Mrs. A.C. Schwethelm’s Cheese and Pineapple Salad appeared in “Cooking in Comfort, Vol. 1,” a cookbook compiled by members of the Comfort Historical Society in 1982. Mrs. Schwethelm was the former Marilyn Fortner, of Tyler, a 1950 graduate of Texas Woman’s University. That September, she accepted he...

Originality in modern filmmaking is often talked about as if it’s disappearing, or worse yet, that a “singular vision” by a filmmaker other than a traditional auteur can be considered risk-taking to be kind in outright dismissal of a piece of avant-garde cinema. This was largely the reaction to Emer...

The Fredericksburg branch of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) of Texas Tech University (TTU) has two classes this week. For more information visit olli.ttu.edu or contact Alice Boyd at alice.boyd@ttu.edu or 361-522-4131. Class offerings Wednesday, March 11, 2-3:30 p.m., $15 — Bloodshed a...

Jill Elliot opened Haberdashey Boutique on a chilly March day of 2001. She was three months pregnant when her retail space came to life in the 450-squ...

HOUSE Today I’m asking readers a question my 10-year-old granddaughter asked me that I cannot answer: Which 10-year period in your life was your least...

The name J.J. “Jake” Pickle still rings a bell across much of Texas. He served as a U.S. Congressman for more than three decades, but his beginnings w...