On loss, I have learned recently, that maybe it is sometimes just like the movies. A dear friend of mine- a community celebrity, if we’re being...

O P E N I N G STATEMENT: Blackwell has been a busy place these past few days. A successful revival in our beautiful event center, some sports...

Sometimes, the best news slips past even the nosiest of newshounds. A heck of a good story slipped past me a few weeks ago. On March 4, the...

REPRINT FROM OCTOBER 2020: POLITICS SUCK It's the absolute worst time of the year, thanks to the impending 2020 Election in November. Every...

Tomorrow is April Fool’s Day. And who doesn’t like to fool around a little bit with a good song? April Fool’s Day is dedicated to many groups of...

Dear Editor: Within the past 46 years following service as Blackwell’s first City Manager, six years as manager and seventeen later ending in 2006...

“Great, we’re going to be killed by Murder Barbie.” November 2020 saw the release of Christopher Landon’s FREAKY, a quippy and charming horror take...

SHAMROCK, Texas – I dropped in at the U-Drop Inn with a friend, and I dropped out with a couple more. I was driving back home from a spring break...

“I don't care how many demons he's fought in how many hells. He's never fought us. Not us united.” This past weekend saw the long-awaited...

House members endured hearing a flurry of hundreds of bills on the floor over the past two weeks as we reached our third-reading deadline for bills...

In the news business, plans are made to be changed. It’s a nutty profession. Sometimes, we prepare weeks in advance to cover stories, only to...

OPENING STATEMENT: A Good friend is like a four-leaf clover: hard to find and luck to have! Happy St. Pat’s Day Everyone! It’s a rough year for...

“Comanche? Lords of the Plains?” “Lords of nothing, now.” I recently rewatched the 2016 masterpiece HELL OR HIGH WATER for the first time in...

O P E N I N G STATEMENT: Common sense is not as common as it used to be. Well folks, a lot of things have happened in our state and nation....

“Alright, f___ it, let’s go save the world.” VENOM released in October 2018, and I absolutely love it, so here’s my shameless rerun. VENOM,...