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Corsicana, TX — The Main Street Pumpkin Patch pumpkins, grown and harvested on a Navajo Indian reservation near Farmington, are about to make their presence known in Corsicana. During the last several months, the Main Street Pumpkin Patch Planning Committee has been working hard to ready the Corsicana Visitors Center and downtown for the event, […]
BURLESON, TX — The tales of the Old West often paint a picture of tough, gunslinging, grizzly cowboys, rugged outlaws and Texas Rangers all galloping across the rough terrain in pursuit of justice or revenge. Some have scruples, while others take the law into their own hands determined to get their man, dead or alive. […]
GRANBURY, TX — He was a tiny mess of matted black fur, pitiful, whining and so sick from vomiting he was nearly dead when Kay Collerain discovered her Labrador mix, now 4 years old. The puppy, later named Moose, was just 5 weeks old when Kay found him sitting on her woodpile surrounded by fierce […]
RED OAK, TX — Watch two chickens and one woman who’ve made their home together in the ‘burbs.
WEATHERFORD, TX — Many students are headed off to college. The Parker County Aggie Moms’ Club has been instrumental in getting some local teens get there. The club’s main focus is to raise money for local Texas A&M University students and the school through scholarships and other support functions. Both Cathy Cobb and Lori […]
WAXAHACHIE, TX — Jerry Schwartz had cleaned and trimmed the horse’s front right hoof and was nailing the shoe on. Holding the upside-down hoof between his knees, he deftly hammered three nails into the left side of the shoe left- handed, then switched hands to drive the other three in. This was the tricky […]
DESOTO, TX — Many girls dream of becoming actresses but don’t. Summer Selby-Drew did. “By the time I was 8, I knew I wanted to act and make my own choices,” Summer recalled. “I grew up in a strict environment. Choices were made for me. In college, I finally found my own freedom to […]
RED OAK, TX — Alan Thomas speaks two languages: English and music. As a precocious preschooler, he learned to read both of these at the same time. His parents were both professional musicians, and he grew up listening to his father teach private lessons in their home. From that foundation, Alan grew into an […]
MIDLOTHIAN, TX — Putting pen to paper can be an assignment. Painting a picture of nature might be a hobby. Doodling shapes and designs is, for many, a habit like biting fingernails. But for an artist, creating a scene where before there was simply blank space is not any of these things. Creating art […]
MANSFIELD, TX — For most people, reading is an everyday occurrence — a skill taken for granted and done without thinking. Unfortunately, there are many adults in the community who cannot read, and illiteracy holds them back financially, professionally and personally throughout their lives. The earlier in life a child learns to read, the […]
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