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Trying a new genre

Trying a new genre

Let me tell you about two of the books I’ve recently read and enjoyed. 04/10/2024 08:50 PM

Another failed attempt at investigative reporting

Another failed attempt at investigative reporting

If y’all’ve been wondering where I’ve been lately, well, I’ve been away on assignment. For months, we’ve been hearing daily reports about all the trouble down in Mexico and along the Texas border. So, being a dedicated journalist as I claim to be, I have spent the past few weeks down south to take a good look at what’s really happening, and I’m here to report my findings. 04/03/2024 09:00 PM

You are not too much, you are just enough

You are not too much, you are just enough

“Can I let you in on a little secret? 04/03/2024 09:00 PM

State immigration law again on hold

State immigration law again on hold

The on-again, off-again state immigration law is once more on hold while the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals considers its constitutionality. 03/27/2024 08:00 PM

Furious Houston canes his accuser

Furious Houston canes his accuser

THIS WEEK IN TEXAS HISTORY 03/27/2024 08:00 PM

World traveler brought ’em back alive

World traveler brought ’em back alive

Frank Buck, the celebrated adventurer who brought exotic wildlife “back alive,” took his last breath not in a faraway jungle but in a Houston hospital bed on Mar. 25, 1950. 03/20/2024 09:00 PM

Spring break and mom guilt

Spring break and mom guilt

If you are in the Hays County area and have school-aged children, it is likely that they spent the last week at home for spring break, much like my 6-year-old son did. 03/20/2024 08:50 PM

The last days of Sam Houston

The last days of Sam Houston

Speaking in public for the last time on Mar. 18, 1863, Sam Houston told the citizens of the town that bore his name, “The welfare and glory of Texas will be the uppermost thought while the spark of life remains in this breast.” 03/13/2024 05:00 PM

Taking a stand against public information blackouts

Taking a stand against public information blackouts

Shining light on our government through public information helps us ask questions of elected officials – and hold them accountable. 03/13/2024 05:00 PM

Pancho Villa’s surprise attack on border town

Pancho Villa’s surprise attack on border town

THIS WEEK IN TEXAS HISTORY 03/06/2024 09:00 PM

I love roller coasters now, by the way

I love roller coasters now, by the way

The first time I rode a roller coaster, I was 16. 03/06/2024 09:00 PM

I never said goodbye

I never said goodbye

Right before the holidays, I heard the tragic news that one of my classmates from high school unexpectedly passed away in his New York apartment. 02/28/2024 10:10 PM

Can you change the person you’re dating?

Can you change the person you’re dating?

The following article is part four of a four-week series focusing on raising awareness about dating violence. February is Dating Violence Awareness month and we hope to educate our community on this very important issue. One in three young people will experience dating violence in their lifetime. Locally, the Hays-Caldwell Women’s Center has been serving victims of domestic and dating violence, sexual assault and child abuse since 1978. 02/28/2024 09:50 PM

Elvis comes to Texas and goes home the king

Elvis comes to Texas and goes home the king

Eighty-eight thousand paying customers packed the Astrodome on Mar. 3, 1974 for Elvis Presley’s two sold-out performances, his last at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. 02/28/2024 09:00 PM

Congressmen pay price for anti-war stand

Congressmen pay price for anti-war stand

Jeff: McLemore, a feisty freshman congressman from Texas, butted heads with Woodrow Wilson on Feb. 17, 1916 over the president’s about-face toward the European war. Though surprised by the violent eruption of ancient antagonisms in 1914, most Americans took only a passing interest in the distant conflict. Above all, they wanted no part of the foreign feud, a consensus that produced the presidential pronouncement the United States “must be neutral in fact as well as name.” 02/14/2024 09:00 PM

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