Winners of the 2021 State Fair of Texas Big Tex Choice Awards announced

Winners of the 2021 State Fair of Texas Big Tex Choice Awards announced

DALLAS, TX (August 30, 2021) It’s finally here, the moment you’ve all been waiting for – the highly-anticipated decision that denotes the ultimate achievement in Fair food. The 17th Annual Big Tex® Choice Awards was a battle for the ages. Despite a year’s hiatus, the 2021 finalists proved that there is no shortage of creativity when it […]

30 days to go: State Fair of Texas releases health and safety guidelines

30 days to go: State Fair of Texas releases health and safety guidelines

DALLAS, TX (August 25, 2021) Today marks 30 days until Opening Day and the State Fair of Texas team continues to work hard to ensure a safe environment for everyone during the Fair this year. Big Tex needs every fairgoer to do their part and most of all, be respectful of others and do the […]

Rockwall County Historical Foundation presents ‘The Way Things Were: Texas Settlers and their Buildings’

Rockwall County Historical Foundation presents ‘The Way Things Were: Texas Settlers and their Buildings’

(ROCKWALL, TX) August 25, 2021 – Beginning Tuesday, August 31st, the Rockwall County Historical Foundation will present “The Way Things Were: Texas Settlers and Their Buildings, 1860s-1930s,” an exhibition by Humanities Texas, the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. “The Way Things Were” focuses on family and community life of Texas settlers as […]

TxDOT urges Texans to consider the tragic impact before getting behind the wheel after drinking

TxDOT urges Texans to consider the tragic impact before getting behind the wheel after drinking

EVERY NINE HOURS SOMEONE DIES FROM DRUNK DRIVING IN TEXAS AUSTIN – No parent should ever receive the kind of devastating news that two Bryan police officers delivered to Pam Todaro one early Saturday morning. At 6:45 a.m. on August 9, 2014 they appeared on her doorstep to tell her that her 25-year-old son had […]

YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas announces first round of planned impact from recent MacKenzie Scott donation

The gift from Ms. Scott was the largest in the organization’s history DALLAS, TX (August 20, 2021) – The YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas announced today how the organization will use the first $1.5 million of the largest gift in its history from author and philanthropist MacKenzie Scott to help the local North Texas community. “Last […]

From the desk of Congressman Pat Fallon, TX-04: Town Hall meetings this week

From the desk of Congressman Pat Fallon, TX-04: Town Hall meetings this week

ROCKWALL, TX (August 16, 2021) Members of Congress have more bosses than just about anybody else in the United States, over 750,000 to be exact! My bosses live in Rockwall, Texarkana, Sherman, and all across Northeast Texas. They are patriots, veterans, parents, teachers, healthcare workers, firefighters and police officers. They are the fabric of the […]

Congressman Pat Fallon to host Town Halls in Texas’s Fourth Congressional District

Washington, D.C. – On Wednesday, August 18th, Thursday, August 19th, and Friday, August 20th, Congressman Pat Fallon (TX-04) will hold public town hall events in Texas’s Fourth Congressional District to provide an update on his work in Washington, D.C. and receive feedback from his constituents. Wednesday’s town halls will be held in Marion County, Morris County, […]

Governor Abbott, Attorney General Paxton aligned in defense of Executive Order prohibiting mask mandates

Governor Abbott, Attorney General Paxton aligned in defense of Executive Order prohibiting mask mandates

AUSTIN, TX (August 11, 2021) Governor Greg Abbott and Attorney General Ken Paxton today announced the filing of a mandamus petition in the 5th Court of Appeals to strike down the actions by Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins. The judge’s order violates Executive Order GA-38 and state law. GA-38 prohibits governmental entities and officials from mandating […]

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