CORPUS CHRISTI – At Driscoll Children’s Hospital, it’s their job to treat their patients so that kids can get back to being kids. But it takes financial resources to offer the best healthcare possible, and new, cutting-edge technology can be especially expensive.
Nesting season is in full swing here on the Gulf Coast! This season, I have joined Gulf Coast Bird Observatory’s coastal biologist Taylor Bennett in monitoring Matagorda Beach and Sargent Beach for nesting Wilson’s Plovers and least terns. During a recent survey of Colorado River Mouth Flats along Matagorda Beach, Taylor and I encountered another amazing bird -a reddish egret!
Memphis, Tenn. — Today marks the beginning of National Stuttering Awareness Week, a weeklong spotlight on the condition affecting almost 80 million people worldwide. During this year’s observance, the world’s oldest and largest Foundation dedicated to helping those who stutter is celebrating its 75th anniversary of providing help and hope for those who stutter and their families.
The alarm bell is sounding for America’s wildlife. Once common, monarch butterflies have declined to the point where they are considered at real risk of extinction. We’ve lost nearly three billion birds that once filled our skies. And more than one-third of America’s wildlife are facing an elevated risk of extinction.
Alice Independent School District will host three sports camps for students. Lil’ Yote Volleyball Clinic Dates: May 17-19 Ages/Grades: Third grade through eighth grade Times: third - fifth at 5 p.m., and sixth - eighth at 6:30 p.m.
SAN DIEGO - In honor of fallen correctional officer throughout the nation, a memorial ceremony was held at the Glossbrenner Unit. Every year, the prison holds a memorial service to honor correctional officers and prison staff lost on the line of duty.
ORANGE GROVE - The Orange Grove Museum received extensive damage in a fire on April 17. On Wednesday, May 4, the Orange Grove Area Museum Board had three priorities in response to the devastating fire.
For over seven decades, the Del Mar College (DMC) campus community has anticipated the annual Recognition Ceremony, an event that celebrates students and educators for their academic achievements, community service and mentorship. With the last “in person” ceremony held three years ago in 2019, this year marks a new beginning as the College returned to Richardson Performance Hall and held its 70th Annual Recognition Ceremony with participants walking the stage to receive their awards.
This spring, a U.S. negotiating team in Geneva reportedly made a deal that could have dire consequences for patients around the world.
If the U.S. Supreme Court overturns its 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, abortion will be banned in Texas due to statutes already on the books that prompted the Roe lawsuit to begin with, and because of a “trigger law” that went into effect last June.