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The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) has added Brett James Martinson to the Texas 10 Most Wanted Sex Offenders list. Martinson, 47, is wanted for failure to comply with sex offender registration requirements, aggregate theft and a parole violation.

Facing an unprecedented surge of contraband and human trafficking along the Texas-Mexico border, State Senator Lois W. Kolkhorst (R-Brenham) joined Governor Greg Abbott (R), Lt. Governor Dan Patrick (R) and Speaker of the House Dade Phelan (R) the State Capitol on Wednesday, to support the construction of the Texas border wall by the State of Texas.

Thirty-six students graduated recently from the Blinn College District Vocational Nursing Program. The 10-month pro gram includes classroom, laboratory, and clinical training.

Madison Streckfuss of Bellville graduated Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry from Abilene Christian University. Streckfuss was among more than 1,200 students who received degrees at May Commencement in a combined ceremony for December 2020 and May 2021 graduates.

The Electric Reliability Council of Texas urged Texans to cut back on power usage last week when an unusually large number of power plants shut down for unexpected repairs as temperatures soared. ERCOT officials announced Friday that Texans could resume normal levels of electricity use, however.

More than a decade after she was last seen alive, a person has been charged in the cold case slaying of Mitchell County eighth-grader Hailey Dunn. Shawn Casey Adkins, 35, of Big Spring, was arrested Monday, June 14, in Big Spring and charged with one count of murder in the death of 13-year-old Dunn.

The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) is reminding motorists the department is continuing its enforcement efforts across Texas focusing specifically on violations of the state’s Move Over/Slow Down law.

At Tuesday night’s regular meeting of the Sealy City Council at the W.E. Hill Community Center, a new phone system for City Hall was approved four votes to three. It was at the previous meeting where discussions heated up determining the route the city was going to take.