
Ingleside Would Spend $120,000 in Hotel Tax on a Faire Expected to Fill 12 Rooms
The chamber handed Ingleside's Renaissance Faire to the city. Now the council weighs $120,000 in hotel-tax money for an event its application says will fill 12 rooms.

The chamber handed Ingleside's Renaissance Faire to the city. Now the council weighs $120,000 in hotel-tax money for an event its application says will fill 12 rooms.

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The Justice Department wants a federal court to block certification of Alaska's Senate race if Sen. Dan Sullivan loses and a same-name candidate's votes could have changed the result.
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The chamber handed Ingleside's Renaissance Faire to the city. Now the council weighs $120,000 in hotel-tax money for an event its application says will fill 12 rooms.

A Fifth Circuit panel vacated Judge Henry Wingate's injunction against Mississippi's DEI law and ordered the case reassigned after AI errors surfaced in his orders.

The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that immigrants who entered illegally have no right to a bond hearing during deportation proceedings, even after years in the country. The case began with three Texas traffic stops.
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Founded in 1722 and moved to Goliad in 1749, the mission ran Texas' first large cattle ranch, closed in 1830 and was rebuilt in the 1930s. Here is how to visit.
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.
Many Protestants mark Reformation Day on Oct. 31, the traditional date Martin Luther posted his Ninety-five Theses in Wittenberg in 1517.
Messengers to the Baptist General Convention of Texas meet Nov. 15-17 in Waco. On the agenda: the first constitution rewrite in a decade, a reduced 2027 budget and voting by text message.
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.

Halloween falls on a Saturday this year. A CDC study found child pedestrian deaths quadruple on Halloween evening. Here are safety tips.

A former railroad bed between Weatherford and Mineral Wells gives walkers and cyclists 20 miles of gentle grade. Here is how to use it to get your weekly minutes.

Daylight saving time ends at 2 a.m. local time on Sunday, Nov. 1, as Congress has yet to pass a bill ending the twice-yearly clock change.

About 2.8 million Texans got food stamps in September, down nearly 21% in a year. Federal work rules expanded, the state is behind on applications, and food banks say need is rising.
Gov. Jared Polis expanded a flood disaster emergency to 12 southwest Colorado counties as about 100 people evacuated and others were stranded.
Willis, Conroe, Magnolia and Montgomery are growing quickly. But when ordinary errands become an ordeal, longtime residents begin withdrawing from the towns they helped build.
Art Aguilar Law Firm PC will hand out uncooked Thanksgiving meals, each meant to feed a family of six, from its Hwy 105 W parking lot in Montgomery.
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.
The Justice Department wants a federal court to block certification of Alaska's Senate race if Sen. Dan Sullivan loses and a same-name candidate's votes could have changed the result.

Lewes saved its last forest from development. Now volunteers face invasive plants, groundwater questions and a restoration that may take a decade.

Texans will not vote on any statewide propositions Nov. 3. They will choose four Texas Supreme Court justices, three Court of Criminal Appeals judges and the first elected bench of the new 15th Court of Appeals.

Founded in 1722 and moved to Goliad in 1749, the mission ran Texas' first large cattle ranch, closed in 1830 and was rebuilt in the 1930s. Here is how to visit.

A new federal law named for Camp Mystic lets cell carriers deliver emergency alerts by satellite when towers fail. The rules are years away. Here is what it does and how to stay safe in the meantime.

Halloween falls on a Saturday this year. A CDC study found child pedestrian deaths quadruple on Halloween evening. Here are safety tips.

A former railroad bed between Weatherford and Mineral Wells gives walkers and cyclists 20 miles of gentle grade. Here is how to use it to get your weekly minutes.

A 2021 law tied child care subsidies to the Texas Rising Star quality program. Costs per child jumped, federal relief money ran out and the state is cutting the number of children it serves in 2027.

Halloween candy sales fell 6.7% in the month ending Oct. 17, NielsenIQ says, as shoppers face high gas prices and costly chocolate.
