Best Bets
Best Bets: Take the chance to pick up a good read
If you’re looking for a good read, now is the chance to pick one up this weekend. It’s ...
Columnists
What is the Austin Area Foundation about? Endowment builder, community connector and grant maker
Your Austin Area Foundation builds charitable funds that support community needs and opportunities. The funds, mostly permanent endowments, ...
Al Batt
Al Batt: It takes more to get a bad rep in politics
Echoes From the Loafers’ Club Meeting My brother-in-law is a liar, a thief, a cheater and a scoundrel. ...
Columnists
A night of chuckles at Paramount
There isn’t a better way to wrap up the spring 2016 season at the Historic Paramount Theatre than ...
Editorials
Coming together to help one of our own
Along with many in Austin, we send our prayers and best wishes to Herald reporter Jenae Hackensmith and ...
FEATURE SPOT -- COLUMN
Full Circle: We give S&H green stamps
How our hearts revved up upon hearing those words. Why, no woman with a half brain in her ...
FEATURE SPOT -- COLUMN
An overflow of cleanup efforts; Plenty of ways for public to support waterways
More than 1,100 tires have been removed since 2011 from the Cedar River in Mower County. That’s a statistic ...
Al Batt
Al Batt: Coupons aren’t extinct, they’re just expired
Echoes From the Loafers’ Club Meeting Good morning. Right back at you. What have you been up to? ...
FEATURE SPOT -- COLUMN
Vision2020: Spam Museum just the beginning of Austin’s future
You’ve all heard the news by now — after the long wait, the Spam Museum is open once ...
Al Batt
Al Batt: Three-second rule grows longer for someone else’s food
Echoes From the Loafers’ Club Meeting Tomorrow is my wedding anniversary. Our 50th. Congratulations. For our 25th, I ...
Education
Getting ready for I.J. Holton fourth-grade transition
Spring has arrived and school children may already be excitedly awaiting summer vacation and, for some, a move ...
Business
Signing off after a large gift
We’re excited to announce a pair of gifts given to the AACA by Ruth Wunderlich — one in ...
Columnists
Full Circle: The world cried as one after JFK’s death
Back here in Austin, you folks already knew. Your world had already been shattered into a thousand pieces; ...
Best Bets
Best Bets: Sunny side of art
The vibe is hot this weekend as the sun shines and gives everyone some much needed vitamin D. ...
Al Batt
Al Batt: I wasn’t finished doing nothing
Echoes From the Loafers’ Club Meeting What are you doing today? Nothing. You did that yesterday. I know, ...
SportsPlus
Where to Watch Minnesota vs. Virginia Tech on TV or Streaming Live – 2025 Duke’s Mayo Bowl
Max Brosmer and the Minnesota Golden Gophers and the Virginia Tech Hokies meet for the Duke’s Mayo Bowl.…
NFL Week 18 Picks Against the Spread, Tips and Predictions
Based on our projections, the best bet against the spread in the NFL among Week 18’s 16 matchups…
NFL Week 18 Computer Predictions, Best Bets, Over/Under Picks
After studying the 16 games on the Week 18 card in the NFL, our best bet choice is…
Best Bets for NCAA Basketball Picks Against the Spread for Friday, January 3
In college hoops action on Friday, the Nevada Wolf Pack versus the New Mexico Lobos is among the…
Top 25 College Hoops Picks Against the Spread – Thursday, January 2
Top-25 teams will be in action across four games on Thursday’s college basketball slate. That includes the Illinois…