Debunking Hot Peppers Myths

Enjoy the spicy heat hot peppers add to your meals without concern for the many myths surrounding these garden vegetables. Here are a few you may have heard but are not true. Growing both hot and sweet peppers in the garden will not add spicy heat to the sweet varieties.

Down Memory Lane

57 Years Ago November 11, 1963 Noel Wood of Richland Springs brought in the first entry of pecans for the ninth annual San Saba County Pecan Show which will be held at the Ranchmen's Tower Hotel on Dec. 7, according to Billy Kidd, county agent.

La Palabra de Dios Dice

Salmos 84:1-12 !!Cuán amables son tus moradas, oh Jehová de los ejércitos! Anhela mi alma y aun ardientemente desea los atrios de Jehová; Mi corazón y mi carne cantan al Dios vivo.

San Saba Order of the Eastern Star to meet Tuesday

San Saba Chapter 191, Order of the Eastern Star, will hold its regularly scheduled monthly meeting on Tuesday, November 17, 2020, at the Masonic Lodge.

San Saba County Law Enforcement Report

All persons are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

COVID-19 update for 11-10-20

Information was provided by Dr. Craig Whiting, Texas Department of State Health Services Local Health Authority, and Marsha Hardy, Emergency Management Coordinator for San Saba County CASES: Total = 174 San Saba County = 61 City of San Saba = 113 RECOVERED: San Saba County = 52 City of San...

My Cotton Picking Family

My mother grew up in the forties and fifties in Southeastern Alabama and Southwestern Georgia. Her father, my Grandaddy, was a farmer for most of her childhood, raising cotton, peanuts, and children alongside my mother’s mother, my Granny. My mom is the third of six children.

Commissioners' Court holds regular meeting Monday, October 26

The San Saba County Commissioners' Court met for a regular meeting on Monday, October 26th, in the District Courtroom. Judge Byron Theodosis called the meeting to order at 9: 04 a.m. and welcomed everyone in attendance.

Hill Country Naturalist

Two of my favorite native animals are cottontails and jackrabbits. As a kid in West Texas, I could always find at least one or the other in a five-minute walk into the pasture. They are nowhere near that populous now. Cottontails are rabbits, but despite the name, jackrabbits are not.

Happy Herman's Hideaway

Greetings, my San Saba loves, and how are you? I have to admit this week I feel as though I made a trip to Hawaii to surf the famous Pipeline but forgot to use a surfboard… Wow, what a tumultuous time we have spent in our house!