[dropcap]A[/dropcap] common thread runs from house to house throughout Mountain City. Our hearts and prayers go out for those so severely impacted by Harvey.  Most of us know someone whose home flooded.

Over and over, I hear Texans among us saying how proud they are to be a Texan. “We are Texas.”

Patricia Porterfield on Maple is from Rockport. On Saturday, she and Brian and their son joined a chainsaw team from Fellowship Church Plum Creek who worked through Operation Blessing at two ...