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Published Saturday, April 20, 2013
By Bob Buckel
Hello? Is this the guv'ner's office? I'm sorry, what's that? I said is this the guv'ner's office! Guv - oh, you mean the governor? Yep! Yep? What's that? Oh, wait a minute... Are you the guy from Texas?
Published Wednesday, April 17, 2013
By Gerre Joiner
Don Jackson had been to Denton and been given a hearing test earlier in the day. He said they'd told him he needed hearing aids, but he had decided to put the purchase off until he really needed them.
Published Wednesday, April 17, 2013
By Kay Granger
By now, we've all collected the necessary paperwork from our employers, our banks and others, filled out the complicated tax documents - or more likely, purchased software or hired a professional to fill them out for us - and sent it all in for the IRS to examine.
Published Wednesday, April 17, 2013
By Gerry Lewis
Almost everyone, at some time, has played "Follow the Leader." I have always liked this game - as long as I am leading.
Published Wednesday, April 17, 2013
By Ed Sterling
Two Senate bills making the award of certain financial benefits for certain individuals contingent on drug testing were passed by the Senate last week and have now moved to the House for consideration.
Published Saturday, April 13, 2013
By Bob Buckel
I read this week that "disgraced" New York Congressman Anthony Weiner is pondering a run for mayor of New York City. I was dumbfounded.
Published Wednesday, April 10, 2013
By Messenger Staff
On Monday night, Northwest School Board President Mel Fuller took time to read a statement addressing the recent felony indictment of fellow board member Kerry Jones. Jones was not present, and he shouldn't be.
Published Wednesday, April 10, 2013
By Ed Sterling
On April 5, the Texas House of Representatives approved Committee Substitute Senate Bill 1, a proposed state budget of $194 billion for fiscal years 2014 and 2015.
Published Wednesday, April 10, 2013
By Gerry Lewis
As I write this morning, I am sitting by my living room window listening to the wind blow.
Published Saturday, April 6, 2013
By Bob Buckel
We all know about "Indian Summer" - that blessed return of warm, sunny weather after fall has already nipped the mature green of summer.
Published Wednesday, April 3, 2013
By Jimmy Alford
Sometimes you're proud of doing something stupid. Recently, I pretty much set myself on fire just to see if I could stand the heat.
Published Wednesday, April 3, 2013
By Ed Sterling
House Bill 5, legislation proposing to change public school testing requirements, and House Bill 4, proposing to fund water infrastructure, drew spotlights at the state Capitol last week.
Published Saturday, March 30, 2013
By Kristen Tribe
Sometimes we go find the news. Other times, it finds us.
Published Saturday, March 30, 2013
By Bob Buckel
He was a printer, his shop right next door to my dad's office. His son was an Eagle Scout, a leader in my troop.
Published Wednesday, March 27, 2013
By Brian Knox
Following last week's chase and exchange of gunfire in Wise County, one life ended. Many others will be affected forever.
Published Wednesday, March 27, 2013
By Karen G. Rue
We've all heard the cliche that our children are the future. Considering that cliches are overused expressions, perhaps this has been said time and time again because it's true.
Published Wednesday, March 27, 2013
By Gerry Lewis
Thirty years ago, Walt Disney Pictures released "Something Wicked This Way Comes" based on a story by science-fiction author Ray Bradbury.
Published Saturday, March 23, 2013
By Bob Buckel
We've known for decades that the world is getting smaller. Global satellite communications, air travel, international trade and the Internet mean that a bank run in Cyprus, a civil war in Syria or a kook with nukes in North Korea all impact life in these United States.
Published Saturday, March 23, 2013
By Ed Sterling
Continuing to inch closer to the Legislature's most important act - the making of a state budget for the next fiscal biennium - the Senate Finance Committee approved CSSB 1 on March 13.
Published Wednesday, March 20, 2013
By Kristen Tribe
"Whatever you do, don't let go," said Chrissy Karrer, 4-H Extension agent.
