Pumpkins. They’re a triple-use commodity.

IcanseethecarsgoingupanddownMain Street from my desk at the Post Dispatch. It is very different than when I was a kid making the drag. Back in the day, the middle of the street was wide open for parking from either side. This was handy when all the kids would sit inthemiddleofthestreeton summer nights. Well, really, any time of the year that we wanted to visit. That was back when there was no social media. You had to go to town and talk face-to-face with your friendstokeepupwithwhat was going on. Yes, we had telephones, but theywereconnectedtothewallofyourhouse. Therefore,ifyouwantedtojoininthefunyou had to go to town.

Mygrandmotherusedtolooktothesunin the sky to know what time it was. She owned a watch. She wore it to church on Sunday maybe to time the preacher. Not that timing a preacher changes the length of the sermon. What will be will be.

Gov.GreggAbbottandthe Texas House are at loggerheads over which will come first–vouchersforparentsto payforprivateschooltuition, or funneling more money to public schools, The Dallas Morning News reported.

Before Saturday night’s World Series game, I didn’t know squataboutTommyPham,the35-year-olddesignatedhitterfor the Arizona Diamondbacks. A quick Internet search revealed thattheveteranhadmovedaroundquiteabitinhisnine-year MLBcareer,playingforsevendifferentteams.Arizonahadjust picked him up mid-way through the 2023 season.

Sometimes you just have to settle. Ask me.

An incarcerated person who was transferred from the Tarrant County Jail to a private jail in Garza County under a county contract has died, Brandon Wood, the Texas Commission on Jail Standards executive director, said Monday.

Ken Paxton has been reinstated as Texas Attorney GeneralaftertheTexasSenate on Saturday acquitted him of chargesofbriberyandmisuse ofoffice.OnlytwoRepublican senators joined the 12 Democrats in voting to convict him of some of the 16 charges heardbytheSenate,withfour other charges dismissed by the Senate, The Dallas Morning News reported.

The south lawn of the Garza County Courthouseoffersanunobstructedsideview of the 100-year-old courthouse. Look quick. Plansforapavilionareoffthedrawingboard. Contingent on funding from donations and matches, the site could soon be a gathering place for the community.

The Post ISD trustees met on Thursday, Sept. 12, for the first meeting of the 2023-2024 school year.