For Roger ...

Police need to slow down, too

There was a time when I looked at law enforcement as an admirable position in our society. Now as I've gotten older I often wonder: What gives law enforcement the right to continually break the law?

Speeding is specifically what I'm talking abou ...

Church vandalism is symbolic attack on religion

The Outdoor crucifix in front of Christ our Saviour Anglican Church, at the corner of East Texas and Houston in Denison, was recently destroyed.

The person doing so may have felt he was doing God a favor in destroying this ancient symbol of the ...

Don't forget Salvation Army at Christmas time

It's Christmas shopping time and you just arrived at the store. You get out of your car and hear that familiar ring. You look at your watch and think, "I'll take care of that on the way out."

Forty-five minutes later, your hands are full and you ...

R.C. Vaughan: Horatio Alger story continued

(Editor's note: Parts of this column appeared originally in the Jan. 18, 1998, edition of the Herald Democrat and has been edited for this publication.)

On Dec. 8, 1989, I took my tape recorder to the second floor office of C.J. McManus, a ...

Plans continue for new Denison viaduct By DONNA HUNT

Herald Democrat

The city of Denison is going to get a new $8.4 million U.S. Highway 69 Railroad Overpass Bridge - the fancy name for the viaduct that Denisonians have known for the past 125 years.

The Paris District of Texas De ...