While Kilgore deposited a sales tax allocation check that topped the million-dollar mark last month, the city's check for sale tax revenue this month was smaller. The city this week received a check for $868,644.60, still an increase over the $771,758.14 received this same period last year. More...

EL PASO (AP) — If Mexican drug violence spills across the U.S. border, Homeland Security officials say they have a contingency plan to assist border areas that includes bringing in the military. "It's a common sense extension of our continued work with our state, local, and tribal partners in securing the southwest border," DHS spokeswoman Amy Kudwa said Friday. More...