The Student Government Association held a meeting in the Pride Room of the Sam Rayburn Student Center from 6 p.m. to about 6:30 p.m. Topics discussed included challenging the proposed tuition increase, the current situation involving the theft of editions of The East Texan, and the theme for SGA’s involvement […]

A press release stating disciplinary action has been pursued for the football players involved in the thefts of The East Texan on Feb. 25 was sent out Mar. 3 by Texas A&M University-Commerce. The release stated President Dan Jones would seek justice for the thefts. “A&M-Commerce does not stand back […]

Texas A&M University-Commerce has partnered with the Converging Literacies Center (CLiC) in a black history preservation project focused on Commerce’s Norris Community. Located in northeast Commerce, the Norris Community was organized in the 1890s within city limits as an all-black community, and remained home to the majority of the city’s […]

There are roughly 1,500 students living on campus at Texas A&M University-Commerce, and Mayor Quay Throgmorton wants each of them to get involved with the community. Only 500 people voted when Throgmorton was elected mayor, and he wants to see that change. “There is a lot of power in the […]

Between 7 a.m. and 8 a.m. on Feb. 25, members of the football team stole editions of The East Texan, which were distributed throughout campus newspaper racks. On Feb. 26, Crime Information Officer Lt. Jason Bone interviewed head coach of the football team Guy Morriss, who said he advocated his […]

Commerce Police Department hosted its first weeklong Basic SWAT (Special Weapons and Tactics) School, which culminated in team practical exercises at the vacant former A.C. Williams Elementary building Feb. 25. Additional participating agencies included University Police Department, L3 Communications, Texas A&M police officers, and Commerce ISD school resource officers, with […]

The Feb. 25 editions of The East Texan, which were distributed throughout the campus of Texas A&M University-Commerce, were stolen from their racks between 7 a.m. and 8 a.m. Feb. 25. Crime Information Officer Lt. Jason Bone said an investigation is underway, which has led him to believe members of […]

Local gang violence has caused the revocation of a public dance hall license from The Lodge, a Commerce establishment. The Lodge, a local event center, had its license removed on Jan. 1 due to multiple shootings and one stabbing assumed to be related to gang activity in the region. “About […]

A student was arrested Feb. 25 on suspicion of intent to distribute drugs after a caller tipped off officers that she smelled marijuana. The student was identified as 21-year-old criminal justice major Michael Rashad Horn. A police report released by the Commerce Police Department said officers received information of drug […]