Two separate Valentine’s Day-themed dance events are bringing families together this February in Northeast Texas, offering parents and children opportunities to celebrate the holiday in special ways.
Police arrested a 32-year-old man Friday after he allegedly threatened an officer with a knife and barricaded himself inside a halfway house for several hours.
The Connections Venue and Activities Center has announced the resumption of all activities, offering free fitness, wellness, and community programming to area residents.
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission approved more than $21.2 million in local park grants, marking a record for the program designed to create and enhance outdoor recreational opportunities across the state. The competitive grants are allocated to local government entities on a 50-50 reimbursement match basis, requiring communities to contribute equal funding. Once projects receive funding, the sites must remain parkland in perpetuity, be properly maintained and stay open to the public.
Dr. Chris T. McAllister, NTCC Natural Sciences Department, and colleagues, Eric M. Leis, Dr. Donald G. Cloutman, and Dr. Henry W. Robison, recently published their collaborative research in the journal Diversity on a new species of myxosporean parasite from green sunfish in Arkansas. Interestingly, the new species was named Myxobolus picassoi, after the famous Spanish sculptor and painter, Pablo Picasso (1881-1973). It was so named because the parasite’s shape (see figs below) resembled some of his work that is characterized by bold use of color, shape, and form, and often depicts distorted and abstract figures. Their paper can be accessed by going to https://www.mdpi. com/1424-2818/18/2/69