HAVANA — A strengthening Hurricane Ian’s rain and winds lashed Cuba’s western tip, where authorities evacuated 50,000 people, as it roared on a path that could see it hit Florida’s west coast as a Category 4 hurricane.
SAN DIEGO — A Malaysian defense contractor nicknamed “Fat Leonard” who orchestrated one of the largest bribery scandals in U.S. military history has been arrested in Venezuela after fleeing before his sentencing, authorities said last week.
Today Dale Earnhardt Jr. announced a series of executive-level promotions to strengthen his overall enterprise and support the growth of new business as his company enters its third decade. Among the company’s most impacted entities are JR Motorsports, which currently fields entries in the NASCAR Xfinity Series and several grassroots regional tours; DEJ Management, which oversees Earnhardt Jr.’s brand marketing and business relationships; and Dirty Mo Media, his multi-media company and digital content platform.
They say everything is “bigger” in Texas and certainly NASCAR’s Round of 12 Playoff opener at Texas Motor Speedway lived up to the billing. From Playoff consequences to a red flag delay to bumper-banging aggression, tire fall-off and record statistical marks, there was no shortage of competitive drama in Sunday’s AutoTrader EchoPark Automotive 500.
Still stinging from their five-set loss at Joshua two weeks ago and with a weekend off to stew over it, the state-ranked Midlothian Lady Panthers took it out on two Burleson ISD teams last week, rolling to a pair of sweeps to stay in first place as the first half of the District 8-5A schedule wrapped up.
DENTON — The Midlothian Lady Panthers captured a team championship, and Lincoln Husbands earned a bronze medal at the Braswell Little D Classic last Friday at North Lakes Park. Husbands crossed the finish line in 19 minutes, 20.49 seconds for the Lady Panthers, while Austyn Pena was 14th in 20:41.70, and Harper Edmondson 16th in 20:52.08.
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) Inland Fisheries Division requests ideas from angling organizations, local governments, non-governmental organizations, river authorities and tribal organizations on freshwater fish habitat and shoreline-based angler access improvement projects to be completed in public waters statewide during fiscal years 2024-2025.
WHAT? Crappie for Christmas presents? Well, maybe but if you are a crappie angler, you can find them “lighting up” your sonar around isolated submerged trees. This past week, while doing the “legwork” for this article with guide Brandon Sargent, Lead Slingers Guide Service at Lake Ray Hubbard, we fished around some large trees that have been underwater since the mid sixties when the lake filled.
As Republican governors transport migrants from Texas all over the country, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz said the policies are exposing the hypocrisy of Democrats and the media on their stances on immigration policy.