Leon County Today

Landing a B-17

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:43:57 +0000

If readers of this column ever stop calling or writing me about East Texas history, I suppose someone will have to put me out to pasture.

Tales from WannaBea Farm

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:43:58 +0000

Hurricane survivors

“Daddy, I’m scared”, I cried as I scrambled around the backyard trying to catch another chicken. The wind was already howling around the house, the trees bending and twisting.

From the Desk of the County Judge

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:43:58 +0000

We are in the hottest part of the summer and I know everyone is looking for a cool place to be. Just hang in there and before you know it, it will be football season.

Enough!

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:43:58 +0000

By Rep. Joe Barton

What started out as a grassroots movement in communities – large and small from Texas to Maine – has now become a national powerhouse.

The Tea Party began as a way for people to voice their frustration with liberals in Washington stealing away their personal liberty - from ObamaCare and a national energy tax to out-of-control spending and bailouts.

Stargazer

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:43:58 +0000

In 1609 Galileo made his first perspicillum (see-through device) which we now call a telescope. It was initially used as a spyglass for seeing distant ships and other terrestrial objects.

Aboard the USS Lexington

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:43:58 +0000

By U.S. Sen. John Cornyn

This past Fourth of July, I had the honor of welcoming nearly 90 new U.S. citizens aboard the USS Lexington, whose permanent home is in Corpus Christi Bay. It was a fitting location to commemorate Independence Day, and also join these new U.S. citizens as they celebrated the many freedoms and opportunities they could now, as Americans, claim as their own.

Safeguarding Ports is Key to Homeland Security & Prosperity

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:43:58 +0000

By U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison