Hospitals watch as children fill the wards. The diagnosis, numbering in the hundreds, would be the same: the dreaded measles.

Alexandre Dumas’ The Three Musketeers tells the story of three fictional heroes (joined later by a fourth) whose task was to protect Kings Louis XIII and Louis XIV.

Many investors and business owners are excited about the possibilities of lithium. A large amount of the light metal promises deep in the Earth to start an important new era for many areas of East Texas.

Like most Texas Counties, Fannin County is dependent on truck transportation. If we have something in this County, with the exception of land, water and sky, it most likely made part of its journey here by truck. Unlike some of our neighbors, we do not have optional rail or water transportation. Our air service is limited. Our economy is for the most part supported by trucks.

I'm calling on Representative Pat Fallon to do more to prioritize our health, climate, and future.

The Flying Tigers were one of the first American air units to fight the Japanese as World War II began. A gruff Texas native, Claire Chennault, organized the volunteer force in the months before the United States entered the war.

Yes, there are Fannin County residents who would deliberately cause hardships on other citizens of the county.

In 1837, when Daniel Rowlett petitioned the Texas Congress to divide Red River County west of the Bois d'Arc, he suggested the name Independence.

Part 2 of my Black History Month focus could be entitled: "scientists' recent affirmation that civilized humankind began in Africa shows us that the first human civilizations were black."

The Red River Expedition of 1806 was supposed to be another in a string of scientific triumphs for the United States as it explored the new territories of the Louisiana Purchase.

Naming this area the Gulf of the Americas would be a major step in understanding our neighbors and sharing a geographical understanding of our interrelatedness.

On December 5, 1994 Ukraine signed an agreement wherein it would dispose of its nuclear weapons, which were the world's third largest nuclear arsenal, for a guarantee by the U.S., UK and Russia to provide Ukraine's security. Ukraine relinquished its nuclear weapons to Russia. Subsequently, Russia attacked Ukraine in 2014 and occupied Crimea.