Letter to the Editor

Dear Editor: As many of you know, the County has chosen to change EMS services from Lifeguard/AMR to Hamilton EMS beginning August 1. There are several reasons for this change, but it was not due to the quality of services rendered by Lifeguard/AMR.

Happy Herman's Hideaway

If Life Is a Rat Race…Where Is the Pied Piper? Hello, my sweet San Saba friends, and how have you been this past week? I would guess you were as disappointed as the parentals we did not see a drop of rain from Hurricane Hanna, and pleased lives were spared.

The Richland Springs Report

I don't know if anyone around here is afraid of the virus, but I can tell you it is making a mess of our country. No one seems to know what to do. There are a multitude of experts with differing opinions. Should we wear a mask? Some say yes, others say no. Should we close the country?

Doug's Doorstep

Missing the Goal Have you ever been close to your goal or something you wanted to do, but were not able to achieve it? Perhaps you had worked for it for a long time and just when it was within reach, you failed to achieve it.

The Conscience of a Nation

People always have the choice to do the right thing. You can speak or choose silence. You can react with anger or maintain your cool. Anger, by the way, is a choice. You can use vulgar language or sprinkle your words with grace.

La Palabra de Dios Dice

Juan 5:30-47 No puedo yo hacer nada por mí mismo; según oigo, así juzgo; y mi juicio es justo, porque no busco mi voluntad, sino la voluntad del que me envió, la del Padre. Si yo doy testimonio acerca de mí mismo, mi testimonio no es verdadero.

Down Memory Lane

107 Years Ago July 24, 1913 Notice Farmers, We are now overhauling our corn machinery and will have same in shape to grind your corn after August 1st. Wednesdays and Saturdays will be our grinding days. Call and see us. Carson Bros., At San Saba Steam Mills.

State Capital HIGHLIGHTS

Department of Defense sends teams to assist hospitals in COVID-19 crisis COVID-19 turned aggressive to the point last week that the Department of Defense activated U.S. Army and U.S. Navy medical task force teams and assigned them to Texas at Governor Greg Abbott's request.

Experimental COVID-19 vaccine safe, generates immune response

An investigational vaccine, mRNA-1273, designed to protect against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), was generally well tolerated and prompted neutralizing antibody activity in healthy adults, according to interim results published online today in The New...

White House docs show Texas and 17 other states in COVID-19 “red zone”

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