Texas high school students showed improvement in every subject in this spring’s end-of-course STAAR exams, the Texas Education Agency reported. The results include assessments in Algebra I, …
If you are a deer hunter it’s a good bet you can scrounge around in your freezer and find a few packages of overlooked venison steaks, roasts or ground meat. If vacuum sealed or double wrapped …
This is the time of year where there are many ceremonies, events and certain sociological rites are performed, mostly by the young. The older folks have forgotten this, opting for shorter, …
“I think it’s awesome that Trump … puts on cage fights on the White House lawn. I don’t like the Iran war thing, but I like that.” — Joe Rogan Two-hundred and fifty …
Summer is not waiting for June 21; it decided to come a little early. It also falls on Father's Day, so we have a lot to celebrate that Sunday. On Friday last week at SJC Senior Center, we …
After Abraham received his call to leave Haran and go to the Promised Land (Genesis 12:1-4), he believed God and responded to the call. Each of us should do the same. Yes, we must test the call …
On Jun. 13, 1881, Ben Thompson, gunfighter and lawman, received a gold-plated target pistol in the mail from his new friend, famed showman “Buffalo Bill” Cody. The two men met a year and a …
A number of years ago, one of my favorite children wore a shirt that said, “Water me, I’m growing.” It was a cute saying, and it speaks to the real needs of children as they grow. They must be …
Gov. Greg Abbott issued a statewide disaster declaration late last week after the New World screwworm was found in two calves in South Texas, according to The Dallas Morning News. Two cases have …
This past week, Cedar Creek guide Chris Webb, Jeff Rice and I met at the boat ramp just as the sun was beginning to light up the eastern sky. Our goal was to film a segment of our weekly TV …
Thanks to all of us, we’ve survived the latest round of elections in the state, and based on that, we will have a new senator representing our desires in Washington, D.C. Or, at least that’s …
Have you ever tried to run a marathon while stuck in waist-deep mud? Me neither, but that’s about what this year’s primary season felt like. After last week’s runoffs and the entire thing …
Attorney General Ken Paxton and his allies began working to repair fissures among GOP voters after he routed incumbent U.S. Sen. John Cornyn in the March 26 runoff, The Dallas Morning News reported. …
Gen. Winfield Scott, head of the Union armed forces, signed an order on June 3, 1861, for the immediate arrest of Albert Sidney Johnston. If Texas’ top general would not fight for the North, he …
I’ve been a devout hunter and eater of wild pork for a long, long time. I’ve pursued wild porkers in remote river bottoms of east Texas and the brush country of South Texas and just about …
Bubbles, bubbles, bubbles. How many times have we been delighted with the magic of making bubbles? Think how our children love them, and then we think of how expensive the bubbles-by-the-bottle can …
So often, the Bible makes it sound as God spoke right out loud to people. For example, consider what God is recorded as saying in Genesis 12:1-2, “The Lord said to Abram, ‘Leave your land, …
A Memorial Day ceremony was held outside at the county courthouse. It was very well-attended, the weather was beautiful, and many local elected officials and community leaders took part in honoring …
There’s something very special about river fishing. I grew up a few miles from the Red River in Red River County and have fond memories of bank fishing along the river. I remember my dad …
Monday was Memorial Day, and I spent the weekend reflecting on my dad and his brother. Both were in the service — my dad in the Air Force for more than 20 years, my uncle in the Navy until his …