The Devils' Rope

“I used to live in Alan Reed and old Route 66 went through there, so I was playing on that road a lot,” says Charla Smith, who works at the Devil’s Rope Museum in the panhandle town of McLean.

THE TRUTH ABOUT DOG TROUBLE

A decent crowd of citizens turned out for the community meeting about animal control on Tuesday, and while I think the meeting went well with good discussion about ways to skin that proverbial cat, the question that still screams to be answered is why a solution to the problem such a challenge is...

2 Cents Worth

It's raining in Aspermont, well it's misting but at least it's getting the back patio wet and the streets are beginning to get wet!!!! In West Texas where we all live we are thankful for anything that is wet, the ranchers and farmers depend on that rain, and the result we do too.

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.

A week in a dark cave

Jeff Tucker of Brownwood spent twenty years as a fireman, ten years as a fire fighter then ten years as an arson investigator. “I put in twenty and got out because I saw a lot of firemen as they got older they didn’t move as well as they used to.

THE BOYS ARE BACK IN TOWN

While there have been a handful of informational tidbits that mixed into the crafting of a few law enforcement-related news articles here and there, the big buzz around the communities has been what hasn’t made the headlines.

2 Cents Worth

Good morning from Aspermont, Texas, where it is cold and I mean cold it was 7 degrees when my eyes opened this morning, I do not like this kind of weather at all. I was ready for spring weather before January 1, 2024!!!!

Letter to the Editor

Secret Simon Dear Editor, Mr. Hurt’s editorial on January 5 raised some good questions. He pondered if it was worse for Sheriff Mullen or Simon Wade: Mullen facing the state or Secret Simon facing continued criticism by me. There are some huge differences in the two situations.

Faces & Places

“I have to ask myself how I can possibly expect to know Jesus as he would want to be known if my life remains unscathed by trouble and grief. How can I hope to grasp anything of God's heart for this broken planet if I never weep because its brokenness touches me and breaks my heart?

Check your Mirrors

After 34 days of travel, holiday family time, and capped off with four days in Austin among hundreds of students in closed quarters I came home and tested positive for Covid. This is my second bout, the first coming in August 2021, when a new variant worked through the vaccine.