Dear Editor, We are a country of laws but, apparently, with exceptions for Texas. On January 24, 2024, the Supreme Court ordered Texas to allow federal border agents access to the state’s border with Mexico. Far right politicians who act like fascists have made it clear they will ignore national law. I pledge allegiance to…

Dear Editor, Generosity throughout Pearsall contributed to a successful shoebox gift collection season at drop-off locations for the Samaritan’s Purse project Operation Christmas Child. Across the U.S., the project collected 10 million shoebox gifts in 2023. Combined with those collected from partnering countries in 2023, the ministry is now sending over 11.3 million shoebox gifts…

A View From the Bridge Imagine my disappointment when a portion of the rebuilt highway access road in Cotulla was finally opened a couple of weeks ago and I discovered that its designers have made it more troublesome actually to do the accessing. For the past fifty-odd years since the interstate was built, traffic flowing…

A standoff at an Eagle Pass park continues as the Department of Homeland Security has sent a second letter to Gov. Greg Abbott demanding access to the Rio Grande park that is now under state control. Abbott contends the state has the right to defend itself from what he called “record-smashing levels of illegal immigration,” …