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Communication is key-Your voice is needed

Communication is key-Your voice is needed

Sometimes in doing what we do we get to see issues arise that are glaringly important. Sometimes those issues transcend the local community and are such that they impact us, as well as the entire state. 03/19/2025 12:38 PM

Thank you from historic dance hall

Thank you from historic dance hall

Dear Editor, Members of the Lindenau Rifle Club (Dance Hall) would like to thank the community for their support for our recent fundraiser, the Spring Chicken BBQ. It takes many dedicated folks to make this event a success, and we appreciate each and every one; those who get the word out, those who sell presale tickets, and those who do the labor-intensive preparations. All proceeds enable us to preserve the dancehall for all to enjoy. 03/19/2025 12:38 PM

Capitalism thrives in Texas

Capitalism thrives in Texas

Capitalism, like Texas itself, is always on the move. Businesses follow opportunity. 03/11/2025 11:21 AM

House proposes $7.5 billion in new school funding

House proposes $7.5 billion in new school funding

Critics say a House bill proposing $7.5 billion in new funding for public education doesn’t go far enough, The Dallas Morning News reported. House Bill 2 would raise the per-student allotment by $220, to $6,360 a year. It would also invest $750 million in teacher pay and $450 million in teacher training. 03/11/2025 11:21 AM

Ready to give up the goats: anyone want ‘em?

Ready to give up the goats: anyone want ‘em?

GOD first....Heavenly Father, when we are undecided about a situation, some have said to us, what would Jesus do? In the Bible, Mark, Mathew, and Luke provided us with various parables that Jesus proclaimed through his ministry. Lord, help us to open our eyes and hearts to find answers in His teachings and discover for ourselves the many ways that He gives us that can be applied to us in our own lives. We pray in the Name of our Savior, Jesus. Amen. 03/11/2025 11:21 AM

Voucher bill has backing of House majority

Voucher bill has backing of House majority

A slim majority of Texas House members have indicated they will back House Bill 3, which creates education savings accounts that allow families to use taxpayer money for private school education. The Dallas Morning News reported that 75 Republican legislators have signed on with the bill’s author, state Rep. Brad Buckley, R-Salado, to support the measure. 03/05/2025 03:55 PM

Good weather jump starts all kinds of road work

Good weather jump starts all kinds of road work

GOD first...Heavenly Father, sometimes we think we ask in vain about our problems and ask for things we may not expect to be granted. Yet, we still try. Lord, give us hope and strength to reach out and help us to not give up. We ask in the name of our Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen. 03/05/2025 03:55 PM

Thank you participants at Coach Mathis Celebration

Thank you participants at Coach Mathis Celebration

Dear Editor, The banquet to honor Coach Mathis was an overwhelming success! Everyone that contributed in prayers, finances, and volunteering made sure that Coach Mathis knew that his 39 years of coaching is a legacy that is still impacting and will continue to impact future generations! The joyful givers of time, finances and prayers were truly remarkable, and I just want to SAY THANK YOU EVERYONE!! HERE ARE YOU FLOWERS, AND WELL DONE MY FAITHFUL SERVANTS!! May God bless and keep you. 02/26/2025 03:55 PM

House unveils its voucher version

House unveils its voucher version

Texas House members filed a bevy of education bills last week, including a proposed $8 billion investment in public education and a voucher bill that ties the amount of money spent for private schooling to the dollar amount provided to public schools. The Austin American-Statesman reported the bill, filed by Rep. Brad Buckley, R-Salado, would increase the base level of per-student funding by $220 — from $6,160 to $6,380. Additional funds would be provided for special education, bilingual education, transportation and to rural school districts. 02/26/2025 03:55 PM

HB2988 threatens Texans’ right to free speech

HB2988 threatens Texans’ right to free speech

Texas Press Association Note: The following op-ed on the threat to the Texas Citizens Participation Act — also known as our anti- SLAPP law — is available for publication by all TPA members. Once again this legislative session, critics of the TCPA have filed legislation that would make it extremely difficult for newspapers to get a nuisance libel suit dismissed. The threat is very real, and this oped explains it well. 02/26/2025 03:55 PM

Gilbert Pargmann/ Nordheim News

Monthly supper back in Nordheim, even when its cold

GOD first...Heavenly Father, many of us have priorities in things we try to accomplish. Lots of times those priorities get altered because of incidents that come into our lives. Help us to realize that when things don't go our way, we know that we are being tested or plans for us are altered because most of the time You are in control and things we want aren't in the plans You have for us. Lord, Help us to put our trust in things to come as we pray in the name of our Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen. 02/26/2025 03:55 PM

Shout out (and a dare) to Cuero buddies

Shout out (and a dare) to Cuero buddies

GOD first...Heavenly Father, we thank You for the many blessings we receive through Your Amazing Grace. Some are known and some are unknown yet we still receive them. Give us strength and courage to fend off our sinful ways as we pray for forgiveness through Your Son Jesus. Amen. 02/19/2025 04:38 AM

Lawmaker calls for probe into $95 million lottery jackpot

Lawmaker calls for probe into $95 million lottery jackpot

The Texas Lottery Commission and its former director are under scrutiny after they allegedly helped a single entity win a $95 million Lotto Texas Jackpot, the Houston Chronicle reported. Written testimony at a state legislative hearing last week from an attorney indicated an entity called Rook TX guaranteed it would win the jackpot by buying virtually every one of the nearly 26 million possible six-number combinations in the drawing, held in April 2023. 02/19/2025 04:38 AM

Voucher bill passes Senate, arrives in House

Voucher bill passes Senate, arrives in House

A bill to implement school vouchers in Texas sailed through the Senate largely on party lines last week and now awaits consideration in the House, the Austin American-Statesman reported. House Speaker Dustin Burrows, R-Lubbock, said he believes there are enough votes in that chamber to pass the legislation, which was defeated a half-dozen times in 2023 by a coalition of Democratic and rural Republican members. 02/12/2025 11:05 AM

What goes on at Kaffee Klatch, stays at Koffee Klatch

What goes on at Kaffee Klatch, stays at Koffee Klatch

GOD first...Heavenly Father, Your Son suffered in the wilderness and on the cross in a way that we can't imagine. He walked everywhere he went, healing and preaching. He couldn't drive hundreds of miles or take an airplane flight to foreign countries... He walked. We walk to get exercise and complain when it gets too hard to walk one step farther. Lord, help us to set examples for others to follow. Help us to give strength, faith, and love to those around us even when we are suffering. We ask in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen. 02/12/2025 11:05 AM

Patrick releases top 25 legislative priorities

Patrick releases top 25 legislative priorities

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick has released his top 25 legislative priorities as the legislative session gets underway, The Texas Tribune reported. They include banning all forms of consumable THC, the psychoactive ingredient in CBD products; increasing the school homestead exemption from $100,000 to $140,000; a Texas version of a government oversight department to improve governmental efficiency; and measures to shore up the state’s electric grid and water supply. 02/05/2025 05:26 AM

Artificial intelligence has some explaining to do

Artificial intelligence has some explaining to do

God first....Heavenly Father, today I feel alone, yet I am not lonely. There is peace in solitude while I pray in quietness to lead my thoughts to restful healing. Help me use this time alone to find myself and reach deep inside my heart and mind to find peace. Calm the spirit within me as I reach out for Your Amazing Grace and pray in the name of our dear Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen. 02/05/2025 05:26 AM

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