By Nancy N. Roy One of the more amazing opportunities of my life was when I was just a young girl of 8-years old, or so, and I lived in England with my family. My Dad was in the Air Force and was stationed near a huge airbase just a 45-minute train ride from downtown...
By Shiela K. Haynes I am continually humbled by the service and sacrifice of our men and women in the Armed Forces. When I read the passage in Isaiah 6:8, it always reminds me of our service members. Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send? And who will go...
By Chuck Roy The Sigma plant has been ordered to temporarily stop all operations until they can prove they’re not polluting the town of Winnsboro. The stench produced by Sigma’s processing operations is appalling to many city residents and reprehensible to businesses and visitors. Sigma Partners, LLC, a Winnsboro based fertilizer processing facility, has accepted...
By Dr. Lee Payne There was once a time when camping conjured up images of trudging through the backcountry, backpacks slung over tired shoulders while keeping eyes peeled for bears. Some might still argue that roughing it with tents and sleeping bags is the real way to camp, but gone are the days where that’s...
Hayden Deaton and Haleigh Risner have earned berths in the UIL Class 3A State Meet set for Thursday, May 12, at Mike A. Myers Stadium on the campus of The University of Texas at Austin. The pair advanced out of the Region 2 meet held April 29-30 at Whitehouse. The top two competitors in each...
May 19-21, 2022 Winnsboro Rodeo Arena The 62nd Annual Winnsboro Rodeo presented by Texas Country Ford takes place May 19-21. Three nights of rodeo with competition featuring professional and amateur cowboys and cowgirls, some local and others from around the nation. Rodeo princesses are announced on Thursday and Friday evenings, and the rodeo queen will...
By Shiela K. Haynes, Editor The Rugged Red fell victim to the Tigers 2-1 with the opponent’s seventh inning, walk-off homerun on Friday at Mount Vernon. With the loss, the Rugged Red drops into a two-way tie with Harmony in the race for the district crown. Both teams have 8-2 district records; the teams split...
By Tumbleweed Smith “It’s kinda like camping but it has a western and historical flair to it,” says Kellye Duncan of San Angelo who started cooking by chuck wagon after spending 35 years in the restaurant business. She is the proud owner of two chuck wagons. “The first one was actually a hay wagon that...
Chuck Roy “Wow … Awesome!” and “Amazing,”were a few of the comments directed towards a magical night in Winnsboro as The Winnsboro Center for the Arts presented the highly anticipated Renaissance Under the Stars. A sold-out Civic Center audience of finely dressed revelers – actually more like a reenactment of a Knights of the Round...
By Kinny Haddox There’s no better way to catch April bass than on soft plastic lures. Back a half century ago, young Bill Dance busted on the scene of bass fishing like a bull in a china shop. His main weapon of choice in landing huge stringers of largemouths was a simple plastic worm. In...