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Video: Moms of Gilmer HS football team decorate players’ lockers ahead of season
CBS19 Aug 4, 2024 The Gilmer High School Football team welcomed players’ moms to come by and decorate their kids lockers before the beginning of the season.
Read MoreTexas Weekly Gas Price Update
August 5, 2024 Average gasoline prices in Texas have fallen 10.2 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.00/g today, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 13,114 stations in Texas. Prices in Texas are 5.9 cents per gallon lower than a month ago and stand 46.3 cents per gallon lower than a year ago. The…
Read MoreJIM “PAPPY” MOORE: Early Bird Catches the Worm
By Jim “Pappy” Moore I can confirm that the early bird catches the worm. I see them do it. When I take my walk at daybreak through the Piney Woods, birds sit perched above, looking intently for their breakfast. When they see a worm or something bigger, they swoop down, grab the unwilling breakfast participant,…
Read MoreJIM “PAPPY” MOORE: Golden Years or Downhill Slide?
By Jim “Pappy” Moore I was in my mid-fifties when I started writing this weekly column. Now I’m in my mid-seventies. Whoa! How did that happen?! Age tends to creep up on you, one uncomfortable truth at a time. In your fifties you still have some reason for delusion. You’re still pretty healthy. No serious,…
Read MoreTexas Weekly Gas Price Update
July 22, 2024 Average gasoline prices in Texas have fallen 8.6 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.03/g today, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 13,114 stations in Texas. Prices in Texas are 1.3 cents per gallon lower than a month ago and stand 20.8 cents per gallon lower than a year ago. The…
Read MoreJIM “PAPPY” MOORE: Assassination and Democrats’ Threat to Democracy
By Jim “Pappy” Moore The drumbeat by Democrats and their captive media agents attacking Donald Trump viciously came to a head on Saturday, July 13, 2024 when an assassination attempt was made on Trump at a rally where there was an insufficient Secret Service detail provided by Biden’s woke chief of that service. Eight years…
Read MoreHouston Texans’ Kris Boyd excited about upcoming NFL season
By Elwyn Henderson The Houston Texans began their 2024 Training Camp at the Methodist Training Center across from NRG Stadium on Kirby Street Thursday, July 18, and former Gilmer Buckeye star Kris Boyd began his sixth season in the NFL as one of the 48-man roster from the Texans. The Mirror had a chance to…
Read MoreAbbott’s RNC remarks amplify his attack on Biden’s border policies
By Robert Downen and Alejandro Serrano, The Texas Tribune July 17, 2024 “Abbott’s RNC remarks amplify his attack on Biden’s border policies” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues. Sign up for The…
Read MoreElon Musk says he’ll move X and SpaceX to Texas
By Asad Jung, The Texas Tribune July 16, 2024 “Elon Musk says he’ll move X and SpaceX to Texas” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues. Sign up for The Brief, The Texas…
Read MoreTexas Weekly Gas Price Update
July 15, 2024 Average gasoline prices in Texas have risen 7.0 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.12/g today, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 13,114 stations in Texas. Prices in Texas are 15.2 cents per gallon higher than a month ago and stand 3.4 cents per gallon lower than a year ago. The…
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