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ArticleGOP’s political piñata

JOSEPHINE — Tract homes are replacing the hay and sorghum fields around this century-old railroad town, bringing new vitality to a oncesleepy farming community as the Metroplex stretches northeast from Dallas across the Blackland...

COLUMNIST By James Osborne

ArticleMore young Texans struggling with betting

Saul Malek was barely 19 years old when he won $10 on his first online wager. The thunderbolt feeling of winning was so intoxicating he did it again. And again again. For an unusual moment in his young life, the freshman at Trinity...

By Yamil Berard STAFF WRITER

ArticleTalarico’s flu bout provided Paxton an opening in race

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ArticleMontgomery County 4-H member wins top State Fair market-barrow pig prize

Montgomery County 4-H member Billie Benson took home the top prize in the State Fair of Texas market barrow division. Benson, 12, received $44,000 at the 78th annual Big Tex Youth Livestock Auction Friday for the sale of her market barrow...

By Sondra Hernandez STAFF WRITER