Oakhurst News

World War II veteran Lloyd Bartee was one of three Brush-area vets honored with a certificate of appreciation by Hospice of the Plains in late January.

It's called "cracking" by the courts, long-time civil-rights lawyer Jason Smith wrote in an op-ed piece recently in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram . It is a tactic used often by highly politicized local and state redistricting committees to weaken minority voting rights by dividing compact minority neighborhoods and linking them to white, affluent ... (more)

It's called "cracking" by the courts, long-time civil-rights lawyer Jason Smith wrote in an op-ed piece recently in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram . It is a tactic used often by highly politicized local and state redistricting committees to weaken minority voting rights by dividing compact minority neighborhoods and linking them to white, affluent ... (more)

ONE OF my favorite rural counties in East Texas celebrated its 140th anniversary this year.