BOOK REVIEW "Turnaround Time: Uniting an Airline and its Employees in the Friendly Skies" by Oscar Munoz with Brian DeSplinter. c.2023, Harper Business $32.00; 220 pages Seat backs up, …

THE IDLE AMERICAN   Dr. Don Newbury is a longtime public speaker and former university president who writes weekly.      Stephen F. Austin State University, newest member of the …

FORWARD TRAINING CENTER   Katy Offutt is executive director of Forward Training Center of Hood County. Her community leadership roles include: Help Ministry coordinator, Stonewater Church; …

I’VE BEEN THINKING Carol Goodman Heizer is an author who moved to Hood County from Louisville, Kentucky in 2019. She has had short stories and articles published in six editions of “Chicken …

FROM MY FRONT PORCH Sam Houston is a syndicated columnist and newspaper executive. He is also an author, actor, playwright, and entertainment producer/promoter. We are getting precariously …

PECAN PLANTATION BITS A Mississippi native who has been a Texas transplant for 28 years, Diane Long is a wife, mother, and English teacher who has written Pecan Plantation Bits for 15 years …

HOOD OUTDOORS As a licensed professional fishing guide, Michael Acosta shows you how to find them. The Granbury resident of 30 years has been fishing all of his life and has been a licensed guide …

BRIDGE STREET HISTORY CENTER Nowadays many people think that the Granbury Opera House just appeared a few years ago.  They are so wrong.  Let me start at the beginning.  Theatres with …

THE IDLE AMERICAN     Dr. Don Newbury is a longtime public speaker and former university president who writes weekly.     Dilemma horns seemed to gore when I contemplated this …

Forget about it. Put it out of your mind, don't worry about it. It's likely nothing, so let it rest. Let it go and don't be afraid because, as in the new book "Harley Quinn: Ravenous" by Rachael …

FROM MY FRONT PORCH Sam Houston is the publisher of the Hood County News. He is also an actor, author, playwright, performer and entertainment producer/promoter.   It is hard to imagine, …

HOOD OUTDOORS     As a licensed professional fishing guide, Michael Acosta shows you how to find them. A Granbury resident of more than 35 years, he has been fishing all of his life, and …

THE IDLE AMERICAN   Dr. Don Newbury is a longtime public speaker and former university president who writes weekly.   My grandkids might understandably say of me, “Oh, Poppy, you are …

PECAN PLANTATION BITS A Mississippi native who has been a Texas transplant for 28 years, Diane Long is a wife, mother and English teacher who has written Pecan Plantation Bits for 14 years …

BOOK REVIEW Here, take this. It's yours. You've always wanted it, you've always known somehow that you were going to have it and now's the time. It's not like you've ever passed on a chance to …

FROM MY FRONT PORCH   Sam Houston is the publisher of the Hood County News. He is also an actor, author, playwright, performer and entertainment producer/promoter.   This past weekend I …

GARDEN PATCH   Phyllis Webster earned a degree in journalism before embarking on a long career in public relations and marketing. A Granbury resident since 1998, she has been deeply involved …

CIVIL WAR ROUND TABLE William Dyess, a retired attorney, has lived in Granbury since 2007, and has had an interest in the American Civil War since childhood. He is a member of the steering …

I’VE BEEN THINKING   Carol Goodman Heizer is an author who moved to Hood County from Louisville, Kentucky in 2019. She has had short stories and articles published in six editions of …

DAYDREAM ACHIEVER As a Certified Travel Advisor an ASTA Verified Travel Advisor and a CLIA Master Cruise Counselor, Zac Wilson is the owner of Daydream Vacations Travel Agency in Granbury, …