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The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2024, recently passed by the U.S. House of Representatives, serves as a beacon of hope amid the increasing political divisiveness that threatens our nation’s unity. Instead of preparing our nation for emerging threats, the Biden administration has weaponized our military to promote abortion, gender modification surgeries, and racial discrimination. In response to this destructive decline, Speaker McCarthy empowered conservatives to return the focus of our Department of Defense to its core purpose of protecting the American people.

The more years I accumulate on this earth, the more I realize life is tenuous.

Tara Hicks is a schoolteacher who has a deeprooted passion for providing her students with not only a great education, but also life experiences that leave these young men and women with lessons that stretch well beyond graduation. One way she accomplishes this lofty goal is through the planning and execution of educationally based trips with Crandall ISD students.

The suspended attorney general’s campaign disclosure did not shed light on how he is paying for his impeachment legal defense.

Harvesting rainwater conserves resources, can cut water bills and help landscapes through drought, water restrictions

Wide-ranging mosquito airborne disease could affect pets, livestock and humans

RelyOn Credit Union has been named a Certified Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) by the United States Department of the Treasury. CDFIs are a network of mission-driven institutions that serve and empower lower income communities. They share a common goal of expanding economic opportunity in those communities by providing access to financial products and services for local residents and businesses who may not qualify for them elsewhere. Rely-On Credit Union is hosting a round table discussion and breakfast with local community and business leaders on Wednesday, August 23, 2023 to educate them about the benefits of having a CDFI in the community and about the benefits of partnering together to improve the community. More information on that event is below.

AgriLife Extension wildlife specialist encourages Texans not to disturb, remove fawns found alone

Forney youth YM/LCpl McDonald, Lawson, and member of Kaufman County East Young Marines attend Young Marine Division 6 Junior Leadership school in TN. He has also recently returned from the Young Marine Division 4 encampment in Louisiana this past week. Determined and focused as a natural leader, YM LCpl Mc-Donald regards his responsibility as a duty and honor. A longstanding member of Free Life Church, when he is not volunteering with his unit, he is at church leading Sunday school programs and aiding where needed.

Learn, Grow, Eat and Go! curriculum covers gardening, nutrition, cooking, physical activity, more

Summer Members Meeting Set State Fair Exhibit on Display Through August

You Probably Know Him as JAMIE FOXX!

Every year a number of East Texas pondowners lose part or all of their farm pond fish population due to an oxygen depletion. An oxygen depletion is not the only cause of fish die-offs in Texas ponds, but about 85% of the time it is the most common cause of fish kills. Pondowners should be aware of the causes, signs and corrective measures to lessen the likelihood of experiencing an oxygen depletion.