Voters reject $1 million bond election for OCWD #1

April 15, 2020: Whether it is the frightening television news announcing ever-increasing COVID- 19 deaths in the U. S. or it’s because Vidorians are playing it safe and not taking any chances, the streets of Vidor are uncharacteristically empty these days.

Paxton, Cornyn gear up for primary battle

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton made it official last week, announcing he will challenge U.S. Sen. John Cornyn in next March’s Republican primary.

The Mysterious "Woman In Blue"

A Franciscan priest, who made the long and dangerous trip from the New World in search of the mysterious “Lady in Blue,” arrived at a Spanish abbey on Apr. 21, 1631.The padre was determined to find out for himself if the mother superior really was the phantom visitor that brought biblical teachings...

MY FIVE CENTS

MY FIVE CENTSThis week we welcomed the Texas Forestry Association (TFA) to the Texas Capitol. TFA, which has been active since 1914, has members in a variety of fields including logging, consulting, conservation, planting, and prescribed burning.

Appeals court: TEA can release A-F school ratings

A judge with the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled last week that the Texas Education Agency can release its 2023 A-F school accountability ratings, the Houston Chronicle reported.The ruling overturned a district judge’s injunction after more than 120 school districts sued to stop TEA from...

Tamara Hext wins 1980 Miss Texas Teen title

April 8, 2020: Tw Two unrelated shootings in two Vidor residences sent four people to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries last Saturday night.A three-hour long armed standoff between a man in a recreational vehicle and Orange County Sheriff’s Deputies ended peacefully with no one being...

A Texas Hero in a Tuxedo

A 23 year old pianist from Kilgore gave sagging morale back home a much needed boost by winning first prize at the International Tschaikowsky competition on Apr. 12, 1958.Van Cliburn was just what the doctor ordered for a country still down in the dumps over the Soviets’ Sputnik space spectacular...

Social Security Matters

By Russell Gloor, National Social Security Advisor at the AMAC Foundation, the non-profit arm of the Association of Mature American CitizensDear Rusty: I will be 66 ½ in June and would like to discuss when would be the best time for me to start taking my social security benefits.

Senate Approves “Transformative” Special Ed Bill

Public schools will receive funding for special education services based on the type and intensity of service provided rather than the location in which it is provided, under a bill approved by the Senate on Monday afternoon.

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