AUSTIN— Drought conditions across the state dropped a percentage point in May compared to the previous month, with 26% of the state in some stage of drought, primarily in West and South Texas and parts of the Panhandle.
In the first June meeting of the Kent County commissioners court, which had been rescheduled from June 10 to Wednesday, June 12, commissioners dealt with a range of issues from employee benefits to IT security for the sheriff’s department.
In the regular monthly meeting of the Spur Independent School District board of trustees on May 28, the board recognized track state qualifier Margarito Pesina. They also recognized state horse judging qualifiers Allee Hamilton, Chrislin Roden, Emmitt Roden and Ace Walker along with teacher Justin Been.
These days, according to the Pew Research Center, more Americans are living to age 100 and past it than ever before. The estimated number of 101,000 U.S. centenarians this year is expected to only increase over the next fifty years, and that’s good news for those of us who hope to still be living by then!
AUSTIN— Residents in a total of 35 Texas counties now qualify for individual disaster assistance following a series of severe storms and flooding that began in late April, The Dallas Morning News reported.