As senator, Clint Didier says, he plans to 'pick a fight'
EVERETT -- Clint Didier , his forehead beading with sweat, scans the sun-baked crowd at Henry M. Jackson Park. It's midafternoon, the temperature's climbing toward 90 degrees and this Republican candidate for U.S. Senate is about to crank up the heat even more.

Collin College brings higher education to the county
A one-minute news video at a local event. A two-minute newscast of news within your county. A one-minute high school sports story. A one-minute interview with someone in the news and important to a story in your community.

Gang prevention program to begin
In a city where police have identified more than 4,000 gang members, officers are talking to youths in an effort to prevent gang involvement. The gang prevention program for children will begin Tuesday at the John W. Wells Youth Center, 701 East 5th St, and will be held every Tuesday until Sept. 7.

Pre-Budget Document for 2011: Offers no hope to the thousands falling by the wayside in education
The education section in the Pre-Budget document for 2011 just issued by the Ministry for Finance is very poor and consists mostly of vague wishes rather than an action plan with specific targets and concrete measures on how to reach them.

Principal ready for new school
LAKE CORMORANT - Being the first female high school principal in DeSoto county stands in Rhonda Guice's way about as much as being the shortest high school principal in the county, that is not at all.