“At a time when the World seems to be spinning hopelessly out of control…” Willie Nelson, The Red-Headed Stranger Album If you’re wanting to read about politics, you won’t find it here. I would just like to share a story that really has no bearing on today’s events, one about childhood and a simpler time.

To the Editor: I continue to receive repeats of Harry Truman historical fiction in my email, it’s repeated exponentially over Facebook for at least a decade and occasionally makes it to the pages of the Record. In this creative telling, “Noble Harry Truman” left office at age 68 and lived in poverty on a $112.56/month military pension, refusing to profit from his time in office.

To the Editor: As we explore the 250th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, we remind ourselves that war inevitably changes a colony’s, nation’s, state’s, or community’s sense of itself: its values, identities, relationships, and sense of place. That point is essential to understanding rebellion.

To the Editor: With our leadership for our County, I’d like to say “Thank You” for being wise, alert and very proactive due to data centers creeping in to various counties close to Fayette County. It is greatly appreciated that we all stay on top of our rural lands and protect all that we have here in Fayette County.

To the Editor: At the recent school bond meeting, I spoke not only as a parent, but as someone who grew up in this community and believes deeply in the future of La Grange. Our schools are more than buildings.

To the Editor: Glynis Tietjen’s response to my last letter confirms what I suspected: she is remarkably comfortable presenting supposed common sense as a substitute for verifiable facts. While she claims to avoid fake news by sticking to reputable sources, her latest letter is once again a laundry list of debunked talking points and basic mathematical errors.

The Texas house of representatives passed the Primary Election Bill on Mar. 16, 1918, and ten days later Gov. William P. Hobby made it official in a special signing ceremony at the state capitol. At long last the women of Texas got the vote.

In 1992, a California woman named Teri Horton bought a large, messy painting at a thrift store for five dollars. She liked it, but it didn’t fit anywhere in her small trailer. Eventually, she tried to sell it at a garage sale, and an art teacher shopping there commented that it looked like a “Jackson Pollock.” Experts examined it, and suddenly that five-dollar thrift-store purchase had the potential value of tens of millions.

Nearly 4.5 million Texans voted in the Democratic and Republican primaries, according to The Texas Tribune, surpassing recent turnout numbers. A total of 2.3 million ballots were cast in the Democratic primary and 2.2 million in the Republican primary, marking the first time Democratic turnout was higher since 2020. Texas has approximately 18.7 million registered voters, so turnout was just under 25%.

The year was 1946. One morning while my dad went to move a house, my mom and my aunt went to our corn field to do some chopping of weeds.