Pet Talk

In Texas, a person can be charged with Animal Cruelty if the person tortures an animal; fails to provide necessary food, care, or shelter; abandons an animal; transports or confines an animal in a cruel manner; kills, seriously injures, or administers poison to an animal; or cause an animal to...

Library Lines ...

Last week the “Library Lines” column noted that exercise and health videos abound here at Rhoads Memorial Library, ready to be checked out.

Texas educators arrested for sex crimes rose in 2023

Texas teachers continue to be arrested for sex crimes in alarming numbers, and in 2023, that number exploded. According to Texas Scorecard, at least 100 Texas teachers made headlines for everything from sexually abusing students to creating child pornography.

Don’t Stop Knocking

Then he spoke a parable to them, that men always ought to pray and not lose heart. (Luke 18:1) I was in the back room of my house one day when I heard a knock at my front door. Being preoccupied, I was delayed in answering the knock. Tap, tap, tap came the rap again and again.

The Lords Prayer Is More Than Just A Prayer

The Lord’s Prayer Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.Matt 6:9,10 What comes to mind when you hear that scripture? What does that mean to you? How do you think it registers in most people’s minds? I don’t think it always gets through.

Texas wildfire events down in 2023

New data from the Texas A&M Forest Service show that in 2023, Texas firefighters responded to 6,534 wildfi res, a little more than half the previous year. The 2023 wildfires burned 204,441 acres across the state, compared with more than 645,000 in 2022.

Texans set unusual world records in 2023

During 2023, 15 Texans broke/set new world records in some unusual activities, according to Guiness World Records. Farthest basketball shot made backwards - On Jan. 29, Jeremy Ware, in San Antonio, accomplished the farthest basketball shot made backwards at 85 feet 5 inches.