Red Oak getting new water tower

RED OAK – The City of Red Oak will boast a new water tower in a little over a year from now.The Red Oak Public Works Department held the groundbreaking for the new tower last week, which will be located on Daubitz Drive.This water tower construction will begin very soon, according to city officials.

Take on new hobbies in retirement

STATEPOINT – Retirement should be relaxing, not boring. In fact, taking on new hobbies can keep your mind sharp and body vital as you age. Here are five ways to stay active in your golden years: 1.

ELLIS COUNTY ARRESTS: March 11 – 17

Johnson, Waco, 18, unauth use of vehicle.Honea, Joel, 41, poss CS pg 1/1-b<1g.Ragland, Kenya, 49, sex offender’s duty to register life/annually Felony 3, sex offender’s duty to register life/annually Felony 3.Mack, Russell, 55, theft prop <$2500 2/more prev convictions.

WILMER ARRESTS: March 9 – 16

Davis, Mavael, 17, apprehension by police officer without warrant.Davis, Navaeh, 17, apprehension by police officer without warrant.King, Kendrick, 49, assault causes bodily injury.Hampton, Dekendrick, 33, fail to ID fugitive intent give false info, warrant arrest other agency.

COMICALLY INCORRECT by A.F. Branco (March 20, 2025)

OPINION: The Department of Education has finally flunked out

We’ve all seen the outrageous stats for the Department of Education.Until Donald Trump’s White House hit man Elon Musk sicced his Department of Government Efficiency on it, the Education Department had an annual budget of between $238 and $268 billion and employed about 4,100 bureaucrats.

DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE: We the People... taking out the trash

You do not become the most powerful nation in the world by smoking a peace pipe and singing kumbaya.In my last 30 years of traveling around the world, the peace pipe was rarely discussed.What people did suggest was the United States was the biggest bully on the block.

OPINION: The Trump-Johnson-Thune budget victory

The passage of the continuing resolution to keep the government open was a remarkable example of the revolutionary movement through which we are living.Traditionally, a continuing resolution requires a bipartisan agreement to get through the Senate.

NOTABLE QUOTABLES (March 20, 2025)

YOU CAN’T FIX STUPID“Anyone of us could find ourselves being deported.” – “The View” co-host Whoopi Goldberg“When my mother came from Guyana, she realized it is not a land of opportunity [the United States] for people like us.

FRONT-PORCH GOSPEL: This life story begins in 1973 (kind of) part 77

“I don’t think we ever had a bad Christmas,” she said after a moment, “not in all of our years. The Lord gave us that. It seemed that the little things were our kids’ favorites. We’d find a box of Life Savers, and the kids would rattle them around in their mouth for a month.