A local organization is sponsoring a “meet and greet” event for local residents to learn more about the life of the world-famous clown whose start began in Houston.

Gentry Residential Liaison Council is making available the Brian Cody $500 scholarship to public, private or homeschool graduates of Texas County.

A Cabool man is charged with a pair of felonies after being involved in a physical altercation with a Texas County Sheriff’s Department deputy following a traffic stop on April 2.

The City of Houston will offer entertainment throughout Saturday, April 26, on the Emmett Kelly Festival stage.

The City of Houston will host an Emmett Kelly Look-a-like Contest for area children at the Festival on April 26.

Texas County is under a flood watch, the National Weather Service said.

Voters will travel to polls in Texas County on Tuesday. Absentee balloting can be done in the county clerk’s office on the upper level of the Texas County Administrative Center at 210 N. Grand Avenue.

Four candidates are running for a five-year term on the Texas County Memorial Hospital board of trustees. Learn more about the candidates.

If chowing down on Big Mac hamburgers daily for more than 50 years had ever inflicted any harm on him, Donald Gorske would probably get himself evaluated for an obsessive disorder, he admitted.

Three candidates are running for a two-year term in Ward II on the Houston City Council. Learn more about the candidates.

Reviewed and acknowledged a written notice of resignation from Dakota Wade as a full-time deputy effective March 21. Reviewed and acknowledged the transfer of Zachary Cooley from jail deputy to patrol ...

Athletes with both the boys and girls Houston High School track and field teams were in action on Tuesday at the annual West Plains Open.