I’ve got writer’s block this week. No topic is popping into my head. I’ve also got a cooking block. I didn’t make one new or interesting thing to eat this entire week. For some reason, I’ve just be...
Normanna Volunteer Fire Department on path of recovery After years of slow decline, the Normanna Volunteer Fire Department shows signs of recovery.
Bee County firefighters were quick to point out during a fire school on April 20 that the department’s n...
The sport of fitness When you walk into the BTX Fitness Studios located downtown Beeville, there’s a chance you’ll be intimidated.
Quickly.
But keep in mind that those people in there pouring sweat, gritting their teet...
In my twenties I went camping in Big Bend National Park. It was a novel and beautiful place for a girl who had grown up on the upper Texas Coast. I couldn’t get enough of the sights and sounds of t...
The young college artists meandered about the gallery at Coastal Bend College Wednesday morning.
Each was smiling, hoping that one of the potential buyers would take a liking to their pieces.
This...
SOMETIME THIS summer, an art project by sixth-grade gifted and talented students at Moreno Middle School is going to attract worldwide attention.
The international spotlight will shine on the middl...
If you are a birder, you know that the spring migration of birds is an exciting event. This is the time when all sorts of colorful and delightful birds come back north from their winter homes in th...
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Watts are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Chelsi Lynn Watts, of Denver, Colo., to William Bryan Odom, also of Denver, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Bruce Od...
OPENING SCENE: a mercantile store. Scene 2: Before World War II, when the nearby Rialto The-ater burns, the theater owners buy the building for a temporary place to show movies and name it Rio.
Sce...