Luke Clayton: Heading way up north to fish
As far back as I can remember, I longed to fish the remote waters of a “fly in“ lake in Canada.
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Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center grand re-opening slated for July 1
ATHENS — Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s (TPWD) Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center (TFFC) will welcome the public back July 1 for its grand re-opening following major renovations.
Gaylor ends a decorated career
After more than five storied decades in coaching, including 28 at Waxahachie High School, longtime coach Lonnie Gaylor is finally calling it a career.
Red Oak teen aims for Paralympics
RED OAK — Jeraldo Henry Jr. is a remarkable 18-year-old student-athlete from Red Oak who is turning heads in the world of wheelchair basketball.
Luke Clayton: A fisherman is gonna fish
For the past several months my friends Jeff Rice, Larry Weishuhn and I had looked forward to our annual trip to Lake Texoma to catch topwater stripers with Bill and Chris Carey’s Striper Express guide service. The trip is always great fun with lots of fishing action.
2025 WISD summer sports camps list
A list of upcoming summer sports camps sponsored by Waxahachie ISD:
MVP Landers leads WHS softball honors
After winning a share of the District 11-6A softball championship. the Waxahachie Lady Indians were rewarded for an outstanding 2025 season on the diamond with recognition from the coaches in the district.
Robinsons lead WHS all-district nods
The Waxahachie baseball Indians were rewarded for their strong performance in the 2025 season with two superlative awards and a number of all-district selections bythe coaches in District 11-6A.
OCS' Hayes returning to gridiron
Ovilla Christian’s new-"ish" head football coach is not new to the Eagles athletics program at all. In fact, Greg Hayes founded the OCS six-man football program in 2013 along with athletic director Chris Thomas, and coached the Eagles for six seasons before stepping aside to concentrate on coaching baseball and teaching.
Luke Clayton: Dealing with pesky predators
It’s been one of those weeks that I’ve stuck pretty close to home and caught up on some past due writing, mostly on an article I’m working on pertaining to predation by raccoons.