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Brook Hill lower school hosts invention convention, students earn savings bonds

Third grade students at The Brook Hill School participated in the third annual Invention Convention on last week. The students wrote a research paper about an inventor and created a display board about the inventor and what he or she invented. More...

Checklist Charlie

"Son of Man"

Why didn't he refer to himself as the Son of God? Others called him Son of God, of course, but he called himself the Son of Man. Why not claim the more impressive title? He deserved it after all. More...

Smith County annual county wide clean-up vouchers ready

Smith County residents can now pick up their vouchers for the annual Smith County Wide Cleanup Event. This is an opportunity for residents of Smith County to bring trash and bulky items to the Greenwood Farms Landfill for free. More...

Home & Garden

Planning a home orchard

If you have been contemplating walking out your back door and harvesting fresh blueberries, peaches, blackberries or other culinary delights, mid to late winter is the time to plan and plant for those future harvests. More...

Broccoli: a two-season crop

Broccoli is a cool weather crop. Last year, I found it a very easy crop to grow when planting seedlings early before spring. The plants grew to a large size and produced a small crop of broccoli until the hot weather arrived. More...

Prevent melon splitting

What causes the blossom end of nearly mature cantaloupes to split open? What can we do to prevent it? A long period of dry weather followed by lots of rain can cause slowly developing fruit to put on a big growth spurt that could cause splitting. More...

Former Mayor A.W. Hines endorses Johnson for Mayor, supports Frederick, Stewart for city council

" When I first got on the council a few years back, the city had a lot of problems." ~A.W. Hines

"When I first got on the council a few years back, the city had a lot of problems," A.W. Hines, former Bullard mayor, said. More...

Town Talk

Bring your protest signs or your American Flag and join group of citizens in Jacksonville who have organized a TEA (Taxed Enough Already) party/rally More...

Sports

The Guard still unbeaten in TAPPS title run

DALLAS - Jake Beam went the full nine innings and added two doubles as The Guard beat The Shelton School from Dallas 12-4, in TAPPS district play this past Monday afternoon at the Shelton School field. More...

Lady Guard beats Canyon Creek, 22-4; Lakehill 16-0

BROOK HILL 22 CANYON CREEK 4

RICHARDSON - Brook Hill was ready to come home early and busted out with 14 runs in the top of the fifth inning to lead to a 22-4, dominating showing over Canyon Creek on Thursday afternoon at the Canyon Creek Christian School Field. More...

Langemeier gets double gold for Guard at Elliot Relays

TYLER - West Rusk surprised the host team in the boys competition, but the Lady Crusaders took the girls divisions of the Jack Elliot Relays held at T.K. Gorman this past Thursday afternoon at Gorman's McCallum Stadium. More...