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Praying mantid myths and more

News Staff
Wednesday, June 3, 2026
Praying mantids, commonly referred to as praying mantis, may look harmless, but they’re aggressive predators that eat a wide range of prey -- from garden pests to pollinators.
MASON McCULLOCH helps with Grumpy’s Farm Fresh Eggs at the Farmers Market on Saturday, May 16, in downtown Caldwell.

MASON McCULLOCH helps with Grumpy’s Farm Fresh Eggs at the Farmers Market on Saturday, May 16, in downtown Caldwell.

Registration open for Texas A&M Beef Cattle Short Course Aug. 3-5

News Staff
Wednesday, June 3, 2026
Registration is open for the 72nd annual Texas A&M Beef Cattle Short Course on Aug. 3-5 in Bryan-College Station. The event is hosted by the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service and the Texas A&M College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Department of Animal Science.

Once Upon a time ...In Burleson County

Dee Boedeker
Wednesday, June 3, 2026
Burleson County Ledger and News-Chronicle from 1901...125 Years AgoTransfer Your ChildrenThose who contemplate transferring their children to the Caldwell city schools must do so at once.No town in the state offers better advantages to their transfer patrons than does Caldwell.
ROBERT CRAWFORD III

ROBERT CRAWFORD III

Somerville man charged with murder

Roy Sanders
Wednesday, June 3, 2026
A Fayette County Grand Jury has indicted a Somerville man on charges of murder and aggravated assault mass shooting in the April 26 shooting death of a Snook man at a Fayette County trail ride.
BARNEY HOMEYER STANDS in this tall corn at his farm off State Highway 21 East in Caldwell. It has been a good year for the corn crop.

BARNEY HOMEYER STANDS in this tall corn at his farm off State Highway 21 East in Caldwell. It has been a good year for the corn crop.

BARNEY HOMEYER STANDS

News Staff
Wednesday, June 3, 2026
BARNEY HOMEYER STANDS in this tall corn at his farm off State Highway 21 East in Caldwell. It has been a good year for the corn crop.
THIS FIRE RAGES Monday night off F.M. 1361 as Snook and Somerville firefighters respond. Pasture land and hay burned. Photo courtesy of Snook Volunteer Fire Department

THIS FIRE RAGES Monday night off F.M. 1361 as Snook and Somerville firefighters respond. Pasture land and hay burned. Photo courtesy of Snook Volunteer Fire Department

Fire burns pasture, hay off F.M. 1361

News Staff
Wednesday, June 3, 2026
A fire burned about 15 acres of a hay pasture, including six rolled bales and some recently cut hay not yet baled, late Monday, June 1, off F.M. 1361 along Davidson Creek.The cause of the fire is unknown, but it is believed to be accidental, according to the Snook Volunteer Fire Department.
THIS WILL BE TIM’S third time to participate in the Hoka Hey and Waylon’s first year to take part in the ride. Tribune photo by Sabine Lazo

THIS WILL BE TIM’S third time to participate in the Hoka Hey and Waylon’s first year to take part in the ride. Tribune photo by Sabine Lazo

The ride of a lifetime

Sabine Lazo
Wednesday, June 3, 2026
The Hoka Hey is legendary in the motorcycle community -- a test of endurance and skill that winds through 10,000 gruelling miles of North America.The ride traverses difficult terrain and weather of all extremes, with no hotels, no GPS and no easy way out.
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