December 12, 1935Bids will be received by the State Highway Commission at Austin on Monday, December 30, for grading structures, stone base and...

Well, it’s time to reminisce again.I’m sure some of you have already started your Christmas shoppin’. You’re puttin’ up decorations and such, and gettin’ ready for visitors...

December 5, 1935Fire resulting from a defective flue damaged the roof of a servant house and washroom at the Scott Peters home here Tuesday...

Clayton, N.M.—One hundred and twenty-four years after the botched hanging that ended his life, Thomas E. “Black Jack” Ketchum still casts a long, sinister shadow across the...

Since it’s nearly Christmas, I decided to rerun one of my old Christmas poems.  ‘Twas the night before ChristmasAnd Janet was gone.I was at homeAnd I was alone.I pulled...

 In the annals of Texas history, few Native tribes evoke as much fascination and revulsion, as the Tonkawa. Known to early European explorers as nomadic hunters scattered...

I was in the grocery store the other day and a man asked me to rerun this story so he could read it to his grandkids. Now how could I refuse a request like that.I don’t see...

November 28, 1935Opening of a school museum on the third floor of the High School building, in which various curious and objects of historical...

Yippee! The creatures are back. I’m talkin’ about those pesky phone creatures. You know the ones who call you durin’ supper, or just when a good movie comes on TV. I know...

November 21, 1935Two inspectors who are working as special deputies under the sheriff have been employed by Crockett County to check all movement...

Originally published by Leroy Wise in the Brownwood Bulletin, dated October 22, 1925, then expanded and annotated for modern readers by Jim Fish in November 2025.In Part...

 Rusty is out of town, doing who knows what; shooting something, no doubt.  He called and asked me to run one of his old columns. Instead, I think I’ll write, and let you...

November 14, 1935Evacuation of 180 school children from a three-story building in fifty seconds may or may not be something of a record, but it...

Originally published by Leroy Wise in the Brownwood Bulletin, dated October 22, 1925, then expanded and annotated for modern readers by Jim Fish in November 2025. The story...

Nov. 8, 1945First 1946 new car model to be shown in Ozona was on display yesterday at the North Motor Co. The 1956 Chevrolet, first new car on floors of Ozona automobile...