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There are more than 28,000 children in Texas’ foster care system. Some are living in shocking, inhumane conditions and it’s not a new problem. Texas has neglected its foster children for over a decade.
Read moreWell, here it is early October and early voting is about to begin. More stuff to add to your busy day.
Read moreA very happy National Newspaper Week to our beloved readers!
Since 1940, Newspaper Association Managers has sponsored and supported National Newspaper Week.
Read moreEarly newspapers quenched the need of an often-isolated population for news of the outside world, served with a dose of local gossip.
Read moreMany thanks to you all for your kindness, kind thoughts, prayers, and help for Albert Oppelt.
- Elizabeth Dugosh Oppelt
Devine, Texas
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Gov. Greg Abbott has asked the Texas Legislature to increase the penalty for illegal voting, adding the item to the third special session now underway.
Read moreHere we are for part two. I hope you enjoyed part one and the article gave you pause to think. Your old deplorable will now go directly to the meat of this article as I said I would.
Read moreRecent dust-ups in the western part of the county have centered on the use of our canyons and intermittent streams as sewer pipes for “treated effluent.” Remarkable grass roots activism kept that from happening. So far. Unfortunately, the resulting compromises still permit mining our aquifers for recreational use.
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