As Albert Camus once said, "Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.” And although East Texas is not always known for flaming fall...

Sept. 11, 2001, is one of those dates where we can all remember where we were and what we were doing when the Islamic extremist group al Qaeda...

On August 27, 1908, Lyndon Baines Johnson was born near Johnson City, Texas. LBJ would go on to become a U.S. Congressman, U.S. Senator, the Vice President under President...

Most associate the name Audubon with bird artwork. Did you know Rex Brasher was a rival to John James Audubon and more productive? While both...

Losing a loved one is obviously a very emotional experience. Sometimes, I see people feel like they need to immediately take care of a lot of business things. While there...

For most districts in our area, school will be back in session within the next few weeks. And because many have incorporated some kind of online learning into school...

As some of you might be aware, the 2020 Census has been completed and the results are supposed to be released soon. I joined the U.S. Department of Commerce Census Bureau...

Even though many House members and some State Senators are still in Washington, D.C. to break quorum, special session continues in Austin. The State Senate has enough...

The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) is requesting all Texans to conserve electric use this week due to a significant number of forced generation outages and...

By this time, the Rusk High School Eagles have returned home, hanging up their gear for the 2021 baseball season and moving into the next phase of life: Reporting to summer...

It’s hard to believe that 14 years has raced by since we got that phone call, though I imagine for my brother, sister-in-law and niece, that day is...

Last week, the House passed its version of the state budget for the next two years. It differs in some significant ways from the budget the Senate passed. In order to...

In recent weeks, my social media page has been ripe with photos of bluebonnets and other wildflowers, creating not only eye-candy for readers, but...

We have all seen them: Little unassuming 6-packs of transplants waving cheerily in the breeze, or single 4-inch pots of stout contenders for the tomato row, saying “Pick...

We will turn our clocks forward this coming weekend, officially at 2 a.m. on Sunday, March 14. Of course, no one does it at that precise time. The general practice is just...