Our Viewpoint
Youth deserve our support at livestock auction sale
      This weekend, Jasper County FFA and 4-H members will have the opportunity to see just how much their hard work was worth this past year. The Jasper County Junior Livestock Show Sale will be held Friday and Saturday at the show arena on Hwy. 777. These students have showed tremendous responsibilit...
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Your Viewpoint
Letters to the Editor
      McClurg finally earns a paycheck By WINCY WALKER Jasper Results are what you expect, and consequences are what you get. - Author Unknown In a recent letter to the Newsboy, "County, city owes thanks to McClurg," Stephan Myers wrote, "McClurg...is a humble man who reluctantly takes credit f...
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Guest Commentary
Waveland, Mississippi
Mack Hall
      There are no blue FEMA tarps in Waveland, Mississippi because there is nothing to shelter. One does not unfold FEMA tarps on knee-high waves of ruins and wreckage. Enjoying a spring outing in Louisiana, a friend and I on a whim drove over to Mississippi just to say we had been there.
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Capital Highlights
TYC master orders review of inmate sentence extensions
Ed Sterling Texas Press Association
      A USTIN - The Texas Youth Commission story continues to unfold. It has come to light that the sentences of 93 percent of the agency's 4,700 inmates had been extended at some point, causing questions over the fairness of the process. Special Master Jay Kimbrough, appointed by Gov.
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