Time to make some soup

Lynette Sowell -My front porch-   There’s an old folk tale called “Stone Soup,” and you might be familiar with it.   It goes something like this: A hungry stranger comes to a village, asking to be fed, but the villagers tell him they have nothing and turn him away.

Supreme Court sends Voter ID case back to Fifth Circuit

Ed Sterling -Capital Highlights-   Texas’ voter identification law will remain in effect for now, but the U.S. Supreme Court has instructed a lower court to rule on its constitutionality before November’s election.

The only good snake

Renae Brumbaugh -- Coffee Talk --   Critters have become the theme of my life lately. And I don’t even like critters. I mean, I don’t dislike critters. But I never wanted to be a vet or a zookeeper or anything.

Trump Wuz Robbed

Rich Lowry -- Column --   Give Donald Trump credit for planning ahead. He is preparing to be a sore loser.

Tired of giving?

by Lynette Sowell  More and more, we hear about people needing a financial hand with something, for various reasons. Unemployment, cancer or other sickness, fire or flood, you name it. With the world ever-expanding via the digital world, you can find someone asking for a handout at every turn.

Abbott proclaims flooding disaster, adds more counties

by Ed Sterling Gov. Greg Abbott on April 18 declared a state of disaster for Austin, Bastrop, Colorado, Fort Bend, Grimes, Harris, Montgomery, Waller and Wharton counties.

SEC files charges naming Paxton in Servergy case

Ed Sterling -Capital Highlights-   Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is facing civil fraud charges filed by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.   Paxton was named in charges filed April 11 against Servergy Inc.

Hearing no

Lynette Sowell -My front porch-   For more than 15 years, longer than I’ve been a news writer, I’ve made my way through the fiction writing world. I’ve heard yes a number of times from publishers, editors and agents. But there’s always that “no” that comes down the pike.