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*Be continually grouchy with your family and expect them to love, honor, and want to be around you. *Demand miracles from your staff at work and expect total loyalty from them, and to just love working for you.

Every citizen who cherishes American sovereignty, law and order, and preserving our nation must join the call for accountability at our southern border. The dangerous and reckless decisions of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas demand our condemnation and decisive action.

It takes a strong, loving coach and administration to sit one of their best players when the state championship is on the line.

Have you noticed that in these recent years, you really can’t believe anything anymore? If you see a photo on the internet, it’s most likely been doctored. Photoshop creates its own reality.

The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2024, recently passed by the U.S. House of Representatives, serves as a beacon of hope amid the increasing political divisiveness that threatens our nation’s unity.

I am often asked to research rules and regulations on interscholastic athletics. Serving as a consultant for state athletic regulations on athletics in public schools, I understand rules can be interpreted in many ways.

Respected Van Zandt County Veterinarian and former Texas House District 2 candidate, Buck VanTrease announced his support for Jill Dutton in the November 7 Special Election. “I am proud to endorse fearless conservative Jill Dutton in the special election for House District 2,” said VanTrease.

June 24, 2023 is a day to celebrate the landmark Supreme Court overturning the 1973 Roe v Wade decision that legalized abortion.

During my coaching career I initiated drug testing student- athletes at Ft. Scott Community College and a 6A high school in Texas. Having our student-athletes drug tested received mixed reviews. Both times, this was new procedures for the institutions.

Van Zandt County may not have the latest and greatest voting equipment, but it does have one of the safest, most efficient, and most accurate voting systems in Texas. It may be old technology, but it works, and the voters can have confidence in the results.