Columns
ROSS RAMSEY: Funding for rural broadband in Texas is in trouble. The pandemic might save it.
A state fund used to buttress rural telecommunications and internet services could run out of money before the ...
Opinion
CHRIS CASTILLO — Federal death penalty will open more wounds
David Kaczynski, the brother of Ted Kaczynski, and I serve on the board of directors for a nationwide ...
Opinion
I.C. MURRELL — Dear class of 2020 … always seek truth
To our local high school, junior college, college and higher education graduates: I hope you understand by ...
Columns
BRAD ROBICHAUX — Take a lesson from Mid-County athletes
Do what needs to be done. It’s easy to say that, but much harder to follow through. Those ...
Opinion
MARY MEAUX — Source of fires needs to be known
The recent fire at a once well-known home at 101 Gifford Pond Drive came almost four months after ...
Opinion
MARY MEAUX — So many step up to help Southeast Texas first responders
If I’ve learned anything from living in this area for so long, it’s that the community always comes ...
Opinion
CASSANDRA JENKINS — ‘Pass/Fail’ grading policies meet students, teachers halfway
After Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced schools would not be returning to campuses for the remainder of this ...
Opinion
I.C. MURRELL — Timeline to open business can’t predict curve
A co-worker Wednesday asked me something pretty profound: “Do you ever find it inevitable that you will contract ...
Opinion
BRAD ROBICHAUX — Jason Forward demonstrates achievement in time of COVID-19
I learned about it through Facebook. Jason Forward, who I met a few weeks ago when I paid ...
News
I.C. MURRELL — Word of the year? You guessed it: Addendum
By now, the word “coronavirus” is deeply engrained into the English language. We know how to guard ourselves ...