Lifestyle & Opinion News

By Pam Kumpe So that you know, I’ll never fly a helicopter. Not today. Not tomorrow. Not even if the pilot hands me the keys, pats me on the shoulder, and says, “You’ve got this.” Because I do not, in fact, “got this.” I learned this painful truth when I entered college and took a series of career assessment tests. The goal was to help students discover areas of work we might consider pursuing in the future. There were questions, aptitude tests, personality checks, and then,

By Connie Pinkham The fourth book of our Bible takes its name from the counting of the Hebrew men of war during the longest funeral march in history. The men who had gone ahead to assess the area they were to conquer came back with a report that was far from unanimous and the people refused to go forward in following God’s instructions. In unbelief at Kadesh-Barnea, they turned back. The first count of fighting men was 603,550, the second count 601,730. Only two of those

“For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.” — Luke 19:10 By Melissa Motes Success is great, but comebacks are what capture our hearts. Every comeback story requires a challenge to overcome and a moment when things look hopeless. The sports world is full of athletes and coaches who faced failure, adversity, or disappointm ent and found a way to turn their story around. Michael Jordan going on to become one of the greatest of all time after being cut from his high s

By Kenny Mitchell kenny@westbowiepost.com Summertime is here and along with the trips to the beach, the days spent at the pool, and maybe a few hours spent at the splash pad in New Boston, people in Texas know they have to deal with the heat. Temps will be rising and with that the heat index, so folks in NE Texas will soon feel the burn with triple digits becoming the daily norm. Though most have the luxury of air conditioning in homes and cars, many do not, and face the dang

The 2026 New Boston Miss Juneteenth royalty were crowned Saturday night. They are Baby Miss - Ki’Ayla Denae Atkins, Tiny Miss - Ayla Anthony, Little Miss - Laynee Marsh, Young Miss - Journee Jahay Williams, Junior Miss - Velma Jaelynn Eastman and Miss - Mackenzye Carpenter People’s choice was Jayleigh Cheyenne Riley

By: Rylee Freeman Residents of DeKalb no longer have to travel outside the area for custom signage, window tinting, invitations and other graphic design services with the opening of Tank Graphics' new location in town. Tank Graphics originated around a year ago, but owner Victoria Foil has long held a vision for what the business would become. After working for her mom’s sign company since the age of 14, Foil brings a wealth of knowledge, experience an

Life can sometimes deal us the most unimaginable circumstances. The kind of things that many in the world could never imagine anything good coming from it. One such day occurred on the night of June 11, 2010 when a peaceful, lazy river at Albert Pike in Arkansas went from its usual three feet deep to a destructive 23 feet in a very short time and claimed the lives of 20 people camped alongside its banks. Three of those lost were Lynn, Wilene and little Nick Shumake from DeKal