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UT Health Pittsburg plans one big area of festival celebration
The young (and young at heart) will dive right into everything happening at this year’s UT Health Pittsburg Mini Link Zone at Pendergrass Park. This area of the Texas Hot Link Festival, set for April 30, is intended to stimulate all five senses and then some.
State Board of Education to increase Texas History instruction to six grade levels
AUSTIN, Texas – April 8, 2022 – At its April meeting, the State Board of Education voted to significantly increase instruction in Texas History. The board directed its Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) review work groups to include Texas-specific standards in Kindergarten-Grade 2, Grade 6, and Grade 8, and to keep Texas-specific standards as a focus for Grade 7. Currently, Texas History is taught in Grades 4 and 7; with this significant increase, students will study Texas and the people and events that define it in most grade levels prior to high school.
ARREST RECORDS
Justin Isai Villanueva was arrested on Apr. 11 by CCSO for FRA, failure to identify a fugitive from justice/refuse to give information.
Candidates prepare to compete for the title of Peach Queen
Left to right: Peach Queen Board members Kimberly Mercer and Kortnie Griffin with candidates Zayden Doddy, Taryn Keefer, Melani Flores, Keira Slone, Allyson Burns, Kyleigh Posey, and Peach Queen Board President James Wallace. (Not pictured: Rylie Crawley) COURTESY PHOTO