In Jasper County
The fight never ends...
     Newsboy photo/Sharon Kerr THE ANNUAL RELAY FOR LIFE event began the way it has always begun - with the survivor's lap.The event raised more than $120,000 as groups raised funds during a night-long event around the Jasper County square.
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Voting vital during this election season
Our Viewpoint Editorials
      Early voting has begun for elections in Jasper. So far, turnout has been good and that's a good sign. This is an important election for the Jasper area. Voters will not only determine the new direction of both the Jasper Independent School District but Jasper's city council as well.
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Your Viewpoint Letters to the Editor
      JCSO commended for job well done By SAM CHAMBERLAIN Alvin Last Thursday, April 10th, Officer Terry Lee of the Jasper Sheriff's Department assisted by Texas Game Warden Justin Eddins successfully apprehended my 13- year-old granddaughter and her friend, who were runaways from Alvin,
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You'll never hear this on NPR
Guest Commentary One person's viewpoint
Mack Hall
      In an unsettled time when some discount stores will sell a customer only 100 pounds of rice a week (Oh, no! How will we survive the coming winter?), one is strangely comforted by the eternal 1968-ness of National Public Radio.
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Governor asks for help in curbing food, feed prices
Capital Highlights A summary of the week's significant events in Austin
Ed Sterling Texas Press Association
      A USTIN - With grocery bills and livestock feed prices inching higher and higher, Gov. Rick Perry asked a federal agency to help bring relief. In a letter dated April 25, Perry requested a waiver from the Environmental Protection Agency to cut the renewable fuel mandate for ethanol produced fr...
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