What Christmas means… in Floresville



Wilson County News reporter Johnny De La Zerda Jr. interviews local Floresville shoppers about the meaning of Christmas.

Perry calls for moment of silence



AUSTIN — Gov. Rick Perry issued a proclamation declaring a moment of silence at 9:30 a.m. Friday, Dec. 21, to coincide with the Day of Mourning called by Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy in memory of the 26 victims of last week’s tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Perry is also encouraging places of worship and buildings that are able to […]

‘Christmas in Stockdale’



Members of the Stockdale Junior High and High School Brahma Bands perform Christmas carols during the Dec. 1 “Christmas in Stockdale.”

Red flag warning in effect



A red flag warning is in effect for Wilson County and all of South Central Texas until 7 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 25. A frontal boundary will move in, bringing cold, dry air and strong northwesterly winds, 20 to 30 miles per hour with gusts to 40 miles per hour. Outdoor burning and fireworks are not allowed during a red flag […]

Letters: Prayers



Editor: It is so sad about the shooting. It is even worse that our news and politicians are using their deaths like they are. The real fact is that if that counselor had been armed, she could have stopped the shooter. She could have saved all of those children. Every person here feels like they are carrying the weight of […]

Editorial: Do the math and cut back



This information is circulating on the Internet. Thought-provoking… We’re cutting back and you may want to also. President Obama ordered the Cabinet to cut $100,000,000 ($100 million) from the $3,500,000,000,000 ($3.5 trillion) federal budget. I’m so impressed by this sacrifice that I’ve decided to do the same thing with my personal budget. I spend about $2,000 a month on groceries, […]

Editorial: ’Twas the night before fiscal cliff – a poem



By Nick Thomas ’Twas the night before Fiscal Cliff, and throughout the land, Democrats, Republicans were taking a stand. Their positions unwavering, intractably firm, With donkey-like stubbornness or entrenched pachyderm. But the public were hopeful all snug in their beds, With visions of compromise alive in their heads. “Come on!” said the people in frustrated dismay. “Abandon this meaningless partisan […]

Editorial: Invincible ignorance: fallacy of ‘gun control’



Must every tragic mass shooting bring out the shrill ignorance of “gun control” advocates? The key fallacy of so-called gun control laws is that such laws do not in fact control guns. They simply disarm law-abiding citizens, while people bent on violence find firearms readily available. If gun control zealots had any respect for facts, they would have discovered this […]

Editorial: Washington, media: Never let a good crisis go to waste




As far as crises go, the shooting at an elementary school in Connecticut was a “good” one. Washington, supported by the media, is capitalizing on the latest crisis in order to achieve the long-awaited dream of gun control in America. On Dec. 14, a crazed gunman shot his own mother and then forced his way into the Sandy Hook Elementary […]

Ernest Dragon



1934-2012 Ernest Dragon of Panna Maria, Texas, passed away Sunday, Dec. 16, 2012, in the Bluebonnet Nursing Home in Karnes City at the age of 78 years, 10 months, and 8 days. Ernest was born on Feb. 8, 1934, in Panna Maria to Peter and Agnes Pollok Dragon. He was an active member of the Panna Maria community and the […]