Have you realized that good ideas are sometimes awfully hard to put into practice? Take chores as an example. Most of us agree that having responsibilities about the house are important ways for …
Hunting seasons are well under way and chances are good many of you already have a freezer well stocked with everything from venison steaks and ground meat to dove breasts. Let’s not let …
A local official spoke before Shepherd City Council last Monday. He wanted to give everyone knowledge of the effect the 2026 World Cup would have on our area. The World Cup is the ultimate …
The first person standing in my way of being saved and becoming the person God has planned is me. I don’t know about you, but I am often my own worst enemy. The bad decisions I make harm my …
Unless you’ve been living in a pecan shell (hey, it’s fall, right?), you’ve probably heard that the most devastating and longest lasting shutdown in the history of shutdowns …
More than four-fifths of Texas public schools received an ‘A’ rating for their financial practices, according to the Texas Education Agency, which released the final financial …
Globe-trotting newspaper reporter Hubert Renfro Knickerbocker spoke in Dallas at Southern Methodist University on Nov. 20, 1941, but as usual his pro-war message fell on deaf and hostile ears. …
Recently I wrote about darling Lauren and how she is already “reading.” In reality, Lauren responds to the attention and the time her parents are giving her, and she is learning every …
It’s been a great week, and I’ve been blessed to spend time with fine friends that share my love of the outdoors. For those of us that love to hunt, this is most definitely our time of …
I was setting among a group of very veteran outdoorsmen at an event this past weekend and the subject of great shots made and missed while hunting through the years was brought up. Without exception …
Not a lot of us stop to trace our roots of behavior, but we are all functioning as adults in many ways we learned as children from our observations of adults and their ways. We aren’t …
Yep, last week saw an election, and there were many high-stakes issues facing the country, the state and even our humble neck of the woods. For those of you who turned out, you done good, …
Friends of Shepherd Library held its second trivia team fundraiser night on Saturday. The categories ranged from literature to 70s music and extra points were added if you came in costume. The …
At the largest mass meeting in living memory, the citizens of Cincinnati, Ohio, expressed their enthusiastic support for the Texas Revolution on Nov. 17, 1835. Their sincere statement of …
Texas voters approved all 17 constitutional amendments on the ballot last week, the Houston Chronicle reported. Those included measures to raise the homestead exemption and reduce property taxes for …
I’m getting a little battle fatigued over the political landscape, so this week I’m going to focus on some of the things that have me puzzled but don’t require excessive thought, or …
Through my many years, I have hunted from all sorts of deer stands, everything from a couple of two by fours nailed to a forked tree limb to later in life elevated stands with all the amenities of a …
“She can’t.” Amazed, I said these words upon hearing from our proud, new-father son about our granddaughter. Although (you’ll pardon a proud, new grandmother), we have …
In the middle of the night on Nov. 5, 1960, Johnny “Battle of New Orleans” Horton’s premonition of dying at the hands of a drunk came true on a dark highway in Central Texas. …
