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April 19, 2026

Funny Papers Again Column | Is It Reporting or Opining? That Is the Question

Steve Wilson
ā€œDon’t bite the hand that feeds youā€ is an old adage most of us have heard with full understanding of its meaning. It only makes sense, providing one has any sense, to refrain from damaging that which makes survival possible. Now, after reading the...

Window on the World Column | The Olden Days of Newsies — Part II

Lucy Jensen
When I began my newsie career in 1991, the newspaper had a circulation of about 25,000 on Saturdays and slightly less during the week. Circulation was therefore a key department as well, because the well-oiled machine of putting the paper out was really no...

Guest Column | New Year Could Mean a New You Through ā€˜Fresh Start Effect’

For many of us, the new year represents a fresh start, and that is a concept that holds a lot of power. Hitting our internal ā€œresetā€ button on Jan. 1 gives us the mental clarity and internal incentive to put our best foot forward...

Window on the World Column | The Year of Our Content

When I worked in the newspaper industry, the obituary page was allegedly the paper’s most popular page, which, in my younger years, I found a little curious. Now I am — ahem — a little less young, I totally get it. These days I...

Funny Papers Again Column | An Honorable Opportunity for Greenfield Students

I remember when the wall speaker above Mr. Spears desk made that squawking, scratchy noise it made just before a voice came over and said ā€œMr. Spears, please send Steve Wilson to the office.ā€ Great, now what? The ā€œofficeā€ was of course the office of...

Window on the World Column | Remembrance

Lucy Jensen
It’s about this time of year that I look for her even more often. It is the season of the long sunny days and twinkly black-night skies. It is the season of the dragonfly. Whenever I see my first dragonfly of the year, I...

OPINION: Enjoy the moment

Local column by Lucy Jensen

Worthy to Print Column | Dog Tales

George Worthy
I woke up this morning a little confused. I was still a little sleepy when I felt what turned out to be a tongue in my ear. At first I thought Lorraine might have been fooling around. Then I realized I was looking at...

Worthy to Print Column | Looking Ahead

George Worthy
Today I want to address the activities that are occurring on just about every college campus in the United States. I don’t know who is responsible, but it seems to have just about everyone involved. These kids seem to feel as if they will...

Funny Papers Again Column | On the Big Stage We All Act, Sing and Dance

Steve Wilson
William wrote: ā€œAll the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players: they have their exits and their entrances; and one man plays many parts ….ā€ If you are one who has been smitten, or stricken (as the case may be),...

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Gonzales Police urge focus behind the wheel during Distracted Driving Awareness...

GONZALES — April is National Distracted Driving Awareness Month and the Gonzales Police Department wants to remind drivers to stay focused, keep their eyes...