It was a pretty morning. Warm as expected in late June.

All of us are being formed in one way or another. We are shaped by the people we associate with, the shows we watch, the podcasts we listen to, and the culture itself. Being a Christian is recognizing formation is happening and choosing to be formed according to the ways of Christ. In other words, being a Christian is being like Christ.

Handicapped by a poor turnout and the absence of its sponsor, the long awaited Nashville Convention convened under a cloud on Jun. 30, 1850.

Editor’s note: With Thursday night’s program about cotton gins at the Fayette Public Library ( Thursday June 26 at 5:30 p.m.), it seemed like a good time to run this remembrance from La Grange’s Norma Bowman.

To the Editor: Mr. Rollins, in his letter To the Editor, indicated he was “at the trial” of Mr.

To the Editor: Regarding the RTAH (Round Top Area Historical Society) article in the FCR – I don’t have a dog in this fight, but that building brings back some nostalgic memories. That is the only thing I am sharing with folks reading this, the memories.

It was almost 5 p.m. when I returned to the newspaper office to wave my newly acquired driver’s license at my parents, announcing — on this bright spring day in 1958 — that I had aced the test to legally sit behind the wheel of the family car.

Third through eighth graders taking the state’s assessment exams showed mixed results, according to results from the Texas Education Agency. The Tribune reported the elementary students taking the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness exam made the biggest gains in reading, especially among third graders.

To the Editor: There’s been a lot of buzz about weak, woke, and corrupt Democrats; a fair portion amongst themselves. I do not believe weak is appropriate, and I actually disagree they are weak, nor is woke a bad thing as implied.

The only daughter of one of Texas’wealthiest cattle kings married a blueblood from Philadelphia on Jun. 18, 1902 in the family mansion at Decatur.