Mortgage rates snap three-week pullback, pushing average rate on a 30-year home loan back above 7%
The average rate on a 30-year mortgage moved back above 7% this week, a setback for home shoppers at a time when the U.S. housing market is already slowing under the strain of elevated home loan borrowing costs and rising prices.
Fort Bend ISD students re-awarded salutatorian and valedictorian spots after claims of โunfairโ graduation policy
An Fort Bend ISD investigation has resulted in students from Marshall and Willowridge being awarded the salutatorian and valedictorian spots.
Iowa's Marshall says she received 'hate comments' on social media after drawing late foul vs. UConn
Iowa guard Gabbie Marshall says she received โhate commentsโ from people upset about her role in a much-discussed foul call late in the Hawkeyesโ Final Four win over UConn.
US worker paycheck growth slowed late last year, pointing to cooling in a very strong job market
Pay and benefits for Americaโs workers slowed last quarter, a trend that could affect the Federal Reserveโs decision about when to begin cutting interest rates.
North Carolina sheriff stocking schools with AR-15 rifles
When schools in one North Carolina county reopen later this month, new security measures will include stocking AR-15 rifles for school resource officers to use in the event of an active shooter.
Anonymous donor pays tab for East Texas college graduates
Officials at Wiley College in East Texas say students graduating from the historically Black college were told at their commencement ceremony that an anonymous donor had paid their balances.
New district brings competition, quality depth for Fort Bend Marshall
Fort Bend Marshall head football coach James Williams opened the UILโs 2022-2024 biannual realignment packet Thursday morning, looked at his new district, and was pleased.
Realignment Primer: Hightower moving up could create all-Fort Bend ISD district
There is a solid chance Fort Bend ISD will have a district all to itself when the UIL releases its biannual realignment Thursday morning.
WE ARE MARSHALL: Lee Senior Trudell Berry Ready for Senior Year, Collegiate Career
"WE AREโฆ MARSHALL!โฆ WE AREโฆ MARSHALL!" RANG OUT FROM THE TV SET INSIDE THE CLASSROOM. SITTING IN ONE OF THE DESKS WAS TRUDELL BERRY.
State Rep. Chris Paddie, chair of powerful state affairs committee, says he wonโt run for reelection
The news comes less than a month after Paddie, who has represented House District 9 since 2013, announced he would run for reelection.
Rice stuns No. 15 Marshall
HOUSTON โ Rice was the underdog heading into Saturdayโs road game against a 7-0 Marshall team. Not only because Marshall is ranked, but because Rice was without their starting quarterback Mike Collins and wide receiver Austin Trammel. But somehow, someway... Mike Bloomgren and the Owls stunned Marshall with a 20-0 win on the road. The Owls defense held Marshallโs offense to just 245 yards. According to the school, Rice shut out a ranked opponent for the first time since 1960.
Rice uses 5 interceptions to upset No. 15 Marshall 20-0
The Rice defense held โ and took its frustrations out on the Thundering Herd the rest of the game. Safety Naeem Smith returned one of five Marshall interceptions for a touchdown and Rice shocked the 15th-ranked Thundering Herd 20-0 on Saturday for their first loss. Marshall had not played in three weeks, while Rice was playing only its fourth game of the entire season. Marshall: The Thundering Herd were shut out for the first time since 2000 and for the first time at their home stadium. The Thundering Herd had been scheduled to play at Florida International the same night, but Conference USA announced Saturday that the game has been canceled.
Marshall remembers lives lost in worst US sports disaster
FILE - In this Nov. 15, 1970, file photo, a fireman looks over the wreckage of a plane in Kenova near Huntington, W.Va. Marshall will mark the 50th anniversary of the plane crash that killed all 75 aboard on Saturday, Nov. 14, 2020, on the campus in Huntington. (AP Photo/Henry Griffin, File)
Trent Ashby and Chris Paddie become first two Republicans to file for Texas House speaker
State Rep. Trent Ashby, R-Lufkin, and state Rep. Chris Paddie, R-Marshall. Credit: Illustration by Miguel Gutierrez Jr./The Texas TribuneTwo Republicans declared their candidacies for speaker of the Texas House on Thursday, becoming the first from their party to enter the race. State Reps. Trent Ashby of Lufkin and Chris Paddie of Marshall join two Democrats in seeking the gavel: Senfronia Thompson of Houston and Trey Martinez Fischer of San Antonio. Candidates are vying to replace Republican House Speaker Dennis Bonnen, who will retire after serving one term thanks to a political scandal last year. Thompson, the longest-serving woman and Black person in the history of the Texas Legislature, filed Friday to run for the gavel.
The Latest: Positive test halts Cal basketball workouts
The Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world:___Californiaโs menโs basketball team is pausing workouts after an unidentified player tested positive for COVID-19. ___The NFL and its players' union say eight players and 11 other personnel tested positive in the latest round of screening for COVID-19. Coach Dan Mullen, at least two assistants and more than two dozen players tested positive following a road trip to Texas A&M earlier this month. FIU has seen more than 30 players miss time this season because of positive coronavirus tests or a need to quarantine after potential exposure. Last Sundayโs game between Lens and Nantes was postponed after 11 Lens players and two staff members tested positive for COVID-19.
The Latest: UMass-Marshall football game set for Nov. 7
22 Marshall has scheduled a Nov. 7 home football game against Massachusetts, athletic director Mike Hamrick said Monday. ___The Carolina Panthers have closed their facility for the next two days after receiving an โunconfirmedโ positive coronavirus test Monday. ___Toledo basketball coach Tod Kowalczyk has tested positive for the coronavirus, the schoolโs athletic department said Monday. Kowalczyk tested positive on Sunday and will self-isolate for 10 days, he said in a statement. Four players and three staff tested positive last week, and Wasps hasn't trained since last Wednesday for its first appearance in the final since 2017.
New Leagues of Their Own
Marshall, Willowridge, Hightower and Kempner have new sets of district rivals with the UIL's realignment for 2020-2021. Marshall and Willowridge are still together in district play for the 2020 football season, but they won't see Manvel anymore. Kempner moves down from class 6A to class 5A, and they'll be in the same district - but they might not even play each other. His team and Hightower contemplate a schedule where opponents, dates and sites for the season's last four weeks are TBD. VYPE's Roger Smith talks to them all as the new season is set to kick off Oct. 1-3.
Rice baseball team defeats Marshall 5-1 Saturday afternoon on the road
On Saturday the Owls clinched the series with a quality start from Kubitza and a breakthrough inning in the fifth. Rice had runners reach scoring position in each of the next four innings, including bases-loaded situations in both the eighth and ninth innings. Marshall avoided the shutout with a run in the bottom of the ninth inning. Kubitza and the Rice staff was well-aware Marshall would continue to fight to the end. "We saw from (Reckling's) game Friday that Marshall would be aggressive at the plate and stay that way all game," Kubitza said.
UH Cougars Falls at Marshall
HOUSTON โ Damier Pitts scored 15 points and dished six assists to help Marshall beat Houston 66-58 Wednesday night. However, Marshall opened the second half on a 16-1 run to take a 39-32 lead with 13:26 left to play. Nigel Spikes came off the bench to grab 10 boards for Marshall in just 17 minutes as the Thundering Herd won the rebounding battle 43-40. Marshall shot 57.6 percent (19 of 33) in the second half, after shooting 31.3 percent (10 of 32) in the first half, and forced 15 Houston turnovers. Leon Gibson led Houston (12-14, 4-9) with 17 points.