May 2026

Dear Neil: I have a 3.5-acre piece of property, and this groundcover grows wild over a good portion of it. I have two areas, however, where I planted and maintain Palisades Zoysia around my front walk and pool. This plant is starting to invade the grass around the pool.

Sharing his understanding of the dictates of Just War Theory for Christians who found themselves in the midst of one of our previous “War(s) on Terror,” the prominent evangelical apologist for “a generous orthodoxy,” Tony Campolo, considered John Calvin’s elaborations of the classic understanding...

The Social Security Administration just released the most popular baby names for 2025, and they reveal an unfortunate trend. Girls’ names lean toward elegance and tradition — names our grandmothers and great-grandmothers had.

Early voting in both the Democratic and Republican runoff races ends Friday, May 22, with the election on Tuesday, May 26. On the GOP side, the statewide runoffs are: U.S.

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The long-awaited graduation day arrived this Friday for the Fort Stockton High School Class of 2026, marking the end of a 12-year journey and the beginning of a new chapter for the graduating seniors.

IRAAN — Samuel Sparks, an incoming junior at Iraan-Sheffield Collegiate High School, has achieved a historic milestone by becoming the first student from Pecos County selected for the prestigious Texas 4-H Water Ambassadors Program.

David Middleton Shelton went to be with his Lord and Savior on May 5, 2026. David was born February 1, 1938, to C.V.