Thinking big

By Lynette Sowell   You can’t just send a toy up into space...or can you? Most of us keep pretty busy with the usual stuff of life: work, family, kids, pets, household “stuff,” etc. We don’t wonder about things like that.

Buzzard Barf

By Renae Brumbaugh   Today, a buzzard threw up on my car. I tried and tried to come up with a better way to open this article. A gentler, more delicate way to tell you what happened. But how does one describe buzzard barf in a pretty way? It is what it is. And it stinks.

The House Republican Meltdown

By Rich Lowry   At least they aren’t brawling the way they do in the South Korean parliament -- at least not yet.

Listen up

by Lynette Sowell   We are already well into the second six weeks of school, and teachers everywhere are already hard at work not only teaching their students the three Rs and more, but also teaching them to listen.

Columnist doesn’t watch football like a ‘normal’ fan

by Willis Webb   My son thinks I’m comatose when I watch football on TV and not much better when in the stadium.

Rich rancher’s son charged with Dodge City murder

by Bartee Hailie   Clutching a suitcase in one hand and a satchel full of cash in the other, Mifflin Kenedy on Oct. 15, 1878 caught the train for Dodge City where his bad-seed son was accused of killing a popular female entertainer.

Too Much Okra

by Renae Brumbaugh   I’ve decided I might have too many jobs. Too many titles. Too many responsibilities. Seriously. In the last couple of years, I’ve really enjoyed this city-girl-turned-rugged-pioneer-woman thing, but the new is wearing off. Now, instead of fun, it feels like work.

Honey, vinegar, spotlight hogs and votes

By Lynette Sowell So, we’re heading to the polls soon, in case you didn’t know. The beauty and drawback of our system is we have the privilege and right to run for office and to vote, although it’s sad that the majority exercise their apathy instead.

BP settles with five states, federal government

By Ed Sterling BP, one of the world’s largest oil and gas companies, has settled with the federal government and the states of Texas, Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi and Florida over claims related to the Deep Water Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010.

Fugitive Mexican General given a hero’s welcome

by Bartee Hailie   On Oct. 7, 1911, Gen. Bernardo Reyes stepped off the train at the San Antonio station to a hero’s welcome as hundreds cheered the arrival of the former presidential candidate turned shadowy conspirator.