Our Viewpoint
Ladder truck proves its worth in the end
      For years, many have pointed to the city of Jasper's ladder truck and wondered why a city of this size would require such a truck. It was called a $700,000 flagpole that was only used to give Santa Claus a ride during the Christmas parade. But Monday evening, that question was not being raised at...
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Guest Commentary
All buyers should be commended
By VERN KAYLOR Jasper
      Jasper County Junior Livestock Show and Sale 2007 has come and gone. I sincerely hope every participat in the show benefited from this experience. To be a sucessful show it takes patient, determined youth and willing family and friends. To be a sucessful sale it takes generous buyers. Two of the ...
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Guest Commentary
Fluffy dies for the Revolution
Mack Hall
      It's a dog-eat-poisoned-glop world out there. Dogs and cats are carnivores. They like to kill other animals and eat them, and all our Disney-fying anthropomorphism can't change that. They also eat their own vomit, sniff each other's lieutenants, and reproduce with a stunning lack of dignity and in...
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In Jasper County
Ribbons tasty too...
     Newsboy photo/ Jimmy Galvan
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Capital Highlights
House passes version of state budget for 2008-2009
Ed Sterling Texas Press Association
      A USTIN - The Texas House of Representatives on March 30 passed House Bill 1, the state budget for the 2008-2009 biennium. The budget totals slightly more than $150 billion, an increase of 5.4 percent from the previous biennium. Note: the figure does not include the $14.2 billion property tax r...
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