AUSTIN — The Texas Department of State Health Services has launched a $13 million statewide initiative aimed at expanding access to low-cost spay and neuter services for dogs and cats, marking one of the most significant coordinated efforts in recent years to address pet overpopulation across the state. The program, funded by the Texas Legislature, is structured as a two-year initiative designed to increase the availability of high-volume, low-cost sterilization services in both urban and...

PACK DECK — Any typical night at The Lodge Card Room in Round Rock, Texas. Texas has dozens of poker rooms as the game escalated in popularity when amateur Chris Moneymaker won the World Series of Poker in 2003, proving anyone could hit the big time winning 2.5 million setting off the Poker boom that rages on today. Poker News | Robertson County News ROUND ROCK — A recent raid on The Lodge Card Club, one of the largest poker clubs in Texas, has ignited a renewed debate about whether the...

For months now, I’ve held off on writing this. But sometimes the community deserves to know what’s happening behind the scenes—especially when that community relies on accountability. Crossroads Nursing Home owes the newspaper $1,195 for advertising placed in 2025. Since July of that year, we have attempted to collect on the outstanding bill. While the amount itself is not enormous, the situation raises larger concerns. To be clear, this is not personal. I am not writing this column out of...