By Holly Henrichsen Assistant Web Content Manager Egypt has announced that it has waged 2 airstrikes against ISIS targets in Libya today. The airstrikes targeted ISIS camps and weapon storage areas. According to BBC News, the airstrikes were a response to a video released yesterday of Jihadist ISIS supporters beheading 21 Egyptian Christians. Egypt declared 7 days of national mourning after the video was released. The Calaboose African American Museum here […]
By Holly Henrichsen Assistant Web Content Manager Three Muslim students were shot to death at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill campus. According to USA Today, 46 year old Craig Stephen Hicks turned himself into the Chatham County Sheriffs office after an on going dispute over an apartment parking space led Hicks to fatally shoot three muslim students in the head. It is not clear if their religion was a […]
Holly Henrichsen Assistant Web Director Earlier today the family of Kayla Mueller received confirmation that their daughter was dead after being held captive for two years by the Islamic Terrorist group ISIS. Kayla was on a trip with Doctors Without Boarders in Aleppo, Syria when she was taken hostage by ISIS in 2013. Last Friday, the family members received the news about their daughter being killed in a building that […]
By Erin Pollack Web Editor Breaking News: For the second day in a row the, Jordanian government is conducting airstrikes targeting ISIS in Syria. According to CNN, the Jordanian government is accompanied by U.S. war planes and are striking as a direct result of a Jordanian pilot being burned alive in late January after ISIS officials captured the pilot offshore during a Jordanian mission. The Jordanian government has vowed to […]
By Erin Pollack Web Editor U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is trying to find a peaceful solution to end the continuing conflict in Ukraine. Kerry met with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko in Kiev today and said if Russia took three steps that it would enable a diplomatic solution. According to CNN Kerry said those steps include pulling back heavy weapons beyond the range of civilian populations, removing foreign troops […]
By Holly Henrichsen Assistant Web Content Manger Governor Greg Abbott announced a proposal today that would eliminate the budget for the Emerging Technology Fund and use that money to establish the Governor's University Research Initiative. This initiative would help Texas institutes hire prestigious, nationally-recognized researchers to their faculty. Governor Abbott says this will serve as a catalyst for economic development as well as elevate Texas' public universities. Jordan continues to […]
By Holly Henrichsen Assistant Web Content Manager After a Texas Judge refused to repeal 2 indictments against former governor Rick Perry, Perry announced that he will possibly be running in a presidential campaign for 2016. Perry has a felony case against him for abuse-of-power when he carried out a veto against state funding for public corruption in 2013 but says his plans for a presidential campaign are moving along. Mexican […]
By Emily Parma Assistant Web Content Manager The U.S. unemployment rate has dropped 5.8%. According to the Associated Press, 214,000 jobs were added last month. Employers have added at least 200,000 jobs for nine consecutive months to the U.S. economy, making the unemployment rate the lowest since 1995. Art Squared Arts Market is going to bring a touch of Paris to San Marcos tomorrow on the Courthouse lawn. Featured artist […]
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