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The Midland (Texas) school district has broken ground on a new Legacy High School. The Midland Reporter Telegram reports that ...

The renovation jobs located in the Austin Independent School District will cost approximately $114 million combined.

Justin Newman is back at Monterey, this time as the incoming principal, after serving as a principal at Evans Middle School.

Petersburg City Manager Aretha Ferrell-Benavides, who took the helm as the city teetered on bankruptcy, is leaving for Duncanville, Texas. The city of Duncanville, about 20 minutes south of Dallas ...

Construction will be happening all summer long at the Petersburg School District. Two major projects are underway to increase ...

First United Bank recently celebrated its acquisition of Vista Bank locations across West Texas.  Its week-long celebration led employees to stops in seven communities across the region.  First United ...

Petersburg High School speech students will compete in the 2025 National Speech and Debate Tournament in Iowa. Kyani Donahue and Taylor Thomas recently competed in the Virginia High School League ...

St. Petersburg Collegiate High School is celebrating its first graduating class. Their senior class president has overcome many challenges and is now on a mission to inspire others.

Texas schools will be allowed to implement harsher disciplinary actions for student misconduct. The bill extends in-school suspension durations and eases restrictions on out-of-school suspensions ...

Texas high school students would be required to take personal financial literacy course come 2026 if Gov. Greg Abbott signs bill into law.

A fight between two girls at a Texas high school graduation party left one graduate dead, authorities said. Andrew Farias, 18, was killed during the dispute at a home in the Austin suburb of ...