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“Mr. Cub” never played in World Series
Columns, Opinions
This Week in Texas History
“Mr. Cub” never played in World Series
By Bartee Haile, Texas History 
May 22, 2024
Playing in his first full season for the Chicago Cubs, a skinny shortstop from Texas drove in the winning run with an 11th inning double on May 23, 19...
Goodbye Stockton, my old friend
Columns, Opinions
IT'S NOT ALWAYS SUNNY
Goodbye Stockton, my old friend
By Megan Navarro 
May 15, 2024
I never thought when we packed up several cars and a U-Haul to move out to this small Texas desert town of Fort Stockton three years ago that it would...
First female radio announcer broke barriers
Columns, Opinions
First female radio announcer broke barriers
By Bartee Haile, Texas History 
May 15, 2024
On May 15, 1970 Misty Fincher finally got her first good night’s sleep since a tornado tore through Lubbock four days earlier Moda Fincher, the little...
Your birthday looks different this year
Columns, Opinions
Wolves Never Look Up
Your birthday looks different this year
By Brittany Kelley 
May 8, 2024
Hey. It’s been some time since we’ve talked, so I wanted to give you an update. Five years ago, I found out about your death. The news was sent throug...
The ins and outs of AI
Columns, Opinions
From The Crow's Nest
The ins and outs of AI
By Staff Report 
May 8, 2024
I’m sorry, but I just don’t understand all the hullabaloo over AI. It’s all over the news, what little I watch of it. Normally, while I’m waiting on s...
Common misconceptions about ‘rape kits’
Columns, Opinions
Common misconceptions about ‘rape kits’
By Claudia Menchaca, HCWC Educator, Noella Hill, RN CA/CP SANE 
May 1, 2024
April is both Sexual Assault and Child Abuse Awareness month. The following article is the final article of a five-week series focusing on raising awa...
“Hippo” couldn’t win for losing
Columns, Opinions
“Hippo” couldn’t win for losing
By Bartee Haile, Texas History 
May 1, 2024
“Hippo” Vaughn cursed his rotten luck on May 2, 1917, after losing the only double no-hitter in major league history. James Leslie Vaughn grew up in W...
Witch-hunting Texan makes curtain call
Columns, Opinions
This Week in Texas History
Witch-hunting Texan makes curtain call
By Bartee Haile, Texas History 
April 24, 2024
Martin Dies, fire-breathing founder of the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), came out of retirement on Apr. 26, 1952 to run for Texas’ ne...
5 things you can do to prevent child abuse
Columns, Opinions
CHILD ABUSE AWARENESS MONTH
5 things you can do to prevent child abuse
By By Kirsten Brotze, HCWC Community Engagement Coordinator 
April 24, 2024
April is both Sexual Assault and Child Abuse Awareness month. The following article is the fourth article of a five-week series focusing on raising aw...
Mutiny on the road to San Jacinto
Columns, Opinions
This Week in Texas History
Mutiny on the road to San Jacinto
By Bartee Haile, Texas History 
April 17, 2024
Learning his commander-in-chief had decided to stand and fight, an insubordinate captain rejoined the Texas Army on Apr. 17, 1836 in time for the Batt...
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Meet the Candidates for the Hays County Elections 2024
Buda, Community, Dripping Springs, ...
Meet the Candidates for the Hays County Elections 2024
The 2024 General Election is Nov. 5. Barton Publications reached out to local candidates to answer questions about their races. Not all returned the questionnaire.
By Staff Report 
October 16, 2024
CANDIDATES FOR HAYS COUNTY SHERIFF Anthony Hipolito (R) What is the number one crime-related issue that needs an immediate plan of action from the nex...
November 2024 Election Coverage
Breaking News, Hays County, News
November 2024 Election Coverage
By Staff Report 
November 5, 2024
These are the unofficial Nov. 5 election results as of 11:13 p.m, with all 58 polling locations reporting. Results will remain unofficial until canvas...
Pedophile sentenced to life without parole
Hays County, News, San Marcos
Pedophile sentenced to life without parole
By Staff Report 
October 4, 2024
SAN MARCOS — Christopher Lee Head, 36, was sentenced to life in prison, without the possibility of parole, by visiting Judge Glenn Devlin on Oct. 4. A...
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