Faces & Places

“Let’s stop trying to be so productive all the time and make an effort to be more curious. Do you want to look back on a life of items crossed off lists drawn up in response to the demands of others?

Fisher County Rodeo Royalty Returns

Go Girls!'The Fisher County Rodeo Committee is excited to announce the return of the Rodeo Queen Pageant for the 80th anniversary of the Fisher County Rodeo.

Aspermont City gives County $30K for Deputies Salaries

The Aspermont City Council agreed to grant the county $30,000 to help ease the financial burden of the county to provide competitive law enforcement salaries as licensed officers are becoming scarce across the state.

EARTHQUAKE shakes Fisher County into record books

Anyone who was asleep at around 10:38 p.m. Monday night likely didn’t stay that way, as the shockwaves from the 4.9 magnitude quake that shook things up Monday night were among the strongest in Texas history.

Old Glory News

Oh my, it sure is hot out here, might need to pray for rain. It seems that we always need to pray for rain, but we sure could use some.On Thursday, Susan and I rode with Rita and we drove to McKinney for a rehearsal dinner for my great grandson Tate Starks and his new bride, Mattie.

COMMUNITY CALENDAR

- Friday• RESCHEDULED! The Old Glory Texas Community Center Country Dance will be on Friday night, July 19th.

Abbott demands probe into power outages

More than 2 million Texans lost power when Hurricane Beryl hit the Texas coast, and Gov. Greg Abbott wants to know why.

The Stars and Cold Coffee

Last week, standing with the Bible skeptic Michael on the common ground that science affords, we continued to look to the stars to see what we might learn.

USDA Announces August 14 Application Deadline for Emergency Relief Program Assistance for Commodity and Specialty Crop Producers Impacted by 2022 Natural Disasters

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, July 15, 2024 — The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced the deadline for commodity and specialty crop producers to apply for the Emergency Relief Program (ERP) for 2022 natural disaster losses is Aug. 14, 2024.

Faces & Places

“On the girl's brown legs there were many small white scars.I was thinking, Do those scars cover the whole of you, like the stars and the moons on your dress? I thought that would be pretty too, and I ask you right here please to agree with me that a scar is never ugly.