Crocheting, Learning, and Giving Back – It’s a Beautiful Journey of Skill-Building and Empathy!

Last week, some of our 8th-graders from Crandall ISD went on a mission to create something very unique through the creation of adorable baby hats for preemies and discovering a whole new side to themselves, thanks to the assistance of Tatiana Tyson, a Heartland Community Member, and Community in...

Tips from the TurfMutt Foundation to Yard Your Way for the Planet

For fifteen years the TurfMutt Foundation has advocated for the care and use of yards, parks, and other green spaces – what the Foundation calls “backyarding.

Sicily or Seagoville

I am a good girl, a very, very good girl. Give me a rule to follow. Give me a path to adhere to. Give me a list. Give me the avoidances and they shall be avoided. Give me the musts and they will be musted. You got a problem? Yo, I’ll solve it. Want me to stretch myself to unreal expectations?

Family Activities to get Kids Off the Couch

Thanks to increasingly busy weekday schedules that have families running in different directions for work, school and extracurricular activities, weekends are an ideal time to recharge. Too often, however, family members retire to their respective rooms, devices in hand.

News from area colleges. . .

Brad McDonald of Forney was recently initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines. Brad McDonald of Forney at University of Alabama at Birmingham.

Kaufman County 4-H Members Win Fort Worth Stock Show Scholarships

Scholarships were recently awarded to members of the Kaufman County 4-H Club by the Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo’s Calf Scramble Scholarship Committee.

Wild Turkeys are Strutting into Spring

More Texans may encounter the distinct vocalizations and dramatic strutting of male turkeys seeking a mate this spring thanks to ongoing education and research collaboration by Texas A&M AgriLife and the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. Jacob Dykes, Ph.D.

Foundational Tips for No-Dig Gardening

No-dig is a gardening method that has been growing in popularity, and its practice perfectly matches its name. As a low-effort form of gardening, no-dig literally means you do not need to dig or alter the soil. Joe Masabni, Ph.D.

What Does Heaven Look Like?

“I think I would have my own room and not with my brother,” says Danielle, 7. Danielle, if you did share a room with your brother, you’ll like the resurrection version of him. “Well, heaven is big. God has a big house, and heaven is really big like a yard,” says Carissa, 5.

An Ode to April

I brushed my teeth this morning. That’s really my only act of self care for today. I haven’t worked out. I haven’t eaten. I haven’t met my selfimposed hourly water intake goals, yet. The dog training system I designed in my head on a fateful night of insomnia, recently, remains disregarded.