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Planning your business exit: Start with the end in mind

Tuesday, September 9, 2025

If you own a business, you’ve probably spent countless hours thinking about how to grow it, manage daily operations and serve your customers. But have you thought about how you’ll eventually step away from it?

Texans suffer record casualties at Antietam

Bartee Haile

Tuesday, September 9, 2025

On Sep. 16, 1862 Texans fought and died in a blood-soaked cornfield at the Battle of Antietam.Never one to rest on his laurels, Gen. Robert E. Lee invaded Maryland six days after winning the rematch at Bull Run.

Fame and fortune

Tracy Farr

Tuesday, September 9, 2025

What a terrible life it must be to be popular — to be recognized while you’re shopping for avocados at the grocery store; to be put on a pedestal for all to admire; to be judged for the color of your socks; to be despised for wearing polka-dots or just wanting to be left alone.

Texas tomboy crowned “Queen of the Speakeasies”

Bartee Haile

Wednesday, September 3, 2025

With the repeal of Prohibition just around the corner, Texas Guinan bid farewell to New York City on Sep. 8, 1931 and took her “Too Hot for Paris” revue on the road.Born Mary Louise Cecilia Guinan in 1884 on a ranch outside Waco, she was called Mamie by her immigrant parents.

Life insurance: Protecting what matters most

Provided By Frank Conrad

Wednesday, September 3, 2025

September is Life Insurance Awareness Month and the perfect time to consider whether you have adequate coverage to protect your loved ones. While no one likes to think about what would happen if they weren’t around, doing so is an act of love.

Autumn, rain and lemmings

Tracy Farr

Wednesday, September 3, 2025

It always feels like a little Autumn miracle when it happens — when the temperature finally drops into the 60s after a long sauna summer and the cooler breeze entices you to listen to uplifting Irish jigs and reels as you drive off to work instead of the sad piano music you’ve been listening to for...

One city dweller’s perspective of country life

Leon Aldridge

Wednesday, September 3, 2025

“City people make most of the fuss about the charms of country life.”— Mason Cooley, American writer and educator 19272002 ------ “Which one do you like?”The request for consultation from a friend trying to decide between two pieces of artwork was noted.

“The Jules Verne of Dallas”

Bartee Haile

Wednesday, August 27, 2025

WRR, the first licensed radio station in Texas and the second in the entire nation, began broadcasting in August 1921 thanks to a genius inventor named Henry Garrett that everyone called “Dad.

Progress is in the eye of the beholder

Tracy Farr

Wednesday, August 27, 2025

I appreciate the convenience of digitalized books. Download a couple hundred to your Kindle, head off on some far-flung backpacking adventure across the country, and you can rest easy in your tent knowing your favorite stories can be recalled with a simple flick of your thumb.

Let a financial advisor help plan for life’s curveballs

Provided By Frank Conrad

Wednesday, August 27, 2025

No matter what stage of your life you’re in — caring for children, working toward retirement or planning your legacy — unforeseen events like a job loss, a major illness or even a stock market drop could derail what you’re working so hard to achieve financially.

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