COMMERCE - The university flag at A&M-Commerce is at half staff Thursday in memory of Carroll Austin, wife of 8thuniversity President Charles J. Austin.
University officials learned this week that Mrs. Austin passed away August 19 in Muncie, Indiana.
Carroll was a Reach to Recovery volunteer for twelve years and served on two American Cancer Society Boards in Statesboro, Georgia and in Hunt County. She started the Louise Drake Garden Club in Commerce.
Her husband served as president of East Texas State University from 1982 to 1986.
PARIS - Longtime Lamar County Sheriff B.J. McCoy will not seek a sixth term in office next year.
The Paris News says that McCoy will have completed 20 years at the position when his current term expires on December 31, 2012. His 40 years in law enforcement began as a police officer in Irving.
McCoy says he's looking forward to switching careers and has several prospects he's exploring.
Addressing the United Nations on Wednesday, President Obama reiterated his support for the creation of a Palestinian state. Still, the United States is expected to block the Palestinian bid for full U.N. membership.
In the hours following Obama's speech, the kind of backstage negotiations that have dominated activity at the U.N. this week continued.
Sulphur Springs – A former Sulphur Springs man involved in one of the most heinous killings in modern Texas history goes to the Texas death chamber tonight.
Lawrence Russell Brewer was one of three men convicted in Jasper of dragging a black man behind a pickup to his death along a rural bumpy road.
Two other men were convicted of killing James Byrd, Jr. One is currently on death row and the other received life in prison.
Originally published on Wed September 21, 2011 5:01 pm
I don't want to freak you out. OK, maybe a tiny bit. Being a little scared might get you to wash your hands more often. And that would be a good thing for everyone.
Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke testifies before the House Financial Services Committee in July 2010. Bernanke has been heavily criticized by Republican presidential candidates in recent months.
At 7 p.m. ET today, Troy Davis is scheduled to be executed in the state of Georgia. Davis' case has garnered international attention and he's been at this point three times before. As The Atlanta Journal Constitution reports, on one occasion, the state stayed his execution two-hours before it was set to take place.
Commerce – Keep Commerce Beautiful plans to issue flyers to inform residents of a recycling program for the city where items can be brought to a central location.
Details of the initiative were presented by the organizations' Anne Mills during Tuesday's City Council meeting.
A Palestinian girl waves a flag during a demonstration in support the Palestinian bid for recognition of statehood at the U.N. on Sept. 21 in Ramallah, West Bank. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is expected to submit a letter to the U.N. Security Council to petition for statehood during the U.N. General Assembly.
Israeli settler youths wave Israeli flags at the start of a protest march against Palestinian statehood, from the West Bank Jewish settlement of Itamar, Sept. 20.
With a diplomatic showdown looming at the United Nations, Palestinians and Israeli settlers in the West Bank both see their futures at stake, and emotions are running high.
In the Jewish settlement of Itamar this week, residents staged a march around what they call "the neighborhood." About 200 people were walking past hillside homes, separated by less than a mile from the large Palestinian city of Nablus.
Moshe Goldsmith, the mayor of Itamar, said the march was meant to show the world that the settlers are opposed to any U.N. recognition of a Palestinian state.
The two American men who stepped out of an Iranian prison Wednesday after spending more than two years in custody may have a tiny Persian Gulf nation to thank for greasing the wheels of their release.
Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal, both 29, had been accused of espionage along with fellow American Sarah Shourd and sentenced to eight years in prison. They were freed in exchange for $1 million dollars and flown to Oman.
