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The University of Texas is headed to the College World Series in Omaha, but the school's baseball team will receive another honor Thursday in the nation's capital.

Congressman Roger Williams (R-Austin), will honor former University of Texas coach Augie Garrido at Thursday's 2018 bipartisan Congressional Baseball Game at Nationals Park, according to a news release from Williams.

Garrido died on March 15. He was 79.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Representative Mo Brooks of Alabama remembers how the gunman had described him: "63, white hair."

On a bright morning last June, a man who was distraught over President Trump's election opened fire on the Republican congressional baseball team here at a public park complex. Four people were shot before the Capitol and Alexandria police took him down.

Executives of Golden State Foods along with state, county and city officials broke ground on its 200,000 square foot facility at HighPoint Business Park today.

"The quality of HighPoint Business Park's tenants have put Burleson on the map," said Burleson's Mayor, pro tem Dan McClendon, during the groundbreaking ceremony. "Now, Golden State Foods, who services more than 125,000 restaurants and stores on five continents from its 50 locations, has put us on the globe."

SHERMAN, TX - From Baker field to Nationals Park, Austin College Baseball coach Mike Ramsey is taking his talents to the nation's capital to coach in this year's Congressional Baseball Game.

"I've always joked that this is my one way to get on to a major league ballpark, is to coach in a game like this," Austin College Baseball Coach Mike Ramsey said."

Ramsey shares TCU ties with Texas Congressman Roger Williams, who invited Ramsey to be an assistant for the Republican team. Ramsey then spent a few days in May at the Nationals Youth Academy for practice.