KENNARD — Donald Lamb was fighting a losing battle against his ever-growing East Texas lawn when his neighbor, City Council member James Westbrook, approached him. Credit: Callaghan O'Hare for The Texas Tribune April Wright, Kennard’s city administrator, reviews paperwork inside City Hall. The City Council’s role is primarily to establish the annual tax rate, pay bills, authorize grant applications and …
The last time Tim Harcourt spoke to his friend Sean Turnell he urged him to get out of Myanmar as soon as possible, just after a military coup had overthrown the country's leader Aung San Suu Kyi. Key points: Sean Turnell was being interviewed on the BBC when he was taken into custody Friends say he is an optimistic person, …