Columnist John Moore speaks Southern. He learned it in his grandfather's blacksmith shop. Photo John Moore Southern folks don’t need proper nouns. We have whatchamacallits and thingamajigs. My grandfather had the only blacksmith shop in Ashdown, Arkansas. That’s where...
The city of Sachse has proposed a property tax rate of $0.650416 per $100 of valuation for the 2025 tax year. The rate will be considered during a public meeting scheduled for 6:30 p.m. on Sept. 15, 2025, at 3815-B Sachse Road. The proposed rate is equal to the...
When you grow up in a Southern church, you learn how things are done. And how they’re not done. Some kids learn early. Some kids never get it. Bethel Missionary Baptist Church was a small, white frame structure. Like many churches of mid-20th Century America, it was...
5 Loaves Food Pantry in Sachse has a $50,000 goal for North Texas Giving Day. Donations will support not only food distribution, but also infrastructure, transportation and staffing needed to keep pace with rising demand. Courtesy photo North Texas Giving Day returns...
Former State Rep. Jodie Laubenberg, who represented District 89 in the Texas House of Representatives from 2003 to 2019, has died, officials announced Monday, Sept. 1. Laubenberg, a Republican, represented a Collin County district that includes Allen, Fairview, Lavon,...
The City of Sachse presented its proposed budget for fiscal year 2025-26 to the City Council on Aug. 18, keeping the property tax rate unchanged at 65.04 cents per $100 valuation. The proposed budget, delivered Aug. 15, is available online at cityofsachse.com/budget...
The City of Sachse will hold a public hearing on its proposed operating budget for the 2025-26 fiscal year on Tuesday, Sept. 2, at 6:30 p.m. at Sachse City Hall, located at 3815-B Sachse Road. The proposed budget is expected to raise $1,376,721 more in property tax...
Columnist John Moore no longer has an 8-track in his car, but he hangs on to the technology in his house.Courtesy John Moore When long hair was hot, the measure of male teenage coolness in the 1970s, was the sound system in your ride. Your car could burn...
Gov. Greg Abbott on Friday called lawmakers back to the Capitol for a second special session, setting forth 19 agenda items he said are critical to addressing recent disasters and longstanding policy goals. The session began at noon on August 15, following a...
