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Make Decisions as Adults

To The Editor: I am replying to Patti Reid’s comments to my letter to editor from two weeks ago, and I stand by my original letter. Children I grew up with, my children’s friends, and now those I am most close to such as grandchildren of friends, or my own grandchildren, never discuss issues of sex gender, sex change, trans, or ever talk of the woke issues happening in our country.

Ranger Cuts a Deal to Get Friend’s Killer

Clutching the telegram with the news of a brother Ranger’s murder, John R. Hughes stormed into the Marfa office of his commander on Apr. 17, 1889 and announced through clenched teeth, “I want to go after Parra.”

Inflation & Seed Saving

Seed saving used to be an integral part of gardening (and farming). Hundreds of years ago, just about everyone in the world spent their lives producing food from the earth.

Traffic Deaths Spike in Highway Work Zones

The Texas Department of Transportation wants motorists to be aware of dangerous conditions in road construction zones after crashes in those zones killed 244 people last year. The death toll is an increase of 33% over 2020 and is the highest in 40 years.

Czech This Out, An Ancestry Surprise

“You are the fairy tale told by your ancestors.” – Author Toba Beta I’m 44 years old. That seems to me far too old to be surprised about my family history.

REMEMBER WHEN?

April 11-14, 1972 Through a nationwide alert issued by Sheriff T.J. Flournoy, the long arm of the Fayette County law reached all the way to Kelso, Washington, to find the third suspect in the Kleiber tractor theft.

Hot-Tempered Gunman Pushed His Luck

The surprising thing about the Apr. 7, 1902 death of Barney Riggs was not the violent nature of his demise but that the West Texas gunfighter managed to live so long.

Copperhead Encounter

We had just finished moving a house for a couple near Brenham. After completing the job, the lady asked if we could also move a small 10 ft.

Deadline Nears to Register for Elections

Eligible Texas voters who have not done so already have until April 7 to register to vote in the May 7 statewide constitutional amendment election, as well as any local elections for city, school districts and other local entities.

The Moon is a Balloon

Driving through Round Top around nine-thirty the other evening, I was struck by the sense of relaxed holiday ease. It was the first Saturday of the Antique Show and town was crowded. Yes, the weather that day had been fabulous. After all, it doesn’t take an Antiques extravaganza to bring people to our area on a beautiful day.