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Ken Paxton argues divorce records should remain private, accuses press of invading his personal lifeThe attorney general's wife, state Sen. Angela Paxton, filed for divorce this summer, alleging adultery. -
A national survey found the smallest business owners are feeling less confident as they close out the year. Inflation, tariffs and shifts in consumer spending are some of the reasons why. -
Are you serving pumpkin or sweet potato pie this Thanksgiving? There's a lot of history and cultural ties that influence why Americans may prefer one or the other. -
Abbott fought for months to keep secret emails between his office and Elon Musk. Now, hundreds of pages have been released. -
Viola Fletcher was 111 years old and still resided in Tulsa when she died Monday. She lived through the Tulsa Race Massacre as a child, which she said deeply scarred her and her family.
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In the Sherman County Depot Museum in Stratford, Texas there hangs a plaque which honors a citizen who literally ‘went the second mile’ in his attempt to save the lives of a stranded family during the terrible snow storm of February 11 and 12, 1948. -
Tune in to Classical Music Amarillo this week to get to know two of the newest faculty at the WT School of Music! -
You use them all year long to help tend your garden, so why wouldn't you take care of them, and make sure that they can take care of you? I'm talking about your lawn tools, of course, and this week, we'll talk about how you can clean and store yours for the winter! -
Find a Grave MemorialsHello, I’m Juan J. Morales, an assistant professor of English at Colorado College and a poet that lives in Pueblo, Colorado, here for Poets on the Plains. Today I am sharing my poem, “Visiting Your Grave,” from my latest collection, Dream of the Bird Tattoo, which was published by the University of New Mexico Press in 2025.
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