I was thinking about the upcoming holidays and some of my favorite sweets, so I picked two easy-to-make recipes for cookies that freeze well. So start baking, enjoy some, and freeze the rest! - KIM B.

Starting today, the USPSOperationSanta.com website is active and ready to welcome potential letter adopters to help make the holiday season special for hundreds of deserving kids and their families. This year, the holiday season is going to be more challenging than usual for many.

It is a year of lower expectations. Every year, there is a chorus of folks urging us to lower our expectations for the holidays—buy less, consume less, worry less about having a picture-perfect holiday, and spend more time reflecting on what the holiday means to us.

CHS junior Logan Gatlin won the Lincoln-Douglas Debate competition at the Amarillo High School Speech and Debate Tournament on Saturday, Dec. 5. Logan went 6-0, with a 3-0 finish in the finals to win first place among a field of 24 competitors. CHS speech and debate coach Christy White said the tournament was conducted virtually, so the students all participated from their home bases, using computers. Logan won all five of his rounds, including three prelims, one semi and one final. She was also especially pleased that he won those rounds with all three judges voting unanimously. “We are very proud of and for him,” White said. Logan will compete next in the Lubbock tournament on Saturday. He is the son of Larry and Janet Gatlin.