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When newly re-elected Texas Republican Congressman Ron Wright lost his battle with lung cancer earlier this month, it set into motion the question of who will fill his unexpired term.

For most of us, this past holiday season was unlike any other we have experienced. Instead of the typical hustle and bustle of holiday parties, family gatherings and being surrounded by those we love, this year was just different.

Ennis Care Center, 1200 S. Hall St., has named Julie Wyatt as the new administrator at the nursing home. She follows Daniel Whitehead, who served for three years at the 155-bed facility. He took similar employment in Glen Rose.

Bitter cold conditions that left the Metroplex with once-in-a-decade snow, ice and wind chill, Monday, Feb. 22, brought a return of area students to all Big 5 campuses.

The Assyrians were mean, violent, nasty and oppressive. They made life miserable for the Israelites year after year. Jonah was an Israelite and Jonah is told by God to take a message to the great city named Nineveh in Assyria. Jonah reflects— Assyria—our hated enemy and you God want me to go to the center of the beast and do something good for them? Seriously? No way!

Christianity has emphasized that we should love God. This makes sense, but do we really know how to do that? What is clearly made known by the mystics is an overwhelming experience of how God has loved us! It is made clear through all their writings--and I do mean all--that God is forever the aggressive lover, God is the protagonist, God is the one who seduces us out of our unworthiness. It’s all about initiative. Then the mystics try to desperately pay back, to offer their lives back to the world, to the poor, the rejected and then back to God. Love is repaid by love alone!

Lent is a religious observance within the Christian liturgical calendar that begins on Ash Wednesday and ends six weeks later. During Lent, millions of Christians across the globe make sacrifices, including abstaining from eating meat on certain days during Lent. It is tradition for Christians to abstain from eating meat on Ash Wednesday, which marks the official beginning of Lent, and many also abstain from eating meat on Fridays throughout Lent. According to the Archdiocese of Saint Paul & Minneapolis, the practice of avoiding meat on Fridays during Lent stems from Christians’ belief that Jesus Christ sacrificed his flesh to atone for the sins of mankind. In recognition of that sacrifice, millions of Christians do not eat flesh meat, which includes the meat of mammals and poultry, on Fridays throughout Lent. Fish is not considered flesh meat, so many Christians consume fish on Fridays during Lent.

WASHINGTON — Victims of this month's winter storms in Texas will have until June 15, 2021, to file various individual and business tax returns and make tax payments, the Internal Revenue Service announced today.

In an emergency board meeting held Wednesday, ERCOT officials said that Last week, the Texas power grid was only “4 minutes 37 seconds away from a total collapse.” Which would have meant a statewide blackout.