Commentary

Berry’s Picks

Ag: Berry’s Picks

Comanche Extension Agent Michael Berry

Tuesday, January 6, 2026

2025 County Pecan Show ResultsComanche County is one of the top producers of pecans not only in Texas, but the world; we are currently ranked as the #2 county in Texas for pecan production. Pecans are a major economic crop for our county.

Letter to the Editor

News Staff

Tuesday, December 30, 2025

Letters to the EditorI sent this message to Governor Abbott recently concerning the 765 kV power lines coming through Erath County and 43 other counties across the state, moving power from Central Texas to West Texas.

A cutting Christmas

From the Editor: A cutting Christmas miracle

Paul Gaudette Dette

Tuesday, December 30, 2025

It might be the happiest I’ve ever been to see a knife on my front porch.Before I sound too psychotic, let me explain.When Wyndi and I first started dating, we noticed that she had the matching couch to the love seat I had purchased. She had joked it was proof we were meant to be together.

MUSEUM MATTERS

Museum Matters

Ben Pate

Tuesday, December 30, 2025

The term “Zephyr” describes a soft gentle wind. It was first used by surveyors working on the banks of Blanket Creek when they were trapped as a Blue Norther arrived. Settlers later came to those same creek banks and a community began to grow.

Mayra (Riojas) Guerrero and her husband Oscar pose with children, Anthony, Juan “Chelo,” Angelica, Selena, Catalina, and Felipe. | Submitted photo

Where are they now? Mayra Guerrero

Eva Frederick

Tuesday, December 30, 2025

Mayra (Riojas) Guerrero puts family first in her life. She balances being a mother of six with managing a venue on her property and helping her husband run a successful construction business.

Faith: Joseph

Jerry D. Ousley

Tuesday, December 30, 2025

Do you remember when you were young? Or, perhaps you are in your youth now. Most likely you had great plans for your life; what you were going to do, what you intended to accomplish and how much money you were going to make.

Faith: How Do You Entertain an Angel?

Carey Kinsolving

Tuesday, December 30, 2025

”Make sure the house is clean and a pot of potatoes is in the oven,” says Alex, 6.I’m sure Idaho potato farmers will be glad to know that spuds are finally getting the respect they deserve.

Berry’s Picks

Ag: Berry’s Picks

Comanche Extension Agent Michael Berry

Tuesday, December 30, 2025

Happy New YearIn my preparations for this article, I was researching what New Years might mean to farmers and ranchers. As you can imagine, there were a myriad of search responses on the world wide web.

Back in my day

John Moore

Tuesday, December 23, 2025

I now understand why my grandparents were resistant to change. When what you’ve always known is taken away, and the familiar is replaced, it tends to cause issues.My grandparents saw many things become common. The telephone, automobiles, airplanes, radio and television.

Gabriel tells of Jesus’ birth, from a heavenly host’s point of view at the 10th annual Faces of Christmas organized by Cottonwood Church in Dublin Sunday, Dec. 21. Wyndi Veigel-Gaudette | Citizen staff photo

Faith: Has the Christmas story become cliche?

From Cottonwood Church

Tuesday, December 23, 2025

For many, Christmas centers around the act of decorating, putting up the Christmas tree, shopping, using cookies and milk to keep Santa in line, eating wonderful food, enjoying family, watching a Christmas play or two, and so on and on forth.