Summer is in full swing, but back to school is right around the corner. Be sure to stay cool during these hot Texas days. Here are five things happening around your state: Property tax …
By Chris Edwardsnews@tylercountybooster.com Recently I read something from one of my colleagues in the field of community newspapers here in Texas that provided some good points to chew on …
When is a solution not a solution? When it’s something that comes from the government. State or federal, county or city, makes little difference. Not that all decisions are terrible, but …
Summer is in full swing, but back to school is right around the corner. Be sure to stay cool during these hot Texas days. Here are five things happening around your state: Property taxrelief …
By Tony Farkastony@polkcountypublishing.com With all the turmoil in the country and the world these days, it sometimes is tough to pick a topic to expand on with pithy comments and common-sense …
By Chris Edwardsnews@tylercountybooster.com Last week, pop country brand-name Jason Aldean generated a good deal of mainstream news coverage, not to mention big sales/streams, of his latest …
By Tony Farkastony@polkcountypublishing.com I’ve never really been a fan of country music. Don’t get me wrong; there are quite a lot of songs I really like, and having been in a band, …
By Tony Farkastony@polkcountypublishing.com I’ve been a patron of the internet since its virtual infancy as a means of information transfer medium. I’ve even been a computer nerd since the …
By Jim Powersjim@polkcountypublishing.com My wife and I both love music, but we come to music from a very different place. I will sit down and stream an entire album while doing nothing but …
It really hasn’t been a good time lately for the Illuminaticrats currently in power in the country. Things started sliding when the U.S. Supreme Court knocked down Roe v. Wade, calling it an …
July 4 now the definition of irony The rockets red-glared, the bombs burst and Old Glory was saluted as we honored the 247th birthday of our great and vaunted nation. Independence Day, …
By Sen. Robert NicholsSenate District 3 Next week, the nation will celebrate Independence Day. The Fourth of July commemorates the ratification of the Declaration of Independence in 1776, …
Listening to music as we floated in a swimming pool on a recent hot summer day, Fleetwood Mac’s “Landslide” started playing. We were all shushed so that Daughter could enjoy the song without …
By Tony Farkastony@polkcountypublishing.com As everyone knows, raising children takes a boatload of patience, a planetload of love and compassion and a universe full of the need for protection. …
By Jim Powersjim@polkcountypublishing.com I’m not often surprised by the depravity of human beings, but it seems all too frequently another story comes along that makes me shake my head in …
By Jim Powersjim@polkcountypublishing.com There’s an old print newspaper adage that goes, “If it bleeds, it leads.” It points to a dangerous trait of humans, to be more attracted to …
By Tony Farkastony@polkcountypublishing.com One thing that’s been banging around this old noggin for quite some time, especially over the last 20-something years, has been children. When I …
By Rep. Trent AshbyRepresenting District 9 Today is the final day for Gov. Greg Abbott to sign or veto bills passed during the 88th regular legislative session. If, after this deadline, the …
By Tony Farkastony@polkcountypublishing.com Memorial services for the United States of America, 247, will not be held, as there’s no one left who actually supported the former nation. There …
By Jim Powersjim@tylercountybooster.com We need to invent a stronger word to replace cynicism. Over my decades of observing humanity, I’ve become increasingly cynical about our ability to …
