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Local Columns

On the Porch

The following information is from a newspaper article in the Marshall Messenger from Nov, 28, 1946: “Marshall in all probability will have Christmas lighting on its business streets this year despite the brownout caused by the coal strike, and cancellation of its evergreen ...

Ask a Trooper

Question: Who is responsible for making sure the roadway is cleaned up and free from spilled liquids, glass and other car parts from a crash?   Answer: I have noticed that responding agencies and tow companies usually work as a team to treat the injured, direct traffic, investigate the ...

Wrapping and prepping

A quick walk for pheasants on a warming Saturday morning, and a quiet sit at the deer stand Sunday before the weather shifted allowed me some alone time to draw up the boxes of things to do ahead of those seasons’ end, beyond the obvious of filling a muzzleloader tag and getting a few more ...

Christmastime is here

My wife and I recently took in our local parade of lights followed later that evening by watching a televised broadcast of “Rudolf The Red-Nosed Reindeer.” This means that it is now officially Christmastime. We had fortunate weather for the parade, with light winds and temperatures in the ...

Cold times — warm memories

The temps they were falling, but the feelings were getting warmer. There were a number of happenings that were about to coincide. You know the feelings. It’s holiday season, and there always seems to be a bunch of differing celebrations. Some of them are unexpected and some of them you can ...

Do artists make mistakes? It depends on who you ask

Art is not an exact science, usually not something that can be rigidly defined or quantified. Instead there’s the freedom to create, to try new things and see if they turn out. They might or might not go down in history as mistakes. It’s simply up to the artist. I became acquainted ...