Gov. Greg Abbot has issued a disaster declaration for Texas counties affected by the early February ice storm and is seeking a federal declaration as well for areas in Southeast Texas affected by rare January tornadoes. The ice storm caused considerable damage to property and power outages in the affected areas. The declaration for ice-storm damaged counties includes Denton, Hays, Henderson, Milam, Smith, Travis and Williamson counties.

The 21st century may soon be most known for worldwide paranoia. When topics worthy of fright are recorded, the list will spill over to a second page, and maybe a third.

“And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching.” Hebrews 10:24-25 Do you ever feel overwhelmed? Do you ever feel like it’s you against the whole world, and the world is getting the best of you? Unfortunately, that feeling happens to many of us if not all of us at times. So, what do we do about it? I have a cowboy friend who always quotes his uncle, he would always say “Keep Spurrin!” Keep spurrin! That’s what I want to share with you today! Well, the next thing you may ask is what exactly does that mean? To a cowboy it means to keep riding no matter what! A gentle spur in the right place of a good horse will get the perfect response.

State Capital Ice storm wreaks havoc in much of state Residents in Central and Northeast Texas are still cleaning up after a winter storm last week snapped power lines and tree limbs, causing widespread power outages, canceled flights and damage to homes and vehicles. At its peak, nearly 400,000 Texas households were without power, according to poweroutage.us.

State Capital Lawmakers push $15K teacher raises A group of House Democrats is proposing a $15,000 raise for the state’s teachers and a 25% raise for other state employees by using some of the state’s record budget surplus. State Rep.

So many things in life can cause us to lose our focus on God. Sometimes it’s the challenges of life.

He didn’t see it as a turning point at the time—this budding vocal artist who was belting out country songs at the Burger Box in Arlington. Craig Murphy, then age 40, might have been flipping burgers instead, trying to find a road that led somewhere instead of deadend trails he’d followed for a couple of decades.

True, you did not expect it to go by do fast? In James 4:14, He tells us something that is so real. “ Yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring.

State Capital Speaker open to resort-style casinos in state House Speaker Dade Phelan, RBeaumont, told The Dallas Morning News and other media outlets that he is open to bringing resortstyle casinos to Texas. But don’t expect to find slot machines in 7Eleven stores if casino gambling is legalized.

Inherent with insistence to dig ever deeper—rarely satisfied with merely getting to the bottom of things—are the risks of learning more than we want to know. There are ever so many places to dig, with ever-growing types of tools with which to excavate. Years ago, the late German Emperor Otto von Bismarck warned that laws—like sausages—are far better if we don’t see them being made. His quote—even if pilfered from someone else—came to mind following the heart attack of National Football League player Damar Hamlin early in the Monday Night football game on January 2….