I’ve never been someone to love my birthday. In fact, I’ve always kind of hated it (parents should never choose to get married and have a child on the...

On Apr. 23, 1926, Bessie Coleman made the last payment on her new airplane and arranged for the second-hand Jenny to be flown to Jacksonville, Florida...

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton made it official last week, announcing he will challenge U.S. Sen. John Cornyn in next March’s Republican primary. T...

A Franciscan priest, who made the long and dangerous trip from the New World in search of the mysterious “Lady in Blue,” arrived at a Spanish abbey on...

A THIRD TERM It’s been 3 mo and he’s already talking about a 3rd term. In less than 3 mo he and his cohort have managed to disassemble the workings of...

A judge with the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled last week that the Texas Education Agency can release its 2023 A-F school accountability ratings...

A 23 year old pianist from Kilgore gave sagging morale back home a much needed boost by winning first prize at the International Tschaikowsky competit...

Dear Hays Free Press editor, I am 11 years old, I am writing to you about gun rights on behalf of my Trail Life Troop TX -0316. Gun rights fundamental...

With the way the war was going, the news from Houston on Apr. 6, 1865 was enough to make a grown man cry.  Another well-known name had been added to t...

My very first memory is from when I lived in Durham, NC. I was about two or three years old and we lived in a house with a large, wooden back deck. I ...