A  search of my computer uncovered Easter tidbits hidden in the summers of 2009 and 2010. Golden eggs. What a surprise that both are from Max Lucado. “This was God’s plan which he had made long ago; he knew all this would happen.” (Acts 2:23 NCV)   “Jesus was given to you, and with the help of those...

T he surprising thing about the April 3, 1902 death of Barney Riggs was not the violent nature of his demise but that the West Texas gunfighter managed to live so long. There is no telling how many notches Riggs had on his six-gun before moving to Arizona in the early 1880s. Not that he was a profes...

Thousands poured into Gregg Clarke Park in Kyle for the annual Easter Egg-Stravaganza hosted by Eikon Church. Along with games and activities, the event also featured an Easter egg hunt complete with more than 80,000 eggs dropped from a helicopter. (photos by Moses Leos III)

Democratic Runoff Debate March 22 Candidates for the Democratic runoff-election in two Congressional races and one state Representative race will face off at Kyle City Hall March 22, 6:30 p.m. U.S. Congressional District 21 candidates Joseph Kopser and Mary Street Wilson will share their views on na...

O n March 21, 1872, Benito Juarez suffered the first of three heart attacks that five months later brought down the curtain on the amazing life of the “Lincoln of Mexico.” As a Zapotec Indian born in the first decade of the nineteenth century, Juarez’s birthright was poverty, oppression, ignorance a...

Whiff. Whiff. Go ahead, take a good whiff of the abundant and glorious blossoms that are everywhere you look.  (Check first for bumblebees.) Agarita (ahhhh-garita) yellow blossoms were among the first to break out. Still, they’re easy to spot. And, their sweet fragrance will not disappoint.  It’s a ...

D isgruntled Democrats, rural rebels and a handful of breakaway Republicans cast their lot with the Greenbacks on March 14, 1876 at the organizing convention of the Texas branch of the new third party. The devastating depression triggered by the Panic of 1873 shook American society to its core. Out ...

M ost folks know Thai lime leaf by its un-politically correct name, kaffir leaf, or kaffir lime leaf. Other names for the citrus are combava, limau purut, daun jeruk perut, makroot (makrut, magrood), chan sác, wild lime, and kieffer lime. The tree is native to Southeast Asia and Indochina and is com...

Another chapter of American history officially touched down at the San Marcos Airport March 6. While it may not look historic on the outside, what lies within the nuts and bolts of “That’s All Brother,” a refurbished C-47 aircraft, can tell a tale or two. The aircraft, which reached its permanent ho...

Kyle Stormwater Administrator Kathy Roecker discovered Saturday sometimes it’s the little things that matter most. While leading a group helping to clean up a part of Plum Creek in Waterleaf Park, Roecker noticed a small turtle whose habitat was blocked by various pieces of trash. It would have been...