Previous recipients include state Sens. Juan "Chuy" Hinojosa and Eddie Lucio, both of whom were in attendance and sat with Sharp for the presentations. The 1972 Kingsville Texas A&I graduate helped pilot the "Healthy South Texas" program and establish the Texas A&M Higher Education Center.
District Judge W. Stacy Trotter has slated a 9 a.m. Oct. 22 trial for the high-profile lawsuit in the Jan. 14, 2015, collision of a state prison bus and a freight train in which two Texas Department of Criminal Justice guards and eight inmates died 15 miles west of Odessa at the oilfield ghost town of Penwell.
This is a round trip of 100 miles departing from Texas State Railroad depot in Palestine, TX. This scenic stretch of track meanders through the piney woods of East Texas to Rusk, TX. Participants will travel from Palestine, TX to Rusk, TX on two round trips.