Kangaroos and Foxes and Toucans, Oh My!
Wed, 08/02/2023 - 4:00am
Kangaroos and Foxes and Toucans, Oh My!
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Broadband Planning Update
Wed, 08/02/2023 - 4:00am
Broadband internet is the next essential utility. It has quickly become an expected part of our modern daily life. We take for granted things like electricity, clean drinking water, and telephone service but these utilities took a long time to plan and build out. Someday soon we will feel the same way about broadband internet. U.S. Census Bureau data indicate almost 2.8 million Texas households and 7 million people lack broadband access. Twenty three percent of Texans are unable to attend online classes, see a healthcare provider from their living room, fill out a job application online, start a business or access online marketplaces from their kitchen table. These barriers negatively affect Texans’ quality of life and limit economic opportunities for people and the state overall.
Cullen Baker Fair Committee meets
Wed, 08/02/2023 - 4:00am
Last week, in the atmosphere that goes with that unique group known as The Cullen Baker Fair Committee, planning moved forward for the 47th version of the popular Fair to be held once again in downtown Bloomburg on Saturday, Nov. 8.
Why Settle for Less
Wed, 08/02/2023 - 4:00am
Why settle for less, when God has given us everything. God has given us everything when He gave us His son. If you only knew who you were in Christ Jesus, if you knew the power He has given to you.
Some of the Joneses of Cass County
Wed, 08/02/2023 - 4:00am
CHARLES AND SALLIE (CHRISTIAN) JONES Charles, a Jones from Madison Co., Georgia whom the people tried to “keep up with,” was born 8 May 1808, died 4 April 1882, Cass County, Texas. His grandfather was Col. Russell Jones (1738-1814), who was a Revolutionary Soldier. He owned a huge plantation in Georgia. His son, Thomas, who married Margaret Connally, built a home near Ft. Lamar in 1816, which Charles lived as a young boy. The bricks on and around this home were made by slaves. (Great-Great-Great Grandchildren in Cass County and elsewhere are proud owners of some of these bricks. The old home still stands and is occupied today.