The Elgin Courier - serves Elgin, Texas, and wider Bastrop County. Founded by Miles Hill, the paper has been published weekly ...

Read more about the Big Country's best high school softball players who received 2025 all-state honors from the Texas ...

Smithville High School honored 87 graduates in its class of 2025 during a commencement ceremony Sunday at the Wilbur Berkey Fieldhouse. This year’s valedictorian is Ethan Numer, and the ...

At schools in Smithville Independent School District, ... 901 Ne 6Th St, Smithville, TX 78957. Schools in District. Brown Pri. 403 Sw 4Th St, Smithville, TX 78957. Smithville Elementary.

2025 Texas high school softball top 25 freshmen performers Haylee Allen, Fairfield. The Lady Eagles have found themselves a true ace. You won’t find many pitchers in the state, let alone another ...

A Texas bill, known as the FURRIES Act, would ban non-human behaviors in public schools, including the use of litter boxes and wearing animal accessories. Rep. Stan Gerdes, the bill's author ...

Is “radical” furry culture taking over Texas public schools? One lawmaker says: Maybe, I’m not sure, but let’s ban it just in case.

Republican state Rep. Stan Gerdes said he filed the bill after hearing “reports of the presence of a furry” in a Smithville school. Greg Abbott is backing the bill.

Voting for Texas' top high school softball pitchers will remain open until 11:59 p.m. on April 30. ... Jessica Hinnant, fr., Smithville. Talk about a freshman making her presence known.

James Bickerton is a Newsweek U.S. News reporter based in London, U.K. His focus is on covering news and politics in Texas, as well as other general news across the United States. James joined ...