesday, July 20, at the Inn on the River. Dwight’s wife Jan Taylor who passed away this spring was a co-recipient of the award. (Photo courtesy GR Lions Club)