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45 articles published across 10 Texas communities.
Two members of the Italy City Council said publicly this afternoon that nobody told them an officer had been terminated. One of them learned about it... (read more)
Five weeks before the vote, the Italy City Council ordered staff to bring back competing bids and a priced breakdown. One bid came back, the breakdown... (read more)
Hawk Cove has an agenda item called Public Comments that nobody was allowed to comment on, a federal lender its own attorney says is done being... (read more)
Tens of millions are moving through Hubbard, Texas, a town of 1,400: data-center money into city government, a $7.6 million school bond, and municipal... (read more)
One year after bonding out of jail on the Fourth of July, I look back at the Texans I have met who were arrested for showing up, and ask a hard... (read more)
A Gun Barrel City clip has more than 244,000 views and a comment section at war. The next morning, I called the mayor in it. He talked for 55 minutes. (read more)
An update on Chief Charles Gregory and the Trinidad Police Department storyline after process service today, the side of the story most people are... (read more)
A veteran's sign outside Carthage City Hall in September 2024 ended with him being trespassed from all city property. The city manager apologized,... (read more)
Winston Wesley Noles filed a federal civil rights lawsuit Thursday over his May 12 arrest at Trinidad City Hall, alleging First Amendment retaliation,... (read more)
No ads, no sponsors. Every records request, hour of document analysis, mile of travel, and legal expense is paid for by readers. Coverage currently runs across ten Texas communities: Italy, Goodlow, Hubbard, Seven Points, Trinidad, Kerens, Tool, Carthage, Hawk Cove, and Gun Barrel City.
