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Panna Maria, the Oldest Polish Settlement in America, Began With a Mass Under an Oak
On Christmas Eve 1854, Silesian families gave thanks under a live oak in Karnes County. Their church still stands beside it, and it is open every day.
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Reformation Day Is Oct. 31. Luther's First Thesis Still Calls Every Christian to Repent.
Many Protestants mark Reformation Day on Oct. 31, the traditional date Martin Luther posted his Ninety-five Theses in Wittenberg in 1517.
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Tom Cruise Will Receive the AFI Life Achievement Award. He Earned It the Old-Fashioned Way.
Tom Cruise will receive the 52nd AFI Life Achievement Award at a gala tribute at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on April 24, 2027.
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Panna Maria, the Oldest Polish Settlement in America, Began With a Mass Under an Oak
On Christmas Eve 1854, Silesian families gave thanks under a live oak in Karnes County. Their church still stands beside it, and it is open every day.
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Kermit Council Set to Finalize Voter-Approval Tax Rate and Ask Austin to Leave the Cap Alone
Thursday's second reading locks in a $0.342649 rate, the most the city can adopt without an election. Kermit's legislative wish list also opposes lowering that limit.
FEMA Denies Individual Aid to Texans Hit by the July Floods. Abbott Is Weighing an Appeal
Families in Kerr County, Uvalde and across the Hill Country will not get FEMA individual assistance for July 2026 flood damage. The state is reviewing an appeal as Washington tells states to carry more of the load.
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A Near-Record El Niño Could Bring Texas a Wet, Cool Winter. Experts Say the Soil Still Needs It
The state climatologist says this El Niño is almost as strong as one can get, pointing to rain from now through February. Early October storms helped, but an AgriLife specialist says the moisture is mostly on the surface.
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Texas Kids Can Draw a Fish for Scholarships This Year. The Special Species Is the American Eel
The Texas Fish Art Contest is open to K-12 students through Feb. 28. Here is how to enter, what the rules require, and why the 2027 focus species is a fish most Texans have never seen.
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Delaware's Highest Point Is Beside a Wilmington Road. Most Drivers Never Notice.
Delaware's highest monumented point sits beside a North Wilmington road, while nearby ground may be higher and a 1940s relay tower tells another story.
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Texas Reservoirs Are 72% Full. Here Are the Low Lakes Fall Anglers and Boaters Should Watch
Statewide reservoir storage sits at 72.2% heading into fall, down from 74% a year ago. Central and North Texas lakes are mostly near full, but Sam Rayburn, Medina, Choke Canyon, Falcon and several West Texas lakes are far below normal.
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As Many as 20,000 Raptors Pass Over Hockessin Each Fall. Most People Never Look Up.
Thousands of hawks, eagles, falcons and other raptors pass over Ashland Nature Center in Hockessin each fall. Here is when and how to watch.
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Delaware Fought One Revolutionary War Land Battle. It Happened Just Outside Newark.
Delaware's only Revolutionary War land battle unfolded near Newark at Cooch's Bridge, where a historic site is being restored for a 2027 opening.
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The History of Castroville, Texas
Castroville, Texas (ZIP 78009) was founded in September 1844 by Henri Castro’s Alsatian colonists on a bend of the Medina River. The town refused to pay for the railroad and lost the Medina County seat to Hondo in 1892.
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A British Army Camped in Hockessin. Its Headquarters Was Lost for 240 Years.
Two days before the Battle of Brandywine, British forces under Howe and Cornwallis occupied the farms and roads around Hockessin. The location of Howe's headquarters then vanished from local memory for nearly 240 years — until a former DuPont chemist rebuilt the map.
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Celina Weighs a Kia Dealership on the Tollway and a Shift From Grass to Xeriscape
Thursday's Planning and Zoning meeting takes up a 10-acre dealership request and new landscape rules that would end irrigated turf at new businesses and apartments.
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A San Antonio Subdivision Was Built Around a Leaking Oil Well. Texas Does Not Require Builders to Tell Buyers
The state has plugged the Thompson Callaway Spears No. 1 well six times and spent more than $1 million, yet gas still leaks near homes. Texas has no statewide law on building near old wells. Here is what buyers should know.
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Home Building Slowed in September. Builders Blame 7% Mortgages and Rising Costs.
U.S. housing starts fell 5.2% in September to a 1.22 million annual rate as mortgage rates near 7.4% and rising costs held back home building.
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Every American Child May Soon Own SpaceX. The Fine Print Is Still Being Written.
Elon Musk promised one SpaceX share to every American child in 2027. Treasury has built a way to deliver it, but the eligibility rules and timing are still unfinished.
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USDA Promises $8 Billion in Fuel Relief as Texas Diesel Runs Near $5.80. Here Is What Farmers Should Do Now
The new Harvest Fuel Relief program will make one-time payments based on planted acres. Rates for major crops come in November, and Texas specialty growers and fishermen are invited to send in their fuel costs.
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Tom Cruise Will Receive the AFI Life Achievement Award. He Earned It the Old-Fashioned Way.
Tom Cruise will receive the 52nd AFI Life Achievement Award at a gala tribute at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on April 24, 2027.
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FEMA Denies Individual Aid to Texans Hit by the July Floods. Abbott Is Weighing an Appeal
Families in Kerr County, Uvalde and across the Hill Country will not get FEMA individual assistance for July 2026 flood damage. The state is reviewing an appeal as Washington tells states to carry more of the load.
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Irving ISD Asks for $952 Million, Including a New Irving High School
Four propositions would replace five aging campuses and add indoor facilities that voters rejected in 2023. The district projects a 12.5-cent increase in its debt tax rate if all pass.
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Russia Frees Stephen Hubbard After Four Years. Thank God He Is Home, but Putin Is No Humanitarian.
Russia freed Stephen Hubbard, a 74-year-old retired Michigan teacher jailed for over four years, as Trump envoy Steve Witkoff met Vladimir Putin.
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A Near-Record El Niño Could Bring Texas a Wet, Cool Winter. Experts Say the Soil Still Needs It
The state climatologist says this El Niño is almost as strong as one can get, pointing to rain from now through February. Early October storms helped, but an AgriLife specialist says the moisture is mostly on the surface.
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Sugar Land 4B Board Weighs $97,400 for Public Art and a New Art Plan
A public hearing at 4 p.m. today comes before the vote. The board also gets its turn to shape the city's first new public art plan since 2016, a plan that drew 510 survey responses.
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Texas Southern Baptists Will Vote Next Week on Limiting the Pastor's Office and Title to Men
Messengers to the Southern Baptists of Texas Convention meet Oct. 26-27 in Forney. On the agenda: constitutional amendments that would make the pastor's office, title and preaching to the gathered church a men-only role for affiliated churches.
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Clergy Will Stand Outside the Polls in Nine States on Election Day. Peacemakers Should Belong to No Party.
More than 1,200 clergy and lay volunteers will serve as poll chaplains outside polling places in nine states, including Texas, on Election Day.
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Delaware Fought One Revolutionary War Land Battle. It Happened Just Outside Newark.
Delaware's only Revolutionary War land battle unfolded near Newark at Cooch's Bridge, where a historic site is being restored for a 2027 opening.
