Bobby Horecka

Cartel issues stark warning to fentanyl traffickers

News Staff
Wednesday, November 29, 2023
Texas lawmen may have an unlikely ally in their ongoing fight against traffickers of the potent synthetic opioid fentanyl, a product that’s known to have caused the death of at least two Lavaca County residents in the last year.
Bluebonnets in Lavaca County, near Vysehrad School.

Bluebonnets in Lavaca County, near Vysehrad School.

Spring blooms early in 2023

Bobby Horecka
Thursday, March 16, 2023
While it isn’t technically springtime yet, you wouldn’t know it to look out at the fields around Lavaca County. Plenty of sunshine and warmer temperatures have greeted some Texans with a surprise early guest: bluebonnets, Indian paintbrushes and winecups, galore.
With Oktoberfest festivities kicking off all over Germany today, we thought you might appreciate a few German-born words to digest alongside an ice cold... well, just go Shiner. They'll fix you up if you look thirsty...

With Oktoberfest festivities kicking off all over Germany today, we thought you might appreciate a few German-born words to digest alongside an ice cold... well, just go Shiner. They'll fix you up if you look thirsty...

COLUMN: English words that wouldn’t exist without their German roots

Bobby Horecka
Saturday, September 17, 2022
Our friends over at wordgenius.com have put together another list of words we thought might be truly appreciated here, as that same German roots sentiment can also be applied to so many people here.
File Photo from the 2021Yoakum Bulldogs and their tribute to 9/11 on its 20th anniversary, which fell on game night last year.

File Photo from the 2021Yoakum Bulldogs and their tribute to 9/11 on its 20th anniversary, which fell on game night last year.

Recalling 9/11 as the event marks its 21st anniversary

Bobby Horecka
Sunday, September 11, 2022
It was a Tuesday, I recall, which for much of my news career, meant it was press day, the day we build our news pages and send them to press. I happened to be working in El Campo, then, and by 8 a.m. that day, our front page was all but built already.
This frame was taken just hours before Harvey made landfall, as this story's writer assists his neighbor in covering the last of his windows with plywood. Looking at it now, Is it just me, or is the dog the only thing in this picture that seems to display the least concerm about what's headed their way?

This frame was taken just hours before Harvey made landfall, as this story's writer assists his neighbor in covering the last of his windows with plywood. Looking at it now, Is it just me, or is the dog the only thing in this picture that seems to display the least concerm about what's headed their way?

'It’s those little things that matter most’

Bobby Horecka
Monday, September 5, 2022
It was just a hamburger, the story read. A Whataburger, to be precise, writer Dan Reed clarified. “And to a Texan that’s sorta a big deal. But I’d never seen a man brought near to tears by something as ordinary as a Whataburger. Until Monday,” he said.
Illustration by Bobby Horecka

Illustration by Bobby Horecka

Words that even dictionaries gave the boot

Bobby Horecka
Thursday, August 11, 2022
Hearing about all the words that get added to a language has become almost commonplace in our world of social media, Wikipedia and mile upon mile of online apps and spell checkers that make things like a big, fat, well-worn dictionary almost a thing of the past. Which is sad, really.
Bobby Horecka can be reached at bobbyhorecka@gmail.com.

Bobby Horecka can be reached at bobbyhorecka@gmail.com.

Shakespeare? When am I ever gonna use that?

Bobby Horecka
Friday, June 17, 2022
There’s not a high school English teacher or college literature professor who probably hasn’t fielded that question at least once in their careers. Or, once a semester, more likely.
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