In Lone Star 2.0, more than 3,000 undocumented immigrants have been arrested by Texas Department of Public Safety officers this year, according to records obtained by The Texas Tribune. As illegal border crossings plunge, state police are shifting their energies toward aiding the Trump administration’s mass deportation effort.

At Madison County Museum, I’m putting together an exhibit of military memorabilia, mostly local. It’s slow going, and I can sure use help or items from any of you so inclined. In case you don’t read to the bottom, the Museum is open Wednesday – Saturday, 10-2, at 201 North Madison.

After two special sessions ended without lawmakers agreeing on how to regulate the state’s THC market, Gov. Greg Abbott issued an executive order restricting the use of products infused with the psychoactive cannabis compound to adults age 21 and older, The Dallas Morning News reported.

To the North Zulch Community, We are excited to share some important work that will guide our district’s direction and ensure the continued success of our students. This summer, our School Board and administrative team worked together to create a robust framework for our district through the NZISD Board Purpose Statement.

The second special session of the Legislature ended last Thursday with a new congressional map, flood relief and safety measures but a stalemate on whether to ban or regulate THC. The Dallas Morning News reported lawmakers approved most of the legislative priorities Gov. Greg Abbott listed for the special session.

The Texas Senate approved the new congressional map and sent the bill to Gov. Greg Abbott, who signed it Friday. A lawsuit challenging the redrawn districts as being racially discriminatory was filed before Abbott could ink the legislation.

Fifty years have slipped by. I got my hands on a 1976 Mustang yearbook, which included fiftyyear- old facts from the 1975 fall semester at Madisonville High School That’s when the Madisonville Mustang varsity football team (with back numbers) included Dwynn Wheaton (38), Richard Deal (86), Rodney Lockhart (71), Kevin Brooks (80), Herbert Nealy (88), Randy Adams (74), Gary Wakefield (66), David Phillips (82), Les Morgan (72), Thomas Merchant (60), Larry Heaton (40), Arthur Evans (30), Jerry Paul Moffett (24), Bill Lynch (76), Drew Montgomery (64), Preston Allen (70), Greg Scott (52), Herbert Gilbert (10), Mike Berry (62) Doug Davis (32), Johnny Wheaton (42), Ray Hardeman (20), Terry Dean (68), and Melvin Ford (22). They were coached by Jerry Harper and Jim Vinson, with Dennis Spiller as manager.

Both the Texas House and Senate have passed a mid-decade redistricting bill that positions the GOP to pick up five additional congressional seats next year. Passage came after House Democrats ended their quorum-breaking walkout while still vowing to pursue legal challenges.

It seems the majority of the new arrivals were also drawn to the city life and set up home near their, “Illegal Alien” friends. They too decided they didn’t want to become American citizens. They had no desire to adopt Texas or American culture, learn the language, or assimilate in anyway. They actually separated themselves from the rest of Texas society, started opening up businesses with signs written in their mother tongue, and catered to their own kind. There was sometimes even open disdain for Texans, as well as the Texas Aliens.

I related this saga several years ago, but unique stories deserve a second chance. It seems that Madison County’s first Mathis was Alabama-born Willis W.