A simmering East Texas feud boiled over into bloodshed on Dec. 15, 1951, when Hunter Bergman shot his sister’s ex-husband to death on the main street of Corrigan.

To the Editor: It was the day after Thanksgiving, and as we sat bundled up in our blankets around the warm fire outside, my mother asked us (besides Jesus, family, and friends) what we were thankful for. My family said they were thankful for many things such as God’s creation, homeschool, where we live, food, dance, music, etc.

The U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear a lawsuit filed by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton challenging the results of the presidential election.

Today we live in a different world. December 25 is referred to as the Holiday Season, Yuletide, X-mas, and other politically correct names. But, in my house, it is CHRISTMAS, the birth of Christ, and I celebrate it as such. In this eventful year of 2020, I think of Christmases past and how it always brought a magical glow to our lives.

Dec. 11-15, 1970 Sheriff’s officers were conducting an investigation involving the theft of two high-priced guns and a radio from a 1965 Chevrolet pickup truck parked at Cottonwood Inn.

La Grange Police Chief David Gilbreath reports on the following incidents his department responded to during the week of of Nov. 29 through Dec.

Giddings Times & News • Giddings Independent School District campus administrators presented data to the board of trustees that shows the majority of current remote learning students are failing or falling behind their classmates that are attending school in person. One campus reported 89% of remote learners are failing more than one class, while another campus reported 83.7% of remote learners failing at least one class.

The Carmine 42 Club met on Dec. 2 with an exchange of Christmas gifts and a wonderful lunch at JWs Steakhouse.

Pam Sheffield and her family recently took a trip to Kentucky to visit Noah’s Ark and the Creation Museum. Along for the trip were Allison and Dawson Williford and Sarah and Grey Holland with their kids, Hayley and Benjamin. It was the first time for Hayley and Benjamin to fly on an airplane and they loved it.

I expected activities to slow down this Christmas because of the pandemic, but think again. I noticed the frantic internal rush to spend money began around mid-November, and it reached a boiling point hours before Thanksgiving, Black Friday, and Cyber Monday...