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Lt. Gov Dan Patrick joined with the world’s largest investment firm to pitch investors on building natural gas power plants in Texas at a summit held last week in Houston.

ATLANTA – Texas students who helped clean up and beautify their communities can now apply for a scholarship contest awarding a total of $10,000. The annual Don’t mess with Texas Scholarship Contest is now accepting applications for the 2024 school year.

I love my ol’ tin boat. It’s a 1994 Alweld, a 15 footer with thick walls built to take a beating, wide draft for stability and a true flat bottom that will float in some really skinny water.

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Registration for the annual Everything Texas Ranch Run is now open. The run will be held at 8 a.m.

Was it fifteen times, the official honors count, or twenty-five times? Kaden Groda, and Michael Rodriguez, two NTCC honors scholars who were stalwart supporters of the coming film on the traveling preachers, believe it was more than the official count. But they weren’t counting. They loved the process. The coming film project was exceptional in NTCC history for the number of times honors students devoted time to the filming of a project beyond the normal over-booked six-day film week in August. Groda and Rodriguez were involved in scouting film sites, filming scenes into November, doing special narrations, operating the boom mic, and even collecting B-roll--special inserted clips of nature footage. Both star in the upcoming free film this Friday at 7 p.m., with Rodriguez playing the role of the senior traveling preacher, William Stevenson, and Groda, playing the role of Stephenson’s son, James.

The Chapel Hill Independent School District Board of Trustees unanimously approved calling a School Bond Election for May 4, 2024. It has been 18 years since the last major investment in Chapel Hill ISD.

The Campbell-Edwards-White chapter of the National Elementary Honor Society at Vivian Fowler Elementary has organized a community service project benefitting the residents of Greenhill Villas. Members are making Valentine’s Day cards and collecting soap, socks, and lotion to present to the residents. They will visit the nursing home on Valentine’s Day to deliver the items and spread some Valentine’s Day love. The chapter plans to continue the project and return to visit the residents again at Easter. Students are accepting donations through March 21 and items can be dropped off in the Fowler front office.

The Mount Pleasant High School Tiger Swim Team competed at the Region IV-5A meet at the New Caney ISD Natatorium on Friday and Saturday, February 9 and 10. Senior, Sophie Greco, swam the 50-yard Freestyle the 100-yard Backstroke, making finals in both events.