Chappell Hill News

Tony Lee Slayton, age 46, passed away April 18, 2009, in Hempstead, Texas. He passed away from a massive heart attack.

Stay packed; Texas has a county with plains and meadows, valleys and hills and so many inns that changing beds every night is actually a pleasure.

Belted Galloway cattle feed on hay at the Cottage Hill Farm located north of La Vernia on F.M. 1346.

Never saw myself as a Texan, but pretended so for a few April days in search of the fabled bluebonnets.

On patches of prairie, in backyard gardens, along quiet roads and all across Texas, brilliant bluebonnets are swaying in a gentle breeze.

The Bluebonnets Of Washington County Texas By Hazel M. Freeman It's the state flower of Texas, the famous Texas bluebonnet, Lupinus texinsis.

From Carole Morgan of Rollingwood. My husband, Larry, and I were privileged to be invited to Russia as citizen ambassadors with the People to People Financial Planning Delegation last year.

Friday March 20 marked the first day of spring for 2009, and parts of Texas are already showing it.

Texas Highways magazine unveils its fresh new look with the April 2009 edition. Editor Charles Lohrmann discusses the transformation.

My mom gets Texas Highways magazine at her home, and every time I visit I thumb through any issues I haven't seen.

For the enlightened and adventurous traveler, serendipity transforms every trip: Hiking a new trail and rounding a bend to encounter an unexpected vista, journeying to a destination youa TMve heard abouta 'or ...

The death of a man in Washington County is now being investigated as a murder. Sheriff investigators say the body of Vincent Gourley, 46, was found Friday afternoon lying on the floor inside a Chappell Hill ...

The New York Times of Feb. 13, 1888, called it the "most brutal crime ever committed in Texas." Carthage residents were shocked to learn that popular Panola County Treasurer Dennis Chappell Hill had been ...

Regarding Friday's Page One article "Texas changes course on evolution / Board vote, not final until March, ends 20-year tradition in state and favors scientific view in curriculum": The action by a majority of ...

Kent Wesley Chrisman, bachelor of business administration and Denton Chase Williams, bachelor of arts; and the following received a bachelor of science in nursing: Ashley Jean Burrows, Magna Cum Laude; Veronica ...

A Washington County man was released from Trinity Medical Center Wednesday, three-and-a-half days after being attacked by four dogs.

The owners of the three dogs that mauled a 49-year-old Washington County man over the weekend turned themselves in to police Tuesday, authorities said.

Kolkhorst Petroleum Company of Navasota has been ranked No. 3,033 on the 2008 Inc.

Win a Free Copy of Prince Caspian on DVD! Michael is the President of the Center for Christ & Culture; a ministry dedicated to discipleship and renewal within the Church that works to equip Christians with an ...