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Bill Cornwell
Cell phone-using drivers create roadway havoc
Perhaps it is time to consider stricter laws regarding the use of cell phones, and most especially, the practice of texting, while driving a motor vehicle.
November 08, 2009
Book offers eye-opening account
Post-Sept. 11, 2001, a talented safety for the Arizona Cardinals professional football team walked away from the game, money, glamour and a new wife to spend a few years defending his country.
October 25, 2009
Trip breathes life into picture from past
There is a little girl in a picture I have studied all of my life. In it, I am several months old and she is two years older than that. Her mother is holding both of us in her lap while the three of us gaze into a camera.
October 11, 2009
Program helps local businesses in tough times
A friend called last week to prod me into writing a column to explain why her business and many others like it are appearing more frequently in the newspaper these days.
August 23, 2009
LJ war veteran remembers family's service
Carefully turning the pages of a yellowed March 1944 edition of Yanks The Army Weekly magazine, Roy Hill, of Lake Jackson stops on Page 11. Pictured is a young soldier dancing with a member of the Women’s Army Corp. and an older military fellow asking to cut in.
May 25, 2009
Paper’s width to change, but not its quality
Facts readers will notice a change in the newspaper tomorrow morning. Not only will there be a slight graphic change, but the size of the paper we print it on will be different.
March 15, 2009
Repairing Bluewater problem will resurface
Not to belittle our county’s efforts, it’s still hard not to wonder about the futility of it all when chances are Bluewater Highway will wash away again.
March 01, 2009
Dedicated newspaper man left his mark
This past week a fellow by the name of Bruce Morisse passed away. His role in Texas newspapers, and most especially the newspaper you now are reading, is woven like a fine thread: important in its task yet humble as a whole.
November 02, 2008
Let’s make it easier on ourselves next time
The City of Enchantment has mostly been the City of Entrapment since Ike, as evidenced by the fact it has taken longer to get all of the power back on than it has in other cities like Clute and Freeport.
September 28, 2008
County should count blessings in wake of Ike
That whistling noise we heard early last Saturday morning was a bullet grazing past our community and hitting Galveston.
September 21, 2008
Citizen of the Year emerges from worthy cast
The curmudgeons who rarely read beyond a headline but nevertheless insist that The Facts doesn’t print “positive” news, will probably not see our special section today honoring some of our local heroes.
August 03, 2008
Trout contamination sad news for area anglers
It was the triple whammie of sorts — last week’s announcement that speckled trout in the Galveston Bay complex might contain PCBs.
July 13, 2008
Facts to change policy on endorsements
The same policy that has applied to local and county candidates now will apply to state and national candidates as well.
April 20, 2008
Southwest makes right move in wake of story
“Say it ain’t so,” was one of his statements and it was my first thought when I read the allegations that my “company plane” might not have been properly inspected.
March 16, 2008
Recording makes Danbury ISD mistakes clear
Rather than discuss an embarrassing subject in public, the school board called two students into executive session under the guise of a personnel complaint.
November 18, 2007
Dog-fighting case pushes pet safety into view
Thursday evening two weeks ago I stumbled over something large and furry in my garage.
September 30, 2007
The Facts not out to sabotage cause
Note to those who attended the Appraisal and Property Tax Town Hall meeting Thursday evening: This newspaper supports your cause.
June 24, 2007
CPR training invaluable
Taking the time to learn CPR might someday enable you to provide the ultimate gift to someone, the gift of life.
May 20, 2007
Mothers should be cherished
I hope you have the opportunity to be with your mother today.
May 13, 2007
Nothing like watching NASCAR in person
Bill Cornwell says to truly experience NASCAR, one must be immersed in it.
April 22, 2007
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