Question of the day: Which movie do you think will win Best Picture?

By dwray in The nature of things

It's Oscar time, and while fellow ranger J.R. Ortega is off on a well-timed vacation I decided to ask a good ole fashioned Oscar-esque question. Which picture do you think will win for Best Picture? Here's what people said: "I ...

Question of the day: Have you or will you be going to the Victoria County Livestock Show?

By dwray in The nature of things

It's that time again. The Victoria County Livestock Show started up last week so fellow ranging reporter J.R.Ortega and I decided to see if Crossroads residents will be turning out. "I've already been because I had friends participating in the ...

Question of the day: Do you think Egypt is on its way to a better government?

By dwray in The nature of things

"I don't know. I don't know how they're going to do it." - Norman Boyd, line guider, Port Lavaca. "I don't think they will. They've got too many problems." - Linda Boyd, retired, Port Lavaca. "I think they're on their ...

Question of the day: Do you feel you know more about healthcare reform this year than last year?

By dwray in The nature of things

It was a chilly morning, but that didn't stop the ranging reporters (cue the Superman theme music) who sallied forth into the cold, cold world to ask question of the day: Do you feel you know more about health care ...

Question of the day: Do you think it's important to give to charities?

By dwray in The nature of things

Reporter Kayla Bell is working on an advance on Barefoot Sunday, a one day shoe collection scheduled for 6 p.m. Feb. 27 at Renegade Church, 3002 Navarro Street. This got us ranging reporters thinking about charity, so we decided to ...

Terms of Endearment, Jack Nicholson and rocket fuel

By dwray in The nature of things

It's Oscar month, and Turner Classic Movies has continued their tradition of spending a month showing really good movies that leave me trapped on the couch, hostage to their wonderfullness. Last night it was Terms of Endearment. It's not a ...

Question of the day: Does the inclement winter weather we're having surprise you?

By dwray in The nature of things

There's a nip in the air and snow, ice and generally chilly conditions seem to be inevitable for our little corner of South Texas. So I asked IHOP patrons what they think about all of this shivery weather: Are you ...

Question of the day: Do you think people know enough about Texas history?

By dwray in The nature of things

It turned quite chilly this morning - here at the Crossroads we're staring down some of te coldest weather seen in these parts since 1989 - but the Question of the Day had to be asked so this intrepid ranging ...