Opinion

Body Gov. Abbott and Lt. Gov.

Body Dear Editor, I would like to send a sincere thank you to Nate Fredley, who put his Angel wings on to stop and change a blown-out tire on a back road in Kansas even when he was pressed for time with another appointment!

Body Funeral services for Kevin Eugene Chaney, 64, of Chickasha, Oklahoma, were held on Wednesday, May 15, 2024, at the Cement Cemetery under the direction of the Fletcher Funeral Home.

Body Name an emotion, any emotion, and I’ll wager survivors of the largest wildfire in Texas history have experienced it over the last fourteen days. Foreboding? Yep. Disbelief? Uh huh.

Body Largest wildfire in state history still raging A wildfire in the Texas Panhandle has consumed more than 1 million acres and as of Sunday was just 15% contained, according to the Texas A&M Forest Service. It is the largest wildfire in Texas history.

Body Early voting ends Friday Early voting in the March 5 primary election ends Friday with a host of candidates on the ballot in both parties, including president, U.S. Senate, all 38 Texas U.S.

Body EDITOR’S NOTE: We are re-publishing this editorial, written by State Representative Jared Patterson (R-HD 106), to call our readers’ attention to the primary election assault by far right-wing organizations on several conservative Republican members of the Texas House of...

Body A POLITICAL PRIMARY IS a preliminary election in which the registered voters of a political party nominate candidates for office. The key word here is preliminary.

Body I wasn’t around to see the end of the Passenger Pigeon.  One day there were 3 billion.  Over one third of the bird population of the planet.  And within a lifespan, they were no more.  The last Passenger Pigeon, Martha, died on September 14, 1914, in the Cincinnati Zoo.

Body I AM A RETIRED TRIAL ATTORNEY whose undergraduate work was in government and history. I have researched candidates in some contested Republican races by looking primarily at the websites of candidates and Wikipedia.