State Sen. Mayes Middleton, President Middleton Oil, operates over 60 wells in South Texas and along the Texas coastline.

In her column of Tuesday, March 21, Susan Estrich wonders “why all of a sudden” the national panic against Drag Queen Story Hour?

I am a retired city worker, was a troubleshooter on call 24 hours a night when it was my shift. We alternated between shifts.

I’ve read letters to the editor about rising rent rates, especially of senior citizens that live on fixed income.

Gov. Greg Abbott wants to push through school vouchers in the name of parent empowerment, but don’t let him fool you and who vouchers truly benefit.

I’m a very proud grandfather of a granddaughter who played volleyball in a Select League, Temple High School, Blinn Junior College and then she finished her career at Prairie View A&M.

The elderly and disabled citizens of Temple are again being targeted by changing policies by the HOP Paratransit System. For clients who live on a “dead-end” street in the Temple neighborhood, instead of receiving regular accommodations of door-to-door service, will now be required to find a…

According to a recent article in the Telegram, a Temple city official said that the “Georgetown Railroad was constructed during the early 1900s.”

My thanks to Rachael Carroll Craig of Belton for her March 14 response to my take on the Telegram story, “Skyrocketing rental rates forcing Temple residents out of homes.”

When we launched Operation Iraqi Freedom on March 20, 2003, I was consul for labor and economic affairs in Casablanca.

Now the self-appointed Morality Police are scouring our libraries for Greek mythology, e.g. Oedipus, Zeus and others like that guy Onan (you know what book that’s from) to cancel.

A recent Telegram “LGBTQ+ Community” Associated Press story shamefully justified drag queens who target children. The headline asked — “Some states target drag shows. Many wonder: Why?”

I am writing in response to Mr. Cillo’s March 13 letter. I respectfully suggest he does not know as much about landlords as his letter implies. “Landlords” are not a homogenous group with resources above and beyond their tenants.

On Feb. 27 the Telegram carried an article, “Skyrocketing rental rates forcing Temple residents out of homes.”

Many are feeling hopeless, fearful and confused due to things occurring in our country and in the world. And no wonder.

Bell County is in a “fast growth” period. Our public schools struggle to keep up with enrollment numbers.