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The World’s Best Card Trick – Improve Your Skills
The World’s Best Card Trick – Improve Your Skills
“I don’t even have any good skills. You know, like nunchuck skills, bow hunting skills, computer hacking skills. Girls only want boyfriends who have great skills!” Napoleon Dynamite. 02/28/2024 23:00
Abolition and Fayette County
Abolition and Fayette County
Pre-Civil War Fayette County, Texas counted on slave labor to assist with the production of corn, tobacco, wool, and cotton. The region was home to 3,786 slaves out of a total population of 11,604. These slaves had the legal status of personal property; they were subjected to being bought and sold, hired out, and mortgaged. No rights to marry, have a family, own property, or free themselves existed. 02/28/2024 23:00
The Postscript
The Postscript
“A Borrowed Plate” 02/28/2024 23:00
Revitalization!
Revitalization!
The Columbus Chamber of Commerce strives to be at the table of the many conversations happening in the region on workforce, transportation, housing, business growth, economic stability, and community development. As we analyze what is internal to determine where we can help guide and determine outcomes, we also must analyze what is external, the areas where we have little to no ability to help guide or determine outcomes, i.e., weather, national economy, and international conflicts. 02/28/2024 23:00
Early voting ends Friday
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. representatives, all 150 Texas House representatives, and down to local races for district attorney, sheriff and other positions. 02/28/2024 23:00
The Forgotten Typewriter
The Forgotten Typewriter
My appreciation for typewriters began in Jr. High. The low-budget private school that I attended did not have the money to supply our typing class with typewriters, so students had to provide their own. For almost two years, four semesters of typing class, I carried my Mom’s Royal portable to school every day. The case barely fit in my locker. 02/21/2024 23:00
The Postscript
The Postscript
“A New Life for Felix” 02/21/2024 23:00
Federal judge appears skeptical of new border law
Federal judge appears skeptical of new border law
A federal judge is expected to rule quickly on the constitutionality of a Texas law about to go into effect that institutes new state penalties for illegal border crossings. During a hearing last week, U.S. District Judge David Ezra said he had concerns that other states would follow Texas’ lead in creating their own immigration laws – a power given exclusively to the federal government under the U.S. Constitution. 02/21/2024 23:00
Valentine’s Day – Big Trouble in a Little Church
Valentine’s Day – Big Trouble in a Little Church
A number of years ago, in a small town not far away, our family had the good fortune to attend a small country church. 02/14/2024 23:00
The Postscript
The Postscript
“Donuts in the middle of the day” 02/14/2024 23:00
Robert Tecumtha Browne: Forgotten Native Son
Robert Tecumtha Browne: Forgotten Native Son
Part 1 02/14/2024 23:00
Texas children are still struggling with math after the pandemic. Some schools are trying a new approach.
Texas children are still struggling with math after the pandemic. Some schools are trying a new approach.
DALLAS - At Eddie Ber - 02/14/2024 23:00
Pitch made for new power plants Lt. Gov Dan Patrick joined with the world’s largest investment
Pitch made for new power plants Lt. Gov Dan Patrick joined with the world’s largest investment
Lt. Gov Dan Patrick joined with the world’s largest invest- ment firm to pitch investors on building natural gas power plants in Texas at a summit held last week in Houston. 02/14/2024 23:00
TEA annual report just released
TEA annual report just released
The Texas Education Agency’s annual report was released last week. It indicates per-student funding in the 2021-2022 school year averaged $14,928 per student, up 42% since 2011. However, state funding has only risen slightly in the past decade, while local funding has increased substantially. 02/07/2024 23:00
Texas' standoff with feds in Eagle Pass is igniting calls for secession and fears of violence
Texas' standoff with feds in Eagle Pass is igniting calls for secession and fears of violence
The standoff between Texas and the federal government at the southern border has ignited a fight over states' rights, with secessionists latching onto the ordeal as a reason for Texas to become “an independent and self-governing nation,” according to the longtime leader of Texas’ unlikely secessionist movement, Daniel Miller. 02/07/2024 23:00
Standoff at border continues between state, feds
Standoff at border continues between state, feds
A standoff at an Eagle Pass park continues as the Department of Homeland Security has sent a second letter to Gov. 01/31/2024 23:00
Help America Vote Day
Help America Vote Day
Help America Vote Day 2024: Help America Vote Day is a day of action established by the U.S. Election Assistance Commission to encourage people across the U.S. to get involved in the electoral process by signing up to be a poll worker and an opportunity to share information on how to register and cast a ballot. By encouraging more people to become poll workers in their communities, Help America Vote Day is addressing the critical shortage of poll workers, strengthening our republic, inspiring greater civic engagement and volunteerism, and helping to ensure election offices have the staff they need throughout 2024. 01/31/2024 23:00
“It takes a village”
“It takes a village”
EPARTMENT I’m sure you have heard the saying, “It takes a village to raise a child.” It also takes a village to protect our children. Weimar is our village, and the children of Weimar are our children. January was National Human Traf- ficking Awareness Month. In a proactive effort to combat human trafficking, the Weimar Police Department urges the commu- nity to join the fight against this heinous crime. Weimar PD is committed to educating our citizens with current statistics that magnify the gravity of this issue. 01/31/2024 23:00
“Hold the line”: Republicans rally to Abbott’s defense in border standoff with Biden
“Hold the line”: Republicans rally to Abbott’s defense in border standoff with Biden
From the Texas House to former President Donald Trump, Republicans across the country are rallying behind Gov. Greg Abbott’s legal standoff with the federal government at the southern border, intensifying concerns about a constitutional crisis amid an ongoing dispute with the Biden administration. 01/31/2024 23:00
DOJ report on response to Uvalde shooting scathing
DOJ report on response to Uvalde shooting scathing
The U.S. Justice Department issued a scathing report late last week on the May 4, 2022, mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, the Austin American-Statesman reported. 01/24/2024 23:00
Quakes prompt officials to limit disposal wells
Quakes prompt officials to limit disposal wells
The Texas Railroad Commission has suspended nearly two dozen permits that allow oil and gas companies to inject saltwater into the ground, which regulators say has contributed to increased earthquakes of greater magnitude in West Texas. 01/17/2024 23:00
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