For a seventh year, the Mark Cuban Heroes Basketball Center will host auditions for models, actors, singers and dancers ages 16 and up; pre-registration is required, and check-in will open at 9:30 a.m. with auditions from 10 a.m.-noon

On January 1, Dallas College Foundation welcomed seven new board members and announced Regen Horchow as its new board chair.

SMU just made it easier for future students to apply for admission, waiving the usual application fee for first-year and transfer undergraduate students.

The campus of Southeastern Oklahoma State University will be closed for the Martin Luther King, Jr. federal holiday on January 20, 2025.

Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association, the largest and oldest livestock association in the Southwest, announced applications are now open for the spring 2025 internship programs.

Bonham Independent School District will conduct school board trustee elections on May 3, 2025, with three seats on the ballot: Places 3, 4 and 5. The first day to file for a place on the ballot will be January 15, 2025.

There are 3 seats on the Ector ISD Board of Trustees that are expiring this year (all will be 3-year terms). The first day to file for a Place on the Ballot is January 15, 2025. The deadline to file for a Place on the Ballot is February 14, 2025.

The fairy godmothers of The St. Andrew Prom Closet announce that the 16th Annual Prom Closet is scheduled for Feb. 18-20 and 22 and Feb. 24 – March 1, 2025, at St. Andrew Methodist Church in Plano. Girls from ANYWHERE in need of a prom dress are invited to come select a dress and accessories - all at no cost. Donations of dresses (sizes 0-30), jewelry, shoes, handbags, and wraps are needed.

Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association internship programs provide one-of-a-kind opportunities for students to network with stakeholders throughout the beef industry and gain valuable experience working alongside Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association staff and leadership.

The Fish Art Contest, accepting entries until Feb. 28, is part of an international conservation education program designed to foster youth interest in fish, fisheries and fishing.

Southeastern Oklahoma State University will be closed for business on Thursday, January 9, and Friday, January 10, in the interest of the health and safety of non-essential personnel during inclement weather conditions. This includes the Durant main campus and the McCurtain County campus in Idabel.

The National Society of Leadership and Success has announced Southeastern Oklahoma State University graduate student Hudson Toews is one of 12 recipients nationwide of its Academic Excellence Scholarship.

"Slinger Variation #1: The Deferral of Being," a 2023 piece by Jeff and Bryan Wheeler on display at the East Texas A&M University Gallery beginning later this month.

A Special Meeting of the Board of Trustees of Bonham ISD will be held January 7, 2025, beginning at 6:00 PM in the Bonham ISD Administration Center, 1005 Chestnut Street, Bonham, TX 75418.

Whitewright High School student recognized for superior academic achievement by The National Society of High School Scholars

Dr. April Sanders has been named dean of the College of Innovation and Design (CID) at East Texas A&M University.

Artisanal and small-scale miners – the term for individual miners, families or small groups with minimal or no mechanization to do the work – sift through rocks in rivers and dump beads of mercury over the sediment, which clings to gold. They then light a match, using the flames to separate the mercury from the gold, a process that shoots toxic vapors into the air. It's an inexpensive method of mining gold, but mercury leaks into the air and pollutes water systems downstream.