Opinion

How did you spend your summer vacation? My wife Donna and I did something this year that we haven't done in a long time, spent a week together on "vacation." Depending on your relationship with your spouse that can be a dream come true or a nightmare. Ours was terrific. We loaded up the truck and headed for Eureka Springs, Arkansas for a few days, more on that later, and then to Branson,

Governor Greg Abbott fires back at the Dallas County Judge that ordered 7 days jail time for Shelley Luther, the Dallas salon owner who reopened her shop in defiance of state and local orders not to do so. The Texas Governor has amended his original order stating "eliminating confinement as a punishment for violating these orders," and making the new order retroactive.

If it's ok with you, can we get lost in a little fantasy for a bit? If you won the "big" lottery and money was no longer an object but you want to keep it simple with just a 3 bedroom house, maybe this would fulfil all your dreams. At $1.8 Million, this just might be the most expensive 3-bedroom house in Texarkana. Let's take a look.

I watched a show on the Science Channel last weekend which was in two parts, it was all about the orbiting telescope named Hubble which was placed into orbit 30 years ago. I thought, "has it really been up there 30 years?" It has, and it is still returning images that simply blow my mind.

We were so excited after getting our new Air Fryer for Christmas this year, what we didn't know is that there is a definite learning curve. Air fryer, by the way, is nothing more than a Convection Oven. Air Fryer is just the new buzz-phrase being used to teach young people about a piece of technology that's been around for probably 100 years or more. Convection ovens are used in professional kitch

It's an annual tradition that makes me laugh-out-loud every time I see it, the WKRP in Cincinnati "Turkey's Away" episode. They just don't make television that funny anymore.

The band is back after four not-very-long years in retirement. How should we feel about it?

Wow! What a crowd! Who knew that Texarkana and the surrounding areas were such old train lovers? Today, Tuesday, November 12, 2019, we showed 'em what it's like to bring a genuine piece of locomotive history through our town by golly.

Every gun enthusiast should own at least one of these, if they don't already, we're talking an American classic, the Henry Lever Action 30-30 Rifle. Oh, and I know where you can win one.

Opening up my brain and thinking again, really is there anything more dangerous? Walmart drops the news yesterday, Tuesday, September 3, that they are going to stop selling certain short barrel rifle ammo and pistol ammunition when they run out... as if that will do anything to stem the tide of violence in our society.

I don't know what the numbers are area-wide, state-wide, or even nation-wide much less world-wide, but I do know there have been millions of Scouts over the last 100 years or so. Will we see 100's of neckers on World Scout Scarf Day Thursday, August 1 here in the Ark-La-Tex? Thousands? Or 10's of 1's?

I received a note from Melanie Cain, the new Secretary for the RCA, the Rondo Cemetery Association, a couple of days ago letting me know that the Rondo Cemetery is in need of some donations to get it trimmed up and looking good for summer. Your help is needed and matching funds are available.