One of the questions I’m asked is why is the Trinity Police Department so involved in community events? There are several reasons for this. Let me start with the obvious. Since I have been …

With the events happening in the world, it is hard to focus on the tiny town of Trinity, but we have had our own tragedies here. There was a fatal car accident that took the life of one of TISD’s …

One of the pleasures of writing this column is that I meet a lot of people at the meetings in our county and consequently make good friends too. This week, the Community and Children's Impact …

The English definition of yada is boring or empty talk. In the Hebrew Bible the word means “to know.” To know by observing and reflecting and to know by experiencing. Let’s examine yada …

When someone says or does something you dislike, how do you react? Do you tend to lose it when this happens? Have you? Think about it! I know I have stuck my foot in it, so to speak, and later I …

There was a lot of righteous, unrighteous and more than a lot of uninformed indignation recently over the fact that an interview of James Talarico, a Democrat candidate for Senator in Texas, was …

Call it Schroedinger’s First Amendment crisis – James Talarico’s interview last week on CBS’s Late Show with Stephen Colbert was either the victim of what is increasingly looking like …

Early voting in the March 3 primary ends on Friday, Feb. 27. Texas Secretary of State Jane Nelson announced that Texas has 18.7 million registered voters for the primary. “Nearly 19 million …

Before the messenger disappeared in the pre-dawn darkness of March 3, 1836, the hollow-eyed colonel whispered, “Every morning at daybreak, I will fire a cannon as a sign that we still hold the …

"I can't imagine where we ever found time to watch TV." This observation by Mary Nohler in her article, "Unplugged," in the March 1994, “Ladies’ Home Journal,” describes my feelings, after …

Before the famous John 3:16 is this sentence: “And just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in him may have eternal life” …

The board and committee members of Women's League of San Jacinto County met last Thursday to discuss the planning of their annual Style Show. This, along with the silent auction, is the major …

One of the questions I am routinely asked, is why law enforcement officials “do what we do” on a traffic stops. Most police agencies have traffic enforcement programs. When utilized …

Monday was another beautiful day on the outside, but too cold on the inside until lunch time. Early voting started this week, and I have never received as many advertisements for the Republican …

Most folks that read my column, listen to my radio shows or watch my outdoor adventures on “A Sportsman’s Life” TV show probably know I absolutely love hunting wild hogs and enjoying the pork …

We remember Job as a Godly man whom God allowed Satan to attack without mercy. Satan could not kill Job but he could devastate him. His 10 children died at a birthday party when a whirlwind …

Friends, I was like a kid in a candy store. When I first visited Washington, D.C. (youth tour, 1977), politicians and historic monuments took second place. This small-town nerd was obsessed with …

I posed a question the other day because I truly was curious about the Super Bowl. Not that I had a team in that, but I was truly interested in the final score. I went to every website I usually …

All the crackheads, the critics, the cities, and all my heroes at the methadone clinics… for the crooked cops and the cluttered desks for the shots of Jack and the caps of meth …

Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton and Democratic U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett are leading their respective primary campaigns for U.S. Senate, according to a poll released last week by the …