December 20, 2016 - Secretary of Defense Ash Carter, along with former Defense Secretary and Vietnam veteran Chuck Hagel, provided remarks before cutting the ribbon and officially opening a corridor in the Pentagon honoring Vietnam veterans and their families.

December 19, 2016 - Shelby County Sheriff Willis Blackwell and Chief Deputy D.J. Dickerson recently attended the Sheriff’s Association of Texas 2016 Newly Elected Sheriff’s Seminar held in San Marcos, Texas, December 5-9, 2016.

December 19, 2016 - In December we begin to hear many radio stations play the famous, old Christmas carols that we all love to hear. Most of these carols or hymns are very old and tell the true story of the Christmas season and the real reason for the season. One of these songs is “The Twelve Days of Christmas” which predates most of the other carols as it was first published in 1780. As examples, “Silent Night” was written around 1818, while “O Little Town of Bethlehem” was penned in 1868.

December 15, 2016 - AUSTIN – Attorney General Ken Paxton today intervened into a lawsuit filed on behalf of nurse’s aide Dedra Shannon against the Killeen Independent School District (KISD) over its decision to take down Ms. Shannon’s Christmas decoration.