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Bobby Max Biggerstaff, former sheriff and chief deputy, who was killed in the line of duty will soon have a portion of Hwy. 67 named in his honor.

The 19th Annual Tour de Cypress Bicycle Ride was a wonder of a day with clear skies with bikers thrilled to be on the roads, and lighthearted music, friendly faces and good food to welcome them back to downtown.

Bonnie and Clyde are perhaps the most romanticized outlaws of all time. At a time when gangsters and bad guys were celebrities, they stood out. No one knows who Al Capone's or John Dillinger's lady friends were off the top of their heads; the fact that Bonnie and Clyde committed crimes as a couple made them special. Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker met in 1930, and later went on a 21-month spree. Once they got started, they tore across various Southern states, leaving death and destruction in their wake. Yet the public was obsessed with them, this sexy young couple taking on the police and the banks, two of the most hated institutions in Prohibition- and Great Depression-era America.

When I was a kid in the early 1970s, the Fouke Monster was around every corner. At least, that was how I saw things as a 10-year-old.

Howard and Teddie Young married in 1930. In 1931, they had a daughter named Bobbie Jean and in 1933 they had a son named Donald. The couple started building the Young Home in 1943 in the Community of Little Hope.

Hey there partner. Been on the trail long? Why not rest a spell by the fire? Kick off your boots, let your Stetson rest beside you, and help yourself to a bowl of Cowboy Sausage Stew. Nothing heartier on either side of the Mississippi, that’s for darn sure.