The Famous Resident of Cross Plains

Hardly anybody in Cross Plains knew the city once had a famous writer who grew up there until a reporter from Houston came to town inquiring about Robert E. Howard. “He’s the creator of the sword and sorcery genre,” says Arlene Stephenson, curator of the Robert E. Howard Museum in Cross Plains.

Carol's Kitchen

SQUASH DRESSINGIn case you have lost yours Joe is planting garden, get ready enough for Stonewall and Fisher all!!!!

Faces & Places

“A baby is God's opinion that life should go on.A book that does nothing to you is dead. A baby, whether it does anything to you, represents life. If a bad fire should break out in this house and I had my choice of saving the library or the babies, I would save what is alive.

Dennis Kiker’s Letter: Be the Reason the Fence Gets Painted

Dear Editor, Responsibility, accountability, pride, and effort seem to have lost their way in today's world. Sure, it is not perfect by any standard. Can we all agree that the world is changing by the second and it becomes more evident as time passes?

How to Protect Yourself from Identity Theft Scams

Security number, bank account information or tax records somehow gets leaked or breeched in all the data shuffling.

A Ranch Home Becomes a Family Museum

Laurie Churchwell’s parents died last year and were buried on the family ranch east of Big Spring. Laurie wanted to preserve their memory so she and other members of her family started turning her parents’ ranch house into a museum and art gallery.

2 Cents Worth

What a beautiful day in Aspermont, Texas, this morning, Joe is home from Kentucky so all as well with me!!! He and his son worked all week long as hard as they could trying to get things done in Kentucky, but they didn't have their cook and they sure missed her!!!!

Carol's Kitchen

SQUASH DRESSINGIn case you have lost yours Joe is planting garden, get ready enough for Stonewall and Fisher all!!!!

For the rich, free speech — for others, A SLAPP IN THE FACE

Fourteen years ago, the legislature passed vital protections for freedom of speech in the Texas Citizens Participation Act.This week, they’re looking to gut it.The TCPA addresses the common problem of “strategic lawsuits against public participation,” or SLAPPs.

Old Glory News

Got up this Palm Sunday with the wind really blowing. Now at around two it has calmed down so it can go around to the north and come at us from the other direction. It sure is nice when the wind stops blowing so hard. It almost pushes me over.