Easter time has started a lot of events as the weather moves into warmer times. The annual SJC Women's League Style Show is on Thursday April 9 at the Coldspring Shelter. Tickets are available from …
“They have removed the struggle to find anything. Bookstore owners and record store owners used to be oracles, in that way; you’d go in this dusty old place, and they might point you toward …
I’m fresh off of not watching the finale of “Star Trek: Starfleet Academy” which has been running on Paramount, I think. This, of course, is because I have been adamantly not …
You can spot them right away: the proud kid in the mismatched outfit with the embarrassed-looking parent. You just know there goes a kid who has dressed himself. When young children select …
On April 7, 1890, the proud governor gave a guided tour of the new capitol to Jay Gould, who just happened to be in town at the same time Texans were considering regulation of the railroads. The …
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton called for Gov. Greg Abbott to remove acting state comptroller Kelly Hancock, calling him an “incompetent loser,” The Dallas Morning News reported. Paxton said …
Our Seventh Annual Outdoor Ron-de-Voux took place at the Top Rail Cowboy Church in Greenville this past weekend and, as the saying goes, a good time was had by all. The idea for the event …
Last Friday, Shepherd Library featured Astrophotographer Gary Imm. Gary is a world-renowned photographer of outer space, and I don't mean just our galaxy. His talk with beautiful special glass …
First and foremost, this isn’t any kind of endorsement, or even an anti-endorsement, of a candidate, because I won’t do that, nor does Polk County Publishing permit that. I believe that the …
James Talarico, an Austin area legislator in the state’s lower chamber, is suddenly cast into the role of MAGA villain, par excellence, following his primary victory against congresscritter …
Except for her size, she looked like a perfect 16 years old. Red nail polish emphasized her tiny nails; gold hoops, her pierced ears. Heavy black "combat boots" weighed down her small feet, and she …
How about going on a pork procurement hunt with me in this week’s column? I’ve been a devout hog hunter for much of my adult life. My adrenaline begins to pump when I am setting over a corn …
The moment Francita Alavez heard the nightmarish news on the evening of March 26, 1836, she sprang into swift but secret action. The brave wife of a Mexican officer would not stand idly by while her …
Four Islamic schools have been admitted to the Texas voucher program after a federal judge ordered the state to invite the schools to apply, the Houston Chronicle reported. The judge …
The defining foundation of Christianity is an outrageous claim. It is the claim that God became a human being in the person we call Jesus Christ. It is the assertion that St. Paul made in …
Coldspring Garden Club sponsored the Fish Friday Lunch at SJC Senior Center last week. A lot of the club's members came to eat and enjoy the friendly atmosphere. Johnne Englemann decorated the …
In September 2001, I was at a conference in Dallas, which was the beginning of our newspaper group’s embrace of the internet and what it could mean for the news industry. On the second day of …
As if flying wasn’t frustrating enough nowadays, headlines last week proclaimed how long security lines at major airports. Reportedly, passengers at William P. Hobby Airport in Houston were told to …
“Did you watch a scary movie?” “No”, I told my new kindergarten friend during our conversation about the previous night. “I don't like to be scared. I like the Muppet movies and Walt …
Midshipman Robert Potter resigned from the U.S. Navy on March 20, 1821, and headed home to North Carolina to raise a little hell. When the ex-sailor was not studying the law, he was raking the …