National Night Out brings law enforcement, first responders, community organizations, local businesses, and residents together in a relaxed, family-friendly setting.

Recently, the national media and the social media have become fascinated with the problems with mail-in ballots. Considering how close we are to a national election, these issues need to be addressed.

Upper Trinity Regional Water District (UTRWD) is hiring two Reservoir Operators to join its Lake Ralph Hall (LRH) operations team as construction of the new lake nears completion.

Lavernne Birchfield “L.B.” Morris was born in Argyle, TX, on May 10, 1915, to Willie and Lavernne Morris. L.B. was a lineman on the Lone Star Conference-winning football team as well as the 1934 NCAA Track & Field Championship track team for running the mile. He taught boys high school sports in Texas cities including Howe, Bonham, Whitewright, Gainesville, and Fort Worth as well as some coaching with Texas Christian University. L.B. began the Will Rogers Indoor Games in 1961 and the event later became the Southwest Conference Indoor Championships.

Get ready for ringing anvils, cannon fire, Old West gun fights, live music, historic demonstrations, and plenty of hands-on history at Frontier Village & Museum’s Fall Living History Days. On three special Saturdays this fall, the Village will come alive with re-enactors, craftsmen, traditional skills, music by Rita Fulmer, and activities that give visitors a chance to experience history beyond the pages of a book. Wander through the historic grounds, visit the buildings, talk with interpreters, and see how people once worked, created, and entertained themselves.

1892 – death of Alfred, Lord Tennyson, English poet. Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson (6 August 1809 – 6 October 1892) was an English poet. He was Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom during much of Queen Victoria's reign. In 1829 he was awarded the Chancellor's Gold Medal at Cambridge for one of his first pieces, "Timbuktu." He published his first solo collection of poems, Poems, Chiefly Lyrical, in 1830. "Claribel" and "Mariana," which remain some of Tennyson's most celebrated poems, were included in this volume. Tennyson also focused on short lyrics, such as "Break, Break, Break," "The Charge of the Light Brigade," "Tears, Idle Tears," and "Crossing the Bar." Much of his verse was based on classical mythological themes, such as "Ulysses" and "The Lotos-Eaters." A number of phrases from Tennyson's work have become commonplace in the English language, including "Nature, red in tooth and claw," "'Tis better to have loved and lost / Than never to have loved at all", "Theirs not to reason why, / Theirs but to do and die," "My strength is as the strength of ten, / Because my heart is pure," "To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield," "Knowledge comes, but Wisdom lingers," and "The old order changeth, yielding place to new." He is the ninth most frequently quoted writer in The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations.