Paralyzed and partially blind, Temple Lea Houston spent his forty-fifth birthday on Aug. 12, 1905 waiting for death to put an end to his suffering. Sa...

Texas public schools received more than $19 billion in pandemic relief funds over the last four years, but that pipeline of cash will largely end on S...

Dear Editor, I was missing my grandmother-in-law the other day and her stories of her family's ranch and mohair production in the 1950s. Tough work, m...

'Tis the season … the political season, that is. It comes in waves — every four years at least — and it brings a tension that seemingly knows no limit...

Dear Editor, Did you ever see a Lassie go this way and that way? Go this way and that? Did you ever see a NATION go this way and that? Our Nation has ...

Two “river pilots” on patrol over the international border on Aug. 10, 1919 mistook the Rio Conchos River for the Rio Grande and a wrong turn took the...

The unique and fascinating life of Vander Clyde ended where it started, his birthplace of Round Rock, when the celebrated star of the trapeze and high...

Dear Editor, Capital Highlights by Gary Borders in the June 26th edition of News-Dispatch was most informative. I learned about State spending, how ma...

As the dog days of August approach and electric bills soar, the Public Utility Commission is reminding consumers of rules in place to protect them fro...

“Red” Goleman and an accomplice held up the bank at Hull in Liberty County on July 26, 1939.  The Big Thicket bandit was setting a dangerous example f...