Early voting underway for May 7 election

Early voting began Monday for local elections and two proposed constitutional amendments relating to property tax reductions. Early voting continues through Tuesday, May 3, with election day on Saturday, May 7.

How to be a good money manager in retirement

If you reach retirement with a significant amount of assets, you’ve done a great job of saving and investing. But now comes another challenge – making that money last. You might think that this task, as important as it is, won’t be as hard as accumulating the money in the first place.

Keeping our nose clean

I’ve known this homeless man for a few years. He goes to jail. And then, he is released. So, he’ll turn up. Only to disappear again. Usually, I seek him out, speaking to him first as he has never approached me, until last week.

Abbott halts border truck inspections

Gov. Greg Abbott halted the state’s aggressive truck inspection at all Texas border crossings after days of bipartisan criticism over the extended delays of goods entering the United States.

Coming to terms with your innate talents

To begin with, the car in our driveway was deader than a doornail. Did the rest of the family realize the car was deceased and sitting in its final resting place? Of course they did.

“I’ll be in hell before you start breakfast”

The career of Tom “Black Jack” Ketchum, the most successful train robber in the Old West, reached the end of the line on Apr. 26, 1901. Kicked out of his own gang, the hard-bitten badman made the fatal mistake of trying to go it alone.

Tiny tyrant never been spanked – and it shows

You can see a lot standing in the checkout line at Walmart. Waiting patiently, your mind occupied while you run through your to-do list for the rest of the day, you are abruptly jolted back into reality by a preschooler.

That conversation down at the courthouse

“I hold that a strongly marked personality can influence descendants for generations.” – Beatrix Potter (1866-1943), English writer, illustrator, natural scientist, and conservationist best known for her children’s book, The Tale of Peter Rabbit.

Sometimes, you have to say “No”

One of the shortest word in the English language is “NO.” That simple, two-letter word can also be one of the hardest to use when we need to most. If we are honest with ourselves, most of us probably have a problem when it comes to saying “no.

The Fear of Waiting

If we call upon the name of Jesus for every situation, look to God to take care of us for our every need, then will we live in confidence and our life is sustained; all our hopes and dreams are realized.