The University of Arkansas honored its most recent graduating class with a series of spring commencement ceremonies in Fayetteville, Friday and Saturday, May 9-10. Two Fredericksburg students joined more than 5,500 graduates earning degrees that weekend. Sydney Slaughter received a bachelor of inter...

If you are a regular reader of this column, you will remember my Uncle Ben Hahn. In the mid-1950s, he returned here for a while after rearing his children in the valley. I never learned why he came back, but we were happy to have him here. He was a butcher for H-E-B when the chain was then largely c...

Cinematic Considerations It’s an ambitious gamble to resurrect a beloved 1990s comedy for a sequel nearly three decades later. Netflix, in a decade long partnership with comedian Adam Sandler and his Happy Madison production company, has milked the family friendly actor for an assortment of marginal...

A person can tell if something doesn’t pass the smell test by imagining a proposal is being done by “the other side” in our proverbial political games...

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) will host a webinar for producers to learn about disaster and technical assistance on Friday, Aug. ...

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