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WEEKLY JAIL LOG • Campbell, Jesse Nicole, 34, Bryson (TX); warrant • Popish, Tabitha Marie, 35, Granbury; warrants • Brooks, Percy Dewayne, 38; Huntsville (TX); warrant • Cripps, Joshua Hames, 38, Granbury; warrants • Shuemake, Adam Dwayne, 56, Glen Rose; warrants • Aleman, Mark Dewayne, 36, Rainbow; warrant • Gartrell, Michael Caine, 37, Glen Rose; warrants • Barrientos-Guzman, 24, Granbury; public intoxication • Hernandez, Garcia, 64, Stephenville; public intoxication CRASHES • Aug. 17: 600 block of NE Big Bend Trail; minor accident • Aug.

GLEN ROSE - The Texas Horned Lizard, more casually known as the horny toad, is in danger from loss of habitat. The Prairie Rose chapter of the Native Plant Society held a meeting Monday to address the issue with speaker Nathan Rains, a wildlife diversity biologist for the Texas Parks and Wildlife department.

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The trial of the woman accused of killing pro cyclist Anna Moriah Wilson in Texas likely will be delayed from its scheduled October start because defense lawyers have filed a flurry of motions that require consideration, the presiding judge said Wednesday.

LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — Gary Gaines, coach of the Texas high school football team made famous in the book and movie “Friday Night Lights,” has died. He was 73.

FREDERICKSBURG , Texas (AP) — Part of why Terry Hamilton says he abruptly left his job running elections deep in Texas wine country is by now a familiar story in America: He became fed up with the harassment that followed the 2020 election.

Due to the overwhelming response (glad you liked it, Mom) to a recent column about nautical terminology, this is a kind of follow-up. Thus, I give you boat names. [Warning. This column contains more than your recommended daily allowance of puns. This is not my preference. This is how it must be.] Let’s start with the question: Why name your boat? Most people don’t name their bikes? I guess a few folks name their cars. (Speed Racer: Mach Five; Goofy: Bessie; Etc.) But a boat? Well, for one, there’s more space on the back/side of your boat for a name. But in olden days, boats were named after goddesses and saints because it was thought ensure safe voyage. After a while, the close observer noticed there was no correlation, let alone causation between a good name, a bad name, and the outcome. Thus, names of goddesses and saints were set aside and mariners started getting “creative”.