IRS.gov available 24/7 to answer questions

IRS.gov is always available and has tools to help people file and pay taxes, find information about their account, and get answers to tax questions.Here are a few things that people can do with a visit to IRS.gov.

Egg prices on rise as Easter approaches

Egg prices have started their normal spring increase that peaks around Easter, according to a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service expert. Craig Coufal, Ph.D.

Take us back...Cavita Kile, part 2

When we left off, Cavita Kile had just shared the story of her birth and the near disaster of it when Dr. Kengle’s car got stuck in a snow drift on the way to her farmhouse. Thankfully, Grandmother Thurman stepped up and saved the delivery and day.

Commodity prices favorable for Texas row crop producers

Texas row crop producers might have the luxury of choosing between sorghum, corn and cotton as all three commodities are seeing high prices with the 2021 planting season underway, according to a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service expert. Mark Welch, Ph.D.

Webinar slated to help owners file insurance damage claims

Folks who need help with an insurance claim for winter storm damage can register for a free online webinar set for 11 a.m. Thursday, March 25.

G.I. Joe

G.I. Joe was introduced at the annual American International Toy Fair in New York on Feb. 9, 1964.

Several people jailed

During the week, the sheriff’s department investigated a case of identity theft. Reports from the police department were not available. In county jail activity: Michael Maxwell, 42, was arrested on a warrant for a felony offense of evading arrest or detention with a previous conviction.

Phone Facts

In 1889, the first coin-operated telephone, patented by Hartford, Connecticut inventor William Gray, was installed in the Hartford Bank. Local calls using a coinoperated phone in the U.S. cost only 5 cents everywhere until 1951.

Commissioners approve election security plans

The Ochiltree County Commissioners’ Court met on Monday morning at the Ochiltree County Courthouse. The commissioners approved the purchase of a Vista System and computer server, along with the digital scanning of voter registration records.

Twinkies

Hostess Twinkies were invented in 1931 by James Dewar, manager of Continental Bakeries’ Chicago factory. He envisioned the product as a way of using the company’s thousands of shortcake pans, which were otherwise employed only during the strawberry season.