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Halloween should be a time of fun for our children as they go trick or treating and getting all that candy, and being scared of all those ghosts and goblins. But sadly these days, it can also be a dangerous time.

As the holiday season approaches again, we invite you to participate int he 2022 Empty Stocking Program. It is sponsored by the Sabine County Children’s Service Board.

The Commissioners Court of Sabine County held it’s regular meeting on Monday October 24, and after opening with the prayer and pledge of allegiance, approved last meetings minutes and approved all departmental reports. There were no lineitem transfers nor budget amendments to consider.

Make no mistake, President Biden’s October 6 pardon of all persons who have committed or been convicted of minor marijuana possession charges in federal courts is constitutional. The Constitution places almost no limitations on the president’s pardon power.

Folks like us who work outdoors can get obsessed by frost. We know that the first frost is an important date. We understand that the first frost of the season heralds the end of the current growing season.

The Spitfire Grill played at Hemphill Little Theater October 20-23, and it was a Must Not Miss musical production about hope, redemption, and lost dreams resurrected through the power of the community we build…our chosen family.

Sabine County was well represented at the Texas State Fair. Brayden Morris exhibited his heifer, Baby, in the Pan American Open show for Simbrah and was in the top ten.

After the two toughest games of this year, both mentally and physically, the Hornets were due for a break. Not saying that the 2-5 Warren Warriors would be a pushover, just that they are not in the same class as Newton or New Waverly…or Hemphill.

First Place winners Anthony “Poppa” White and Dustin Gordon with boat captain Steven English take First Place and Big Bass at the Hemphill Hornet Bass Club tournament Saturday at Lost Frontier with a total weight of 8.71 pounds, anchored by the Big Bass of the day of 3.64 pounds. 13 teams competed...

Congressman Louie Gomert; Terry Lane of the FBI, who played an integral role in the 2003 Columbia recovery; Funeral Director James ‘Squeaky’ Starr, and Jenny Smith pictured at last weekend’s Galactic Gala.