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Texas Drawn Hunt Program opens applications for 2025 – 26 season
AUSTIN – Hunters now have new opportunities and scenery to experience this fall through Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s (TPWD) drawn hunt permits program.


Seven heat safety tips to protect you from the Texas summer heat
AUSTIN – June in Texas means the arrival of scorching temperatures and the risk of heat-related illness, so Texas State Parks offers seven tips to help parkgoers beat the heat and safely enjoy the beauty that Texas has to offer.

Carnegie Library summer reading program
Ballinger Carnegie Library Summer Reading Program has been announced!

Augustine Frasco of Rowena receives college scholarship for outstanding achievements
Rowena, TX – Augustine G Frasco of Rowena, TX, was selected to receive the 2025 All-American Scholar Award sponsored by Catholic Life Insurance, one of… Login to continue reading Login…

Ashlanne Fuentes of Rowena named as a spring 2025 Presidential Scholar at the University of Central ArkansasFuentes
CONWAY, AR — Ashlanne Fuentes, of Rowena, TX was named a Presidential Scholar at the University of Central Arkansas for spring 2025. Fuentes was among… Login to continue reading Login…

Ballinger Carnegie Library summer reading program
Ballinger Carnegie Library Summer Reading Program!!

Ballinger’s Shelby Fournier named to SNHU President’s List
MANCHESTER, NH — Shelby Fournier of Ballinger has been named to Southern New Hampshire University‘s (SNHU) Spring 2025 President’s List. The spring terms run from January… Login to continue reading Login…

Lions District 2-A1 officer elections
Darlene Kelly of the Ballinger Breakfast Lions club was recently elected as 2025-26 2nd Vice District Governor for Lions District 2-A1.