SSHS Alumni among those awarded music scholarships at HPU

Howard Payne University’s School of Music and Fine Arts recently named 21 students as recipients of music scholarships for the 2023-2024 academic year.

Color Me Healthy

Cherokee Pre-K has officially started Color Me Healthy. Color Me Healthy is a nine-session series discussing eating healthy and exercising. Last week, the Pre-K students experienced the session of “Singing and Dancing to Color Me Healthy.

Walk Across Texas

'Congratulations to our following Walk Across Texas teams for completing the first week of WAT! In first place, Keep Going for GoGo reported 284.93 miles. Our second-place team, Walking Girls, reported 213.24 miles. Stepping It Up is our third-place team reporting 150.08 miles.

National 4-H Week

McKinley Armstrong, county extension agent says, 'It is National 4-H week! 4-H is a youth development program of the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service. In 4-H, we believe in the power of young people.

Rebecca Corey Linn weds Scott Pierce Hughes

Ms. Rebecca Corey Linn and Mr. Scott Pierce Hughes were married on September 30, 2023, at The Revaire in Houston, Texas. The Honorable Tracy Christopher, Chief Justice of the Fourteenth Court of Appeals of the State of Texas, officiated at the ceremony.

Rylander Library Book Review

Son of the Old West: The Odyssey of Charlie Siringo: Cowboy, Detective, Writer of the Wild Frontier by Nathan Ward - Amazon review: An epic narrative of the Old West told through the vivid, outsized life of cowboy, detective, and chronicler Charlie Siringo No figure in the Old West lived or shaped...

The Richland Springs Report

Life seems to be flying by with me trying to keep up. It’s the month of October and the holiday season is right around the corner. My son called from Tennessee to see if we could do Thanksgiving the week before since they will be in town that week.

Hill Country Naturalist

Last Hill Country Naturalist Dear Readers, This will be my last Hill Country Naturalist column. I very much want to thank all of you readers, who are always on my mind and for whom I hope I have provided some level of appreciation of our native environment.

Alice in Wonder Land

There have been Volunteer Fire Departments in towns where I have lived at Dresden, Ohio; Millersburg, Ohio; Gratiot, Ohio; and San Saba, Texas. The volunteers were friends and neighbors. Jack Blossman is the Captain of the San Saba Fire Volunteer Fire Department and a member of The Father's House.