Ten years ago, the thought of a Republican governor delivering a victory speech in McAllen, a few miles from the U.S.-Mexico border, would have been peculiar. Until recently, the Rio Grande Valley, an overwhelmingly Latino region, routinely gave Democrats comfortable double-digit electoral margins, even if they got mostly shellacked by Republicans elsewhere in Texas.
Arguably one of the most notorious convicted killers in Grayson County history could soon face the ultimate punishment rather soon. A death warrant declaring that Andre Thomas may be executed on April 5, 2023 was signed by Grayson County Clerk Kelly Ashmore on Nov.
George Raft Lichnovsky was born on February 22, 1936, i n McLennan County, Texas, to John and Sophie Lichnovsky and passed away on November 12, 2022, at the age of 86. George graduated from West High School in 1954.
Chasing culture wars and inviting extremist candidates will cost Republicans in the long term. Voters across Texas gave the GOP whopping victories in statewide races, establishing a clear mandate for conservative principles.
Federal law says ministers can’t make partisan political pronouncements from the pulpit, but some church leaders in Texas and around the nation don’t seem to care. A ProPublica/Texas Tribune article described church leaders in Texas and other states skirting - or brazenly breaking - a 64-year-old law that prohibits houses of worship and other tax-exempt 501(c) (3) non-profit organizations from endorsing candidates.
Though it is hard to believe, the holidays and all of their traditions are just around the corner. One of my favorite holiday traditions is the wish list project.
For more than a quarter of a century, locals have come together to raise awareness of hunger in Texoma at the time of the year when food and family meals is center stage. The Bob Skaggs Memorial Food Drive provides food to fill the pantry at the local Salvation Army.
Sweet and sour in Italian cooking, or agrodolce, has roots that predate the Romans, but credit Sicily— and the North African influence on their cuisine — with keeping it alive. Sicilians slather a basic mixture of vinegar and honey on grilled meat and fish.
KOREAGUI, Ivory Coast (AP) — For more than 40 years, Jean Baptiste Saleyo has farmed cocoa on several acres of his family’s land in Ivory Coast, a West African nation that produces almost half the world’s supply of the raw ingredient used in chocolate bars.
NEW YORK (AP) — Holiday celebrants in Hilo, Hawaii, might notice something different about the traditional Yule Log cake from the Short ’N Sweet bakery this year. Maria Short typically makes her popular $35 bûche de Noël with two logs combined to look like a branch.