Quilt lovers, history enthusiasts, and art admirers alike are invited to experience the vibrant beauty of America’s quilting heritage at the upcoming Crazy Quilt Show, hosted by Chestnut Square Heritage Village, this May. Part of the beloved “Crazy Days in May” celebration, the exhibition will take place May 22-24, with a special preview experience on May 22. Guests will have the rare opportunity to explore one of the nation’s largest collections of crazy quilts—intricate, richly details textile artwork dating from the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Wildlife senior Elizabeth Weinmann presents her research to others at the Annual Research Symposium. photo credit: Jason Connel, ETAMU Marketing and Communications

Calling all young adventurers ages 8–12! Get ready for 3 days of hands-on pioneer fun at Frontier Village & Museum in Denison, Texas! From butter churning and weaving to open-fire cooking and old-fashioned games, campers will experience life on the frontier like never before. We will host 2 camps with different activities each week.

In 2025, 965 people who died in traffic crashes on Texas roads were not buckled up. While that was a 10% decline from the previous year, which had 1,072 unbuckled fatalities, more lives could have been saved. “A seat belt can be the difference between walking away from a crash and never making it home, but only if you’re wearing it,” TxDOT Executive Director Marc Williams said.

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1980 – Mount St. Helens erupts in Washington, United States, killing 57 people and causing $3 billion in damage. On May 18, 1980, at 8:32 a.m., Mount St. Helens in Skamania County, Washington experienced a catastrophic explosive eruption which had a volcanic explosivity index of 5. It was the first to occur in the contiguous United States since the much smaller 1915 eruption of Lassen Peak in California. The main eruption was preceded by a series of volcanic explosions, pyroclastic flows, and phreatic blasts beginning in March 1980. It has often been considered the most disastrous volcanic event in U.S. history. The eruption was preceded by a series of earthquakes and steam-venting episodes caused by an injection of magma at shallow depth below the volcano that created a large bulge and a fracture system on the mountain's north slope. An earthquake at 8:32:11 am PDT (UTC−7) on May 18, 1980, caused the entire weakened north face to slide away, a sector collapse which was the largest subaerial landslide in recorded history. This allowed the partly molten rock, rich in high-pressure gas and steam, to suddenly explode northward toward Spirit Lake in a hot mix of lava and pulverized rock, overtaking the landslide. An eruption column rose 80,000 feet (215 miles) into the atmosphere and deposited ash in 11 U.S. states and various Canadian provinces. At the same time, snow, ice, and several entire glaciers on the volcano melted, forming a series of large lahars (volcanic mudslides) that reached as far as the Columbia River, nearly 50 miles to the southwest. Less severe outbursts continued into the next day, only to be followed by other large, but not as destructive, eruptions later that year. The thermal energy released during the eruption was equal to 26 megatons of TNT. About 57 people were killed, including innkeeper and World War I veteran Harry R. Truman, photographers Reid Blackburn and Robert Landsburg, and volcanologist David A. Johnston. Hundreds of square miles were reduced to wasteland, causing over $1 billion in damage (equivalent to $3.5 billion in 2024). Thousands of animals were killed, and Mount St. Helens was left with a crater on its north side.