To the editor: I was looking forward to reading last week’s letter titled, ‘A vote for Trump was a Vote of Defiance,’ because I could Identify with that. However, after reading the first paragraph which repeated the tired and erroneous narrative of the January 6, 2021 event, I was disappointed.

To the editor: I am writing to emphasize that the next Fayette County Judge must prioritize the aggressive expansion of the county’s well water sampling program. With the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) and the LCRA moving to reduce oversight and pollution limits for the Fayette Power Project (FPP), the County remains the sole independent defender of its groundwater.

To the editor: Patsy Chernosky Parker (according to your recent letter) it looks like your Trump version of the Bible printed in China is missing a few pages. Exodus 23:9 “Do not oppress a foreigner; you yourselves know how it feels to be foreigners.” God clearly rejects injustice toward immigrants.

As your state representative, Stan Kitzman has delivered major conservative achievements for Texans: protecting children from radical gender modification, banning Critical Race Theory and DEI, restricting pornography, keeping boys out of girls’ sports in schools, defending election integrity, combatting Sharia Law in Texas, lowering property taxes, strengthening the border, and expanding educational opportunities for all Texas students.

Feb. 24-27, 1976 A public hearing was scheduled to consider an application from Prause Market to build a slaughterhouse at the corner of W.

Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton and Democratic U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett are leading their respective primary campaigns for U.S. Senate, according to a poll released released last week by the University of Houston’s Hobby School of Public Affairs, the Austin American-Statesman reported. Early voting began Feb. 17 and runs through Feb. 27.

The gophers seemed to have found my garden again. The critters in my garden appear to be one of the species of pocket gophers, possibly the Central Texas Pocket Gopher ( Geomys texensis).

Convinced he had been cheated out of a pot on Feb. 18, 1872, an angry poker player started shooting at the owner of Fort Griffin’s first saloon.

We recently celebrated Valentine’s Day and love was in the air. If you happened to go to HEB or Walmart, you saw flowers, chocolates, cards, and much more. Valentine’s Day is a big deal, especially if you are in elementary school and you have to pick out the right set of cards to hand out to all of your classmates. This time in February is not the only time we talk about love in our culture. It is a frequent topic. We use slogans like “love wins” and “love over hate.” We watch movies about love. We listen to love songs. There is even an entire tv channel with a loyal fan base devoted to telling stories about love with very similar plots. Love is more than in the air. It’s a part of our culture.

How do you respond when someone tells you they have a sore throat or any other despicable and communicable ailment? That question came up in an article from a blog I was reading, which offered five helpful responses—especially if the person sharing this alarming news is a friend or loved one. Five Things to Say to Show You Care: 1.