VHS restroom fire results in minor injuries, damage

5 YEARS AGOJanuary 29, 2020:Thursday night starting at 6:00 p.m. at the Plaza Event Center in the 100 block of North Main Street, you are invited to attend “A Taste of Vidor”.

$1 billion for vouchers, $5 billion for teachers?

AUSTIN––Legislative budget writers are proposing nearly $5 billion to increase teacher pay and $1 billion to implement a school voucher program in the next biennium, the Austin American- Statesman reported.

Social Security Matters

IRMAA and MAGIDear Rusty: I am confused by an article in my local newspaper which said that “MAGI” (modified adjusted gross income), on which my Medicare Part B premium is based, is my Adjusted Gross Income, plus any non-taxable interest, plus 50% of the social security I received.

Behind The Walls Of Texas’ First Mansion

On Feb. 4, 1896, three days after her drunk of a husband threatened her with a butcher knife, Matilda Brown Sweeney moved back home to Ashton Villa where she spent the rest of her life.The story of Texas’ famous first mansion begins with a New York runaway named James Moreau Brown.

$31.6 million Astrodome set to open April 9, 1965

5 years agoJanuary 22, 2020:Christopher Morgan gets 8-years for intoxication manslaughter Thirty-four year old Christopher Morgan of Vidor was sentenced last week to serve eight years in a Texas Department of Criminal Justice penitentiary for the December 26, 2016 intoxication manslaughter death of...

Hegar releases biennial revenue forecast

The Texas Legislature begins its work creating a state budget for the next two years with slightly less revenue available than it had during the previous biennium.Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar projects lawmakers will have $194.6 billion available during the 2026-27 budget cycle, down 1.1%.

Texas Crooner Toast of the Twenties

Gene Austin, the original crooner whose recordings sold 86 million copies in the Twenties and Thirties, lost his battle with lung cancer on Jan. 24, 1972.The popular singer and prolific songwriter was born Lemeul Eugene Lucas in 1900 in the north Texas town of Gainesville.

Social Security Matters

By Russell Gloor, National Social Security Advisor at the AMAC Foundation, the non-profit arm of the Association of Mature American CitizensDear Rusty: I am 65 and currently working full-time. Can I apply for and start receiving my Social Security benefit?

City eyes annexation of retail area before city sales tax vote

5 years ago January 15, 2020The Orange County Economic Development Corporation (OCEDC) announces the hiring of Megan Romero as its Business Development Manager.Representative Phelan sent a letter to U.S. President Trump voicing his concern for the lack of reliable healthcare options for over 1.

Agencies, universities seek $24.6 billion in new funding

The Texas Senate’s chief budget writer said state agencies and higher education institutions have requested nearly $25 billion in funding as the legislative session gets underway. State Sen.