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Legal challenges to amendments appear quashed

Legal challenges to amendments appear quashed

A half-dozen lawsuits challenging the 13 approved Texas constitutional amendments appear to be dead in the water, The Dallas Morning News reported. The secretary of state’s office last week declared the propositions approved and now a part of the Texas Constitution, while Gov. Greg Abbott canvassed the election and certified the results. One proposition that would have raised the retirement age of judges was rejected by voters. 12/13/2023 09:00 PM

Pitcher loses leg in hunting accident

Pitcher loses leg in hunting accident

Two weeks after the amputation of most of his right leg, Monty Stratton was released from the hospital on Dec. 13, 1938. 12/13/2023 09:00 PM

The no-hands wonder of the rodeo ring

The no-hands wonder of the rodeo ring

THISWEEK IN TEXAS HISTORY 12/06/2023 10:20 PM

Not blue, just a little gray

Not blue, just a little gray

“On a scale of 0-4, with zero being never and four being very often, how often would you say you have felt unhappy or sad in the last two weeks?” ------ It’s a question my therapist asks approximately every two months. She tracks my answers as a way to obtain a little bit of insight on how I have been feeling. 12/06/2023 10:10 PM

Battle continues over vouchers

Battle continues over vouchers

Capital Highlights 11/29/2023 11:00 PM

Texas courtroom scene of historic trial

Texas courtroom scene of historic trial

On Nov. 24, 1923, a Fort Worth jury came back with a verdict in the federal fraud trial of disgraced explorer, Dr. 11/21/2023 10:00 PM

A girl’s best friend

A girl’s best friend

“When we’re high, when we’re low, you’re always by my side. 11/21/2023 09:50 PM

Jury duty is not like the movies

Jury duty is not like the movies

I got selected for something recently that caught me by surprise — serving on a jury. 11/15/2023 10:00 PM

Quest for revenge ends in execution

Quest for revenge ends in execution

As the Texas Ranger lieutenant prepared to fight 150 or more Indians with only 18 men on Nov. 10, 1837, he must have questioned the wisdom of his reckless decision to part company with his captain, William Mosby Eastland. 11/08/2023 10:00 PM

How I met my sister-friends

How I met my sister-friends

We all have people, places, or things that we cherish that create memories and bonds that last for a lifetime. For me, my college years were some of the best years of my life. I joined the acapella chorus, was initiated into a sorority and worked a lectureship. 11/08/2023 09:50 PM

Letter to the Editor

Letter to the Editor

Dear Editor: Starting October 23- November 3 and on Election Day November 7, you have an opportunity to vote FOR Prop 9, a TRS Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) for over 420,00 TRS public education retireesteachers, administrative personnel, school bus drivers, janitors, maintenance workers, nurses, cafeteria workers and more. I bet you know a publicschool retiree. Think how this modest COLA could help them! 11/01/2023 09:30 PM

Especially when no one is looking

Especially when no one is looking

Integrity, noun, the quality of being honest and having strong moral principles; moral uprightness. -Oxford Languages ------ In laymen’s terms, integrity is often described as, “Doing the right thing, even though no one is watching.” 11/01/2023 09:20 PM

The grandfather clause

The grandfather clause

There is often a period of time between the last day of a new mother’s maternity leave and the first day of childcare for the infant. At least that’s what both our daughters informed us for the past thirteen years. They said according to the “experts”, it is beneficial for newborns to spend several weeks with their grandparents to enhance their psychological and sociological growth, or some mumbo-jumbo like that. Who are we to argue with experts, so we grandparents agree to babysit these little bundles of joy. 11/01/2023 09:20 PM

Taft believed Texas might go republican

Taft believed Texas might go republican

THIS WEEK IN TEXAS HISTORY 10/25/2023 09:10 PM

I'm still a journalism junkie

I'm still a journalism junkie

One day, I was on the phone with my momma reading her a blog post that I had written when she replied, “Lacy, you’ve had a pen in your hand since before you could read words. I used to always tell your father, ‘I don't know what it is about Lacy, but she is naturally drawn to pen and paper.’” Unbeknownst to me at the time that I was born with the gift of writing, a really good memory and wit, just to name a few. However, despite the fact that I was born with these gifts, I had no recollection of the times of which she was speaking. In my immediate family, I am the second of two children, and almost the youngest in my graduating class. I started school a year earlier because it was private, my tuition was free and my father was insistent that my brother and I receive a great education. 10/25/2023 09:00 PM

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