Have you noticed? The gigantic JOY we see at Christmastime on Live Oak Drive is displayed in the yard of Mayor Ralph and Marcia McClendon. Ralph explains for Montage readers: “My sister-in-law, Melissa Garraway, mentioned that she had heard that others were putting out their Christmas decorations to...

More than 50,000 Texans filled two-thirds of the mammoth Cotton Bowl on April 11, 1950 not to watch football but the season opener of Dallas’ minor league baseball team. Had the so-called “national pastime” suddenly replaced pigskin combat as Dallasites’ favorite athletic contest? No, the new owner ...

Taking care of a child with medical conditions can drain a parent’s energy. Doing so during the reign of the novel coronavirus brings on a whole new set of challenges. But that is not where the difficulties stop for single mother Laura Boyer. Her work, like that of all other substitute teachers, has...

Falling in line with state-mandated orders, leaders of Texas high school athletic, music and academic competition pushed back a possible restart date for activities. On April 3, University Interscholastic League (UIL) officials announced they were modifying any possible return to play to follow an e...

Students will not be returning to the classroom until May 4, or until further discussion, according to Gov. Gregg Abbott’s latest order. As school districts prepare for the long haul, the Hays Free Press and News-Dispatch spoke to Hays County school districts to gauge what students will need to get ...

Bad things have always gone on behind closed doors, and now is no exception. April is traditionally the month society turns its attention to preventing sexual assault and child abuse. And though the COVID-19 virus has upended the way we live our daily lives, neither issue has gone away. Both, perhap...

Hays Central Appraisal District will begin mailing out more than 97,000 appraisal notices Wednesday, April 8. The deadline to file an appeal with the Appraisal Review Board is May 15. The district lobby is currently closed to the public. Property owners can file a protest at www.hayscad.com using th...

Look in the Mirror I can empathize with President Trump. actually I feel for him but just can’t reach him. My mother typed my first letter to the editor. Next, I was smart enough to marry two wives that could type and spell. They could spell words they didn’t know when they didn’t even know what the...

You’re stuck home with your kids and feeling sorry for yourself. How are you going to keep them busy? What about their school work? I’ve got a better story – stuck at home with 16-year old triplets. Beat that. Anyone? Anyone? That’s what I thought. Last week, as I was lamenting our collective plight...

There are certainly times when the stress of the COVID-19 quarantine and confinement brings out the worst in people. But at other times, it seems people are bending over backwards to be nice, to help each other out, to pass it forward. That was brought front and center to the Barton Publications sta...