Fewer Americans are attending traditional church services. Fewer are attending Catholic schools, too. According to Gallup, the number of Americans who...

Crow’s Nest by Clint Younts Bluebonnets are thick as ticks on a hound’s belly, and other wildflowers have begun popping up in my pasture. My pecan tre...

by Gary Borders The latest report on child maltreatment fatalities and near fatalities, compiled by the Texas Department of Family and Protective Serv...

As voters in ten Texas counties went to the polls on April 10, 1937 to pick a new congressman, the youngest candidate on the ballot spent the day in a...

Young-At-Large by John Young Wanted: a new location for the Major League All-Star Game. Qualifications: (1) must love baseball; (2) must show fidelity...

Guest Column by Austin Lewter To anyone who says, “newspapers are dead;” I say, “Sit at my desk the Monday after the post office sends a bundle of new...

Texas History by Bartee Haile During the first week of April 1829, Sam Houston sent his teenaged bride home to mother, decided to resign as governor o...

The Kyle File by David Abdel A short drive through town and one thing you’ll certainly notice quickly is that Kyle is building up. You can’t drive fiv...

Guest Column by Tom Purcell Springtime has arrived in Washington, D.C. The National Cherry Blossom festival is underway. Some 3,700 cherry trees, give...

Kid Curry, the most dangerous member of the Wild Bunch, shot a total stranger and left him to die in the dust while passing through a West Texas town ...