Pictured with the first mechanized fire engine in Atlanta are: T.A. Miles, W.F. Cameron, M.H. Glass, Lee Wicks, J. M. Pepper Sr., B.C. McKinnon, L.T. Rabrats, T.J. Johnson, T.A. Howe and Chick Miles. (from 1939 Journal)
More than 180 years after his death, the mention of Jim Bowie still stirs the imagination of admirers around the world. But Bowie was more than just the knife or the battle at the Alamo. Overall, it was a remarkable and colorful life of adventure.
H. Bentley Glass was at one time one of the most famous scientists in the nation. His life was a journey that began with missionary parents and a Texas education. Glass traveled the world, wrote volumes of books, made important scientific discoveries, and in the 1950s and 1960s, helped the entire nation start thinking about science and the ethics of the latest discoveries.
As we cross the halfway point of July, wildfire danger continues to increase across the state. On Friday, Texas A&M Forest Service firefighters responded to 15 new wildfires that burned 651 acres. As of Sunday, there were eight active wildfires; the largest was the Nethery Road Fire in Kimble County, involving an estimated 3,500 acres. It has been 70% contained.
CHRISTUS Trinity Clinic, part of the well-established CHRISTUS St. Michael Health System, is expanding cancer care across the Ark-La-Tex and Oklahoma with the addition of Essam Malaty, M.D. to the distinguished oncology team at the only comprehensive facility of its kind in the region.
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