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Thursday, January 16, 2025 - 2:54am

Only months removed from the 2024 presidential election, politics is set to retake center stage as candidates file for a place on the ballot in local elections this coming May.

Thursday, January 16, 2025 - 2:54am

DAYTON – In his second State of the City Address, Mayor Martin Mudd called on the community to come together while detailing the growth that continues to impact the city.

Thursday, January 16, 2025 - 2:54am

DAYTON — Dayton Independent School District will experience a change in leadership for the next school year as the superintendent announced plans to retire.

Thursday, January 16, 2025 - 2:54am

LIBERTY— The Liberty County 4H Mounted Drill Team will join for the first time since 2015 for a big reunion celebration.

Wednesday, January 15, 2025 - 2:17pm

LIBERTY – Following the news that longtime 75th State District Court Judge Mark Morefield retired from the bench, commission

Wednesday, January 15, 2025 - 2:14pm

DAISETTA – The Hull-Daisetta Bobcats used their defense to create offense, and that was the recipe for success on Tuesday ni

News

THE WOODLANDS, Texas – Entergy Texas continues to actively monitor the frigid temperatures and winter precipitation expected to move through Texas early next week. While forecasts are continually changing and the exact impact to the Entergy Texas service area is hard to predict, crews are prepared to respond to whatever Mother Nature delivers.    

 

DAYTON – In his second State of the City Address, Mayor Martin Mudd called on the community to come together while detailing the growth that continues to impact the city.

Jan 16, 2025 - 02:54

DAYTON — Dayton Independent School District will experience a change in leadership for the next school year as the superintendent announced plans to retire.

LIBERTY— The Liberty County 4H Mounted Drill Team will join for the first time since 2015 for a big reunion celebration.

Sports

Jan 16, 2025 - 02:54

DAYTON LADY BRONCOS

TARKINGTON – Since he was a freshman for the Tarkington Longhorns basketball team, Calvin Ellington has been a standout player who just keeps improving.

HAMSHIRE – The Liberty Panthers boys' basketball was no match for Hamshire- Fannett on Friday night at The Barn in District 19-4A as the Longhorns defeated the Panthers 60-26.

DAISETTA – The Hull-Daisetta Bobcats used their defense to create offense, and that was the recipe for success on Tuesday night in a 57-38 victory over the Chester Yellowjackets in a huge district contest at home.

Opinions

Jan 16, 2025 - 02:54

The Texas Senate’s chief budget writer said state agencies and higher-education institutions have requested nearly $ 25 billion in funding as the legislative session gets underway. State Sen. Joan Huffman, R- Houston, told The Dallas Morning News the requests for new money reflect the growing functions and purposes of state agencies that serve the public.

Jan 9, 2025 - 02:32

The 89th Texas legislative session begins Jan. 14 with a still- unresolved race for speaker of the House of Representatives.

Jan 2, 2025 - 02:06

Drivers will no longer be required to get annual safety inspections beginning Jan. 1, the Texas Standard reported. However, drivers in the state’s 17 most populous counties will still be required to get an emissions test in order to register their vehicles.

Dec 26, 2024 - 02:39

The Texas Health and Human Services Commission is seeking a $300 million transfusion of funds to bolster the state’s Medicaid application process, The Texas Tribune reported.

Obituaries

Jan 16, 2025 - 02:54

Shirley Ann Ethridge, 82, of Liberty, Texas went to be with Jesus on Jan. 8, 2025, at 12:40 p.m. in Temple, Texas.

Dec 19, 2024 - 09:36

Theresa “Onalee” Crocker, 89, of Noblesville passed away December 12, 2024. She was born the sixth of ten children, the daughter of the late Cecil William and Lucy Grace (Pillard) James. On a chance blind date, she met the love of her life, Thomas “Norman” Crocker whom she married on April 30, 1966.  

Dec 9, 2024 - 17:16

Carolyn McCain Robinson, 94, of Liberty, Texas, passed away peacefully with her family and caregivers by her side on Friday, December 6, 2024. She lived a full and independent life until her passing. 

Dec 4, 2024 - 09:38

Marilyn Yvonne Wright, known as Yvonne, passed away at the age of 89. 

She was born on February 26, 1935, in Dayton, Texas, and passed away on November 22, 2024, in Houston, Texas. She was buried at Magnolia Cemetary in Dayton.