Louise Armstrong Loggins
Louise Armstrong Loggins, 91, passed away peacefully at home on July 11 following a brief illness. She was born on April 15, 1934, in Paris, Texas to Elvis Hugh and Eula Belle Armstrong. Louise graduated from Paris High School and attended Baptist Bible College in Springfield, Missouri. She married James Clifford Loggins on Aug. 28, 1952 in Paris. They raised 5 children, and moved to Sulphur Springs in 1972 when James was transferred...
Divorce Between Ken and Angela Paxton Will Proceed Outside Public View, Reports Say
July 12, 2025 – By Jessica Shuran Yu – The Texas Tribune “Divorce between Ken and Angela Paxton will proceed outside public view, reports say” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues. A state district court judge in Collin County agreed Friday to seal all...
Illegal Aliens Cut From Certain ‘Federal Public Benefits’
July 14, 2025 – On July 10, 2025, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced a major policy reversal intended to prevent undocumented immigrants from accessing certain taxpayer-funded healthcare and social services. The new directive rescinds a 1998 Clinton-era interpretation of the 1996 PRWORA welfare law, which had previously narrowed “federal public benefit” and allowed undocumented individuals to...
Animal Shelters in Texas Get Relief
July 13, 2025 – Adoptable pets from Central Texas flew into the Susquehanna Valley Saturday, touching down at Lancaster Airport and heading straight to the Humane Society of Harrisburg Area for adoption this week. The rescue mission—coordinated by Wings of Rescue in partnership with Brandywine Valley SPCA—marks a second relief flight, following an earlier arrival in Delaware. Multiple flights carrying hundreds of pets have...
Indiana Task Force 1 Sends Additional Help To Texas
July 13, 2025 – Indiana Task Force 1, Indiana’s urban search-and-rescue team, has dispatched an additional 35 members to Kerr County, Texas, to bolster ongoing flood-response operations following catastrophic flash flooding that inundated the Hill Country region earlier this month. The deployment comes amid intensifying recovery efforts after several rounds of torrential thunderstorms, which have repeatedly inundated local...
SID MILLER ADDRESSES PRESIDENT TRUMP’S VISIT TO KERRVILLE, TEXAS
July 13, 2025 – “President Trump’s visit to Kerrville comes at a crucial time as Texans are suffering from historic and devastating flooding. This is the leadership Texans know to expect from President Trump: present, proactive, and ready to act when disaster occurs. President Trump is committed to strengthening emergency response efforts so that what happened in the Hill Country never happens again, and I will fight with him...
A Message of Inspiration From the Author of Living Loved, July 13, 2025
Read with me! Look up into the heavens. Who created all the stars? He brings them out like an army, one after another, calling each by its name. Because of his great power and incomparable strength, not a single one is missing. O Jacob, how can you say the LORD does not see your troubles? O Israel, how can you say God ignores your rights? Have you never heard? Have you never understood? The LORD is the everlasting God, the...
Mary White
October 1, 1945 — July 11, 2025 Sulphur Springs Mary White, age 79, of Sulphur Springs, Texas, passed away at Rock Creek Health and Rehab in Sulphur Springs, Texas, on Friday, July 11, 2025. There are no services planned at this time. Mary White was born on October 1, 1945, in New Boston, Texas, to Rayford and Rosie Leigh (Glover) Rich. She married Charles L. White in Sulphur Springs, Texas. She loved watching wrestling on TV and...
Governor Abbott Announces $10,000 Reward For Individual Connected To ICE Facility Ambush
July 10, 2025 | Austin, Texas | Governor Greg Abbott announced that the Office of the Governor’s Public Safety Office is offering a reward of up to $10,000 for information leading to the arrest of Benjamin Hanil Song, who is wanted for his alleged involvement in the July 4, 2025, attack on a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Detention Facility in Alvarado, Texas. During this attack, an Alvarado police officer was shot and...
Governor Abbott Announces New Crisis Support Line For Texans Affected By Floods
July 11, 2025 | Austin, Texas | Governor Greg Abbott today announced that the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) launched the Texas Flooding Emotional Support Line, a new statewide crisis support line for Texans impacted by recent catastrophic floods. The crisis support line is available 24/7 and provides professional crisis counseling at no cost. “The State of Texas continues working to ensure that Texans hardest hit...
