COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Texas communities at risk of wildfires can now apply for a federal grant administered by Texas A&M Forest Service. Available funding is intended to help at-risk communities plan for and reduce the risk of wildfire.

Recently we presented a two-hour program on “Trees, Tree Selection, and Tree Care” at the Titus County AgriLife Extension Summer Horticulture Series. We requested and received many questions during the program, and we think these are questions that you, our northeast Texas neighbors, might ask.

Heat + Moisture = plant growth. Trees, shrubs, flowers, vines, weeds, grass, bushes, and groundcover are growing quickly, and much of that growth needs care NOW.

Mount Pleasant High School held a summer graduation ceremony in the MPHS auditorium on Thursday, August 3 at 5:30 p.m. in front of an audience of family, friends, MPISD faculty and members of the Board of Trustees, five graduates walked across the stage to receive their diplomas.

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There are 151 inmates in jail with 129 males and 22 females. Since Aug.

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