Faith in Christmas

Body It’s Christmas time, when we celebrate the birth of Christ. In the U.S., surveys show that more than 80% of us believe in God. That’s more people than have lawyers, drive foreign cars, believe DNA is absolute proof of a criminal act, own a home, have been divorced, or watch Oprah!

Is that really your jersey?

Body Is that really your jersey? I want one that says MAHOMES. He’s my new favorite quarterback. Pre-Mahomes I didn’t even have a favorite. I like his nonchalance. He calms my nerves. Patrick Mahomes belongs to a tradition.

It takes a village

Body In our little newspaper office on Burlington Avenue in downtown Spur, it takes a village to publish three weekly newspapers serving eight counties and ten school systems.

Drier, warmer weather in November

Body AUSTIN—Blame it on La Niña. By the end of November, nearly half the state was experiencing drought conditions, up 25 percentage points from the end of October, according to Dr. Mark Wentzel, a hydrologist with the Texas Water Development Board.

Deer Hunting Cow Lick

Body I’ve got a mule deer hangin’ on my wall from northern New Mexico, so I could relate to Rafael’s story. He had joined two of his cousins for a deer hunting trip near Cuba, N.M., where his uncle had a cabin.

Time for new advent-ures

Body By now your family is a third of the way through your Advent calendar. Little card-stock doors or windows are opened to reveal various tokens: chocolates, Christmas images, or maybe biblical verses that tell the story of the birth of Jesus.

State lowers price cap for power providers

Body AUSTIN—The state’s Public Utility Commission last week lowered the maximum allowable wholesale price for electricity by almost half, from $9,000 per megawatt hour to $5,000.

The Chain Gang

Body Most would admit it was an unusual location to put a chain in the first place. Not that it didn’t look at home amongst the rotting posts and rusty headgate, but there it was. Miles and his wife decided their little place could carry a few more cows.

50th District names new chief juvenile probation officer

Body 50th Judicial District Judge Jennifer A. Habert this week announced the appointment of Sandra Garcia as director of the 50th Judicial District community supervision department and chief juvenile probation officer.

When everyone finds their way back together

Body “An American Sunrise” is a collection of poems by Joy Harjo, the current poet laureate of the United States. Since 1936, the Library of Congress has chosen a poet to hold a one-year term from September to May.