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Somewhere between realizing MLK Day meant lots of folks weren’t working and the second person bursting into tears in the office, I knew it was going to take a whole lot more than coffee to get me through my Monday.

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The loss of two young lives serves as a powerful reminder that parenting is a hands-on task.

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You can tell a whole lot about a person by the way they treat the pets and/or livestock of those around them.

“We’re all stories in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?” sounds like a mighty good piece of advice, especially as we start a new year, a new chapter.

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During a far from silent night, the battlefield somewhere along the endless trenches of World War I was about the last place you’d expect to find peace on earth or good will toward men all those Christmas Eves ago.

Does it make me a grump to say it just doesn’t feel like the holiday season?

Christmas trees, holly, mistletoe, poinsettias — so many of our Christmas traditions are rooted in agriculture. Literally.

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“(Blank) this, (blank) that and (blankety, blank, blank),” was what the young man said, apparently trying to earn points in some rather odd style contest.

With Christmas rapidly approaching and 2020 looming around the corner, today’s column highlights several of Wharton County’s many 2019 accomplishments.

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It’s mighty easy to say you’re disappointed with something or someone – especially this time of year when we all seem to be dancing a polka while balancing on top of one of those big bouncy balls holding an armful of packages.

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“Sometimes, you’ve just got to find something to laugh about,” I was told Monday, and, honestly, that’s probably one of the better pieces of advice I’ve heard in a long time.

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Seems we’re officially headed for winter with El Campo’s winds almost knocking you sideways while dropping what feels like ice cubes down your back earlier this week.

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Like so many of the men back then, he had been to Vietnam and come back not quite in one piece.

Thousands of visitors journey through our prestigious Wharton County Historical Museum each year ... or at least they did prior to the horrific Hurricane Harvey flooding back in August 2017.

“Yesterday, on the stair, I met a man who wasn’t there.

You have to wonder if those first folks clipping that “totally rad” little iPod to their belts 18 years ago today could have ever envisioned 2019. Now, of course, we think nothing of carrying around little mini-computers everyday.

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They answer the calls for help, running toward the chaos when most folks run away, receiving little in the way of payment for their efforts.

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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott warned Austin Mayor Steve Adler Wednesday, Oct. 2, that the city needs to deal with its homeless problem by Nov. 1, or he will send in state agencies to do it.

A whole lot of grumbling is going around right now with the city’s drive-and-drop recycling station going the way of the Dodo.

In the early part of August 2019, I received an invitation to attend the “Hold Their Feet To The Fire” Immigration and Border Conference in Washington, D.C.

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“What’s your stripper dance?” was certainly not a question I expected when I stepped into the newsroom Friday, but then, in my world, circumstances change often.

On Aug. 8., Wharton County commissioner’s court declared the first county-wide burn ban in almost two years as temperatures hovered near 100 degrees and no significant rainfall was forecast for the near future.

City: consider manned recycling area

Recycling should stay

Just how big does your herd of mosquitoes have to get before you qualify as a farmer?

For the next year or so, two very important things will be linked.

Linemen quickly get

It’s time to clean up this town, city officials say, and surprisingly, not everybody seems to be excited about the prospect.

While Gov. Greg Abbott has gotten a lot of attention in August, it hasn’t necessarily been his best month.