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TRAVEL SOFTBALL UPDATE – Area players putting together solid numbers within first summer tournaments

Los Cerritos Community Newspaper - California · June 19, 2025

June 18, 2025 By Loren Kopff • @LorenKopff on X Whether they are recent high school graduates, or improving their game even more in the likelihood of getting noticed this summer, area softball players have not missed a beat with their early...

Jewish pioneering family succeeds on Texas Gulf Coast

Jewish Herald-Voice - Texas ·

Part family memoir, part Texas history, “Abe’s Way: A Tale of Texas” tells the story of the Robinowitz family, who immigrated to the town of Richmond, some 40 miles southwest of Houston. Beginning at the turn of the 20th century, it’s an immigrant...

Can Texas Stores Legally Detain You To Check Your Bags?

101.5 KNUE Country Radio - Texas · June 20, 2025

For the most part, I don't like self-checkout. Unless I have 10 items or less, I don't want to scan my own groceries. But as it stands, they have taken over grocery stores across Texas. This has led to more stores posting employees at exits to...

Rory McIlroy smiling again after stunning 64 at Travelers Championship – but Scottie Scheffler is the man to catch

Irish Independent ·

As Austin Eckroat shot 62 to set the pace at TPC River Highlands, the world number two made 108 feet of putts to share second in the clubhouse with US Ryder Cup skipper Keegan Bradley and Wydham Clark, who apologised for smashing lockers at...

Texas Teacher Alleges He Lost His 'Entire Life Savings' in 'Sophisticated' Banking Scam

People - New York ·

NEED TO KNOW Russell Leahy, 28, alleged he was scammed out of $32,000 after sending money to someone who he thought was a representative of Chase Bank The Texas teacher said he never traveled or went out on weekends, in an effort to save money "I...

Former East Texas athlete killed in Fort Worth shooting

KYTX/CBS 19 - Texas ·

He was on the Carthage football team that won the 2013 State Championship. CARTHAGE, Texas — A former East Texas athlete was killed in a shooting Sunday in Fort Worth. James Lynn Marshall, 28, was found in the backyard of a residence in the 3000...

Why did Jordan Spieth pull out of the Travelers Championship 2025? Reasons explored

Sportskeeda · June 20, 2025

Jordan Spieth was forced to pull out of the Travelers Championship 2025 after he could no longer bear the pain in his neck. He played just 12 holes before deciding to withdraw from this week's event. On Thursday, June 19, Spieth teed off at TPC...

Aggie Gameday Extra Podcast: What is Texas A&M head coach Mike Elko’s message during talking season?

KBTX - Texas · June 20, 2025

BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) - It’s talking season and Texas A&M head coach Mike Elko has traveled the state speaking at coach’s nights. For this week’s episode, KBTX senior Texas A&M sportswriter Travis L. Brown brings Elko’s speech during the Fort Worth...

Have Massive Freight Trains In Texas Gotten Too Big?

95.5 KLAQ - Texas · June 19, 2025

Everything really is bigger in Texas, including our Texas sized freight trains. That's not necessarily a good thing when it comes to time and safety though. Texas is famous for all kinds of big things ... and small things too ... and they're not...

Review: HAAPI Fest showcases Texas filmmakers

The Rice Thresher - Texas · June 20, 2025

By Hongtao Hu 6/19/25 9:29pm On a hot and hazy Texas day, the Houston Asian American and Pacific Islander Festival devoted an entire block of time towards Texas filmmakers. This June 7 showcase was but a small slice of the two weekends where HAAPI...

Commissioner warns of flesh-eating screwworms potentially coming to Texas

KDBC - Texas ·

EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14/CBS4) — The Texas Department of Agriculture is on alert as the threat of screwworm, a flesh-eating fly larva, looms closer to the U.S. border. Commissioner Sid Miller explained that the screwworm, which was eradicated in the...

Thursday's golf: Scheffler hits perfect 3-iron shot, shares lead at Travelers

The Detroit News - Michigan ·

Cromwell, Conn. – Scottie Scheffler had one of those rare rounds where he hit a shot so pure it makes his confidence soar. So many other shots were pretty good, too, and they added to an 8-under 62 to share the lead Thursday with Austin Eckroat in...

Texarkana's Live Music Scene for June 19 - 21

Talk 1340 KKAM - Texas · June 19, 2025

The summertime heat is rolling in, and that means it's time to turn up the volume to 11 once again. The live music is out there, the only questions are where and when? Let's go find out with Texarkana's Live Music Scene. 1894 Banana Club 223 E...

Houston woman arrested after smuggling 25 migrants found ‘crammed' in box truck

NBC 5 DFW - Texas · June 19, 2025

A Texas State Trooper discovered more than two dozen unauthorized immigrants crammed inside a box truck during a crash investigation in Live Oak County last week, the Texas Department of Public Safety says. The DPS said a trooper was approached by...

Buc-Ee's To Debut New Travel Center In Rockingham County, VA

MENAFN · June 19, 2025

(MENAFN- ACCESSWIRE) ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VA / ACCESS Newswire / June 19, 2025 / Buc-ee's , home of the world's cleanest bathrooms, freshest food, and friendliest beaver, will unveil its newest travel center in Rockingham County, VA on Monday, June...

FEDS: Smugglers Busted at Texas-Mexico Border with $800K in Cash

Breitbart · June 19, 2025

Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol agents and CBP officers arrested two U.S. citizens who were allegedly attempting to smuggle more than $800,000 in cash from Texas into Mexico. The arrest took place at a border crossing point near Hidalgo,...

Houston woman fights to legally change her name from "Girl" to Sandra

FOX 26 Houston - Texas ·

HOUSTON - Sandra Wardlow, born without a legal name, has faced numerous challenges in her quest to change her birth certificate from "Girl" to the name she has used all her life. What we know: Sandra Wardlow was born on November 11, 1985, at...

Several Texas swimmers and divers qualify for international competitions

The Daily Texan · June 20, 2025

The 2025 USA Swimming National Championships concluded in Indianapolis, Indiana, but for several Texas swimmers and divers, this meet marked more of a beginning than an end. Eleven Longhorns Aquatics swimmers qualified to compete for Team USA on...

Houston Texans Head Coach Says God Guides Him ‘For The Good Of His Kingdom’

Religion Unplugged · June 19, 2025

HOUSTON — DeMeco Ryans required no introduction as he stepped to the pulpit on a recent Sunday night. Neither fellow members of the Fifth Ward Church of Christ nor fans of the Houston Texans — the NFL team where Ryans serves as head coach — need...

Jordan Spieth withdraws from Travelers Championship due to injury

Yardbarker · June 19, 2025

The PGA Tour announced that Jordan Spieth has withdrawn from the Travelers Championship due to an injury. This is the first time in 297 starts that Speith has withdrawn from a PGA Tour event. A video showed Jordan Spieth grimacing in pain after...