Gov. Abbott directs emergency services to assist California fires

Governor Greg Abbott announced Sunday that he has directed the Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM) and Texas A&M Forest Service to deploy firefighters, emergency management personnel, fire engines, and equipment to assist with wildfire response efforts in California following a request...

TDLR observes World Day Against Trafficking

The Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation observed World Day Against Trafficking in Persons on Tuesday.Human trafficking is the exploitation of men, women, and children for labor or sex using force, fraud or coercion.

TWC partnership allows in-person ID for unemployment benefit claims

The Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) has partnered with the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) and the United States Postal Service (USPS) to offer statewide in-person identity (ID) verification for unemployment benefit claims.

PUCT receives 72 applications through Texas Energy Fund Program

The Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) has received 72 applications for loans through the Texas Energy Fund’s In-ERCOT Generation Loan Program.In total, the applications request $24.

HCSO Report

7/4/2024-HOCKLEYCOUNTYA deputy with HCSO was dispatched to the Levelland Emergency Room in reference to an assault. A report for assault causing bodily injury was made.7/6/2024-HOCKLEYCOUNTYDispatch advised HCSO deputies of a caller who wanted to report prescribed medications missing.

...Sometimes it Pays to Laugh...

It happens twice a summer whether I want it to or not. It’s usually in July or August and it always involves a campground. 50 of us haul out our tents, trailers, or RVs, and make like the children of Israel in the wilderness. That’s when the insults start. And that’s when it pays to laugh.

...Do You Know?...

“Do you know my Jesus?” were the words that came from his mouth.At first, I was taken aback by the question. I had attended church all of my life. Growing up in Sunday School, I knew all of the Bible stories by heart. Later, I became a deacon, sang in the choir, and led worship services.

...Voices In My Ear...

I’d never known a garden could be as desolate and spooky as a graveyard, but that night this one sure scared me. I pulled the letter that had brought me here out of my pocket, just to reassure myself. TO FIND THE INFORMATION YOU SEEK, COME TO THE GARDENALONEAT 11.

...Putting Out the Fire...

Insults.The world is full of insults, real and imagined. If I think it's an insult does that make it so? If I don't pick up the offense, does it go away?I am Abigail, an expert in insults. I come to tell the tale of two men my husband Nabal and David. my--well, let's not get ahead of my story.

...The Insult of the Cross...

It’s hard for us to imagine the insult of the Cross.Although all of us have probably been insulted, and we may have been insulted by those we love, I don’t know if any of us can completely understand the depth to which the Son of God was insulted by the sentence of the Cross.