Houston Rural Fire Department responding to Highway UU grass fire. (6:37 p.m.)
15th annual Quarterback Club pig roast is 6 p.m. Friday at Tiger Stadium. Admission to the football scrimmage to follow is one bottle of Gatorade. (5:57 p.m.)
Congresswoman to tour county food pantry and new health department on Aug. 28. (3:08 p.m.)
Rep. Ike Skelton, D-Mo., and chairman of the House Armed Services Committee is set to visit Fort Leonard Wood on Saturday. (3:08 p.m.)
A Raymondville man, Edward A. Eaves, 54, was seriously injured in a motorcycle crash Wednesday on Highway VV south of Licking. He was flown from TCMH to Cox South. (8:02 a.m.)
PHOTO GALLERY: Texas County Fair. (3:39 p.m.)
Classrooms reopen at Houston today. (7:40 a.m.)
Excessive heat warning in effect until 7 o’clock this evening. High today: 101. (7:30 a.m.)
This week: A special county fair 16-page news section is in this week’s Herald. Read about all the winners; see all the photos of events. (7:25 a.m.)
SLIDE SHOW: 2007 Demolition Derby.
VIDEOS: Watch highlights of the Texas County Fair, from the Spiderman derby car to the Big Country Idol contest, Bull Bash and Barney Fife. (10:53 p.m.)
SLIDE SHOW: Big Country Idol contest.