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...

I was lookin’ at myself in our bathroom mirror the other day when Janet walked in.“What are you doing?” she asked.“Just wonderin’,” I replied.“Wondering what?”“I was just...

October 22nd, 1836 — In a ceremony marked by the simplicity of a frontier republic yet resonant with the gravity of nationhood, General Sam Houston was that afternoon sworn...

October 29, 1925 At a meeting held in the District Court room last Tuesday night, several citizens of the town organized the Ozona Rifle Club. This...

Indianola-September 1875—A monstrous hurricane, born in the far reaches of the tropical Atlantic, descended upon the fair city of Indianola, TX, on Thursday, Sept. 16,...

 I really get a kick out of Facebook. Here are some of my older posts. I took a friend's advice and looked up my family roots. I came up with Sassafras.  Now Brother,...

October 24, 1935Raymond Edward Eggres itinerant, worked out a $14 fine assessed in justice of the peace court here for the theft of a leather coat...

After readin’ all this junk I write, you wouldn’t think, as a kid, I would have been a book reader, but you’d be wrong. I loved books, well some books. My mom and sister...

October 17, 1935Burglary at the West Texas Lumber Company in Barnhart Sunday night, at which time someone entered the building through the side...