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Heart to Art

ENNIS, TX — Local actress, Fran Jeffery Anderson, has turned her dreams of a community that cherishes its heritage into dramatic reality. Based on her belief that the performing arts can educate, as well as entertain, the unique theatrical troupe she has founded is enjoying wide acclaim. Targeting a black audience with black themes, Inspiration, Inc. has […]


Bulldogs for Baseball

CORSICANA, TX — Nothing says summer in America like the smell of nachos wafting from the concession stand, polyester pants stained green from sliding in the grass to catch a pop fly, cleats caked with red dirt straight from the diamond and cheers from the bench as a player steels a base. Jason Kinkade has been […]


A Great Adventure

BURLESON, TX — As Richard Crummel embarks on his 40th year in education, Burleson Independent School District’s (BISD) superintendent of schools wears the dual hats of realist and adventurer, and balances them both with a black belt in taekwondo. “When they line us up and do personality profiles of people in administration,” Richard said, […]


Celebrate Safely

ENNIS, TX — Fireworks are loud, beautiful and exciting. They are a part of many Independence Day celebrations, and it is very important to remember that as beautiful and amazing as fireworks are, they can also be extremely dangerous. According to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, there were two deaths and nearly 9,000 […]


A Vigilant Artist

CEDAR HILL, TX — An artist is defined as one who works in or is skilled in any of the fine arts: painting, drawing, sculpting, etc., or a person who does anything very well, with imagination and a feeling for form and effect. Art conveys, via an aesthetically satisfying rendition, something valuable — a thought or […]


Fossil Man

WAXAHACHIE, TX — While many in Ellis County are interested in the rich history of the place they call home, few are knowledgeable about the area before there were cities, farms –– or people. But one local man has made the prehistory of North Texas a pastime that has brought him fulfillment, as well […]


The Magic Begins

MIDLOTHIAN, TX — Spinning and twirling in flowing colors of pink and baby blues, the little girl could practically see the imaginary twinkling of fairy dust as it fell softly and gently around her. When she puts on her tutu and begins to dance, the magic begins. She becomes a princess — one who […]


For God and Country

MANSFIELD, TX — Today, men like Eddie South are the face of our country. Seven grandchildren and 41 years after returning from Vietnam and starting a whole new life as a Tarrant County law enforcement officer, Eddie has retired to the countryside near Mansfield and has time for a little introspection. He realizes the war […]


A Man Can Dream

ENNIS, TX — Henry Odlozil has always loved airplanes. Born and reared in Ennis, he remembers spending lots of his spare time building model airplanes and dreaming of the day when he would be the pilot of his own aircraft. In a young man’s mind it may have seemed like forever, when in reality it was […]