FROM MY FRONT PORCH     Sam Houston is the publisher of the Hood County News. He is also an actor, author, playwright, performer and entertainment producer/promoter.   As we age, …

FROM MY FRONT PORCH     Sam Houston is the publisher of the Hood County News. He is also an actor, author, playwright, performer and entertainment producer/promoter.   As we age, …

HOOD OUTDOORS As a licensed professional fishing guide, Michael Acosta shows you how to find them. A Granbury resident of more than 35 years, he has been fishing all of his life, and has been a …

HOOD OUTDOORS     As a licensed professional fishing guide, Michael Acosta shows you how to find them. A Granbury resident of more than 35 years, he has been fishing all of his life, and …

THE IDLE AMERICAN Dr. Newbury is a longtime university president who continues to write weekly and speak regularly throughout Texas. The intent of this piece is to provide comfort to folks who …

THE IDLE AMERICAN Dr. Newbury is a longtime university president who continues to write weekly and speak regularly throughout Texas. The intent of this piece is to provide comfort to folks who …

BOOK REVIEW Man, that song. It reminds you of falling in love, first dates, riding around in a car, best friends. You can imagine the performance of it, the bassist's passion, the audience cheers. …

BOOK REVIEW Man, that song. It reminds you of falling in love, first dates, riding around in a car, best friends. You can imagine the performance of it, the bassist's passion, the audience cheers. …

FROM MY FRONT PORCH Sam Houston is the publisher of the Hood County News. He is also an actor, author, playwright, performer and entertainment producer/promoter.   Sometimes I try to …

HOOD OUTDOORS As a licensed professional fishing guide, Michael Acosta shows you how to find them. A Granbury resident of more than 35 years, he has been fishing all of his life, and has been a …

KNIEPER REAL ESTATE Pam Knieper, Broker/Owner of Knieper Real Estate, is and has been the #1 Top Producer for more than 15 years in Hood County and running. She is known as the Waterfront Expert and …

LOOKING BACK Looking Back is a column that highlights articles retrieved from local newspaper archives that were published in years past. 80 YEARS AGO NOVEMBER 1942 In The Hood County …

THE IDLE AMERICAN Dr. Don Newbury is a longtime public speaker and former university president who writes weekly.   My dear old Dad, who absented his earthly life three decades ago, loved …

ON FISHING Popular Squaw Creek Park has reopened for boating, fishing enthusiasts MICHAEL ACOSTA As a licensed professional fishing guide, Michael Acosta shows you how to find them. He has …

When a few minutes changes everything “I may cry.” The bald dude with the big old beard unexpectedly spoke those words while standing in my open front door last Wednesday. Just about three …

FROM MY FRONT PORCH Where do you stand on pumpkin spice? Yes or no? SAM HOUSTON Sam Houston is an actor, author, playwright, performer and entertainment producer/promoter.   Seems …

FROM MY FRONT PORCH I was looking at you while you are looking at me SAM HOUSTON Sam Houston is an actor, author, playwright, performer and entertainment producer/promoter. This past …

I am composing this column using talk-to-text while driving on Highway 287 from Amarillo to Azle. I thought about submitting it without corrections just for the laughs that would be generated by …

BOOK REVIEW Don’t go into the attic (until you have read this book) TERRI SCHLICHENMEYER Do you run or scream in fear? Maybe both. When you see whatever it is that scares you to the …

I am composing this column using talk-to-text while driving on Highway 287 from Amarillo to Azle. I thought about submitting it without corrections just for the laughs that would be generated by …