Immigrants from Mexico are much in the news these days and opinions vary widely on whether these newcomers are a good thing or a bad thing. But one immigrant seems to be welcomed by almost everyone. I speak of the house finch. Originally a native of Mexico, this little bird, like many others, made i...

T he trigger-happy state police opened fire without warning on a crowd of Saturday shoppers in Brownwood on Aug. 19, 1871. In his inaugural address in April 1870, Republican Edmund J. Davis asked fellow Radicals for a new law-enforcement legion to bring Reconstruction order to the chaotic countrysid...

By Camelia Juarez Roughly 150 kids received a free, fresh haircut from local barbers Sunday at the Krug Activity Center in Kyle. The number of kids receiving new hairdos, part of the Kutz for Kidz event, has tripled since Chris Ortiz, owner of a Kyle-area barbershop, first coordinated the event in 2...

As he debuted his first film in front of friends and family at the Fellowship at Plum Creek Church Aug. 1, Kyle native Clayton Jones felt as if he was practically naked. Showing off “Clod,” his 20-minute short film that’s still in the post-production process, meant getting the first public reaction ...

A t Bird’s Fort north of present-day Arlington, the Snively Expedition officially disbanded on Aug. 7, 1843 and the dispirited members went their separate ways. Seven tense years after San Jacinto, a state of war still existed between the independent province and its estranged mother country. On the...

Neighbors, please seek medical care when symptoms of heart trouble appear. This long-planned column is prompted into reality by Brent Meador’s recent emergency “heart shock” on the day he and Peggy, who live on Pin Oak, were scheduled to leave on a Washington DC vacation. Peggy reported that, for 4 ...

1. Mulch and water: Your vegetable garden, landscape, flowerbeds and trees need some help to make it through this torrid month. Mulch generously, and water deeply. 2. Lawn care: Your grass also needs deep, infrequent watering (5 day schedule) and keep the cutting height for your lawnmower as high as...

W ith the encouragement of his piano teacher at the Texas School for the Blind, Fred Lowery got up the nerve to audition for a radio program on July 31, 1929. A few days later, the station manager phoned the 19-year-old blind orphan to tell him he had the job. For the first time in his life, he woul...

Foster children change homes an average of four to six times every two years, and oftentimes move with nothing but a trash bag of clothes and hope for care, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. A Buda nonprofit CEO and mother, Susan Ramirez, started Austin Angels with the h...

Editor’s note: Below is the second part of a two-part series written by Kate McCarty, a longtime Hays County resident who recently traveled to the border to give supplies to migrants donated by Hays County Democrats. The second part focuses on advocacy groups assisting migrants at the border. By Kat...