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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.
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