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Commissioners approve Workforce demonstration in Leon County
With the full court and all their attendees present and what passes for a full house during this time of COVID, The commissioners court met for it’s regular called meeting...
A walk on the wild side becomes more than just exercise
The emotional connection or calming feeling that accompanies a walk in a park or forest is the result of psychological needs being met, according to a recent study from researchers...
Rural Texans have long helped Republicans. Will that hold true on Tuesday?
Rural Texas saved Ted Cruz in 2018. Will it save Donald Trump on Tuesday? That is one of the defining questions as Texas barrels toward what could be its closest...
First Baptist Church Pumpkin Patch draws nearly 1,000 people
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Game Warden Field Notes
Familiar Faces A Titus County game warden caught three men fishing on Lake Welsh without fishing licenses. One of the subjects gave a false name and date of birth, refusing...
Trent Ashby
District 57 House of RepresentativesWith the 2020 Election finally behind us, I want to express my sincere gratitude to the fine folks of House District 57 for entrusting me to continue serving as your...
Cooking Country
Here we are about 2 ½ weeks from Thanksgiving 2020! What a year!! I wonder how my grandkids will describe this year to their grandkids. Will they talk about the...
Mac Shadix
Tips, Touts, Kudos, and KetoWell, don’t we live in interesting times? Have I said it here before? It is an old Chinese curse. ‘May you live in interesting times.’ I am proud of the...
Obituaries
Mayme Pearl (Bell) Ellis Brown
Mayme Pearl (Bell) Ellis Brown was born January 18, 1927 at the home of her grandparents, Jack and Eva (Pate) Bell, in Flo, Texas. Her parents were William Ernest and...
Jimmy Cox
Funeral services for Jimmy Cox, age 71, of Mesquite, Texas, were held 1 P.M., Tuesday, November 3, 2020 at Walters Funeral Home, Centerville, Texas. Keith Ackerman and Richard “Chico” Smith...
Richard Charles “Rich” Pratt
Richard Charles “Rich” Pratt, 74 of Centerville, Texas, passed away on November 2, 2020 at CHI St. Joseph Regional Health Center in Bryan, Texas. He had been fighting cancer and...
Iva Lee Houston Marshall
Iva Lee Houston Marshall, 98, beloved mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, was called to her eternal resting place on November 3, 2020. She entered this world on April 27, 1922 on...