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By John Meng, Publisher/Editor For the past two months, Jackson County officials and residents have been walking on proverbial egg shells. Surrounding communities of El Campo, Victoria, Yoakum, Cuero and others were reporting new positive cases of...

Barbers and Salons Make the Cut

By John Meng Publisher/Editor Men and women who might have considered themselves as ‘cosmetically challenged’ these days are breathing sighs of relief. Barber shops and hair and nail salons are back open for business. Last week, Texas...

Back in Business

By John Meng, Publisher/Editor For the past seven weeks, city sidewalks and businesses have seemed desolate and lifeless. Business doors were locked to customers and restaurant parking lots emptied due to government orders issued to prevent the...

Hospital slows fiscal hemorrhage

By John Meng, Publisher/Editor After having two of its best fiscal years in 2018 and 2019, the Jackson County Hospital District is now wrestling with significant losses related to the coronavirus. Fortunately, the Hospital District will be...

Second Amendment Trumps Coronavirus

When the coronavirus first emerged and began spreading from town to town across the United States, few could have ever guessed that it would create a conflict with the Second Amendment. Demand for firearms skyrocketed in response to the...

Church-goers are Finding New Ways to Worship

“We will make it work. Because in the end, God is in control,” said Pastor Andy Schroer of Redeemer Lutheran Church in Edna. With all the uncertainty going on in the world, Pastor Schroer knows God still has a plan. Schools all over Jackson...

News

Dozens Exposed in Ganado

By John Meng, Publisher/Editor

Barbers and Salons Make the Cut

By John Meng Publisher/Editor

Property Taxes Going Up, Up, Up

by John Meng, Publisher/Editor

Many Jackson County businesses and property owners have expressed shock at the unprecedented increases they are seeing in their property tax bills.

Sports

Slaying Goliath

By Michael Brooks
Sports Writer

Cobras Volleyball will play State Semi-Final game at 11 a.m.

Indians dominate fourth quarter, defeat Schulenburg

For three quarter Ganado and Schulenburg matched each other back and forth. Every time the Indians scored, Schulenburg would tie the game.

Columns & Opinions

Protecting one another

By Jill Sklar, Jackson County Judge

The two cases this past week were no doubt disheartening, but they were by no means devastating.

Economic Baby Steps

By John Meng, Publisher/Editor

Walking a Tightrope

The streets and businesses of Jackson County are disturbing. Desolate. Deserted. Locked doors. I can’t even get a haircut.

Lifestyle

Dewberries bring back sweet memories

By Katherine Compton

Bread, Great Comfort Food

All of your senses are engaged when you cook. If it doesn’t look or smell appetizing, you are probably not going to eat it.

Grow Your Own Hand Sanitizer

We don’t keep hand sanitizer and rarely used it. But when this health crisis hit, I was willing to start. Of course, there was none in the stores.

News

Dozens Exposed in Ganado

Barbers and Salons Make the Cut

Property Taxes Going Up, Up, Up

Sports

Slaying Goliath

Cobras Volleyball will play State Semi-Final game at 11 a.m.

Indians dominate fourth quarter, defeat Schulenburg

Columns & Opinions

Protecting one another

Economic Baby Steps

Walking a Tightrope

Lifestyle

Dewberries bring back sweet memories

Bread, Great Comfort Food

Grow Your Own Hand Sanitizer

Fang after fang

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