July 2022

Elections chief under GOP scrutiny

Ellis County elections administrator Jana Onyon still has a job — for now, thanks to a huge pushback from supporters at a public meeting called to bring her service into question. In a lengthy session that stretched from Friday afternoon well into the evening at the Ellis County Historic Courthouse, the county Elections Commission heard never-before-aired “concerns” from county Republican Party chair Randy Bellomy and three others accusing Onyon of election fraud and other misdeeds.

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Way up north … to Saskatchewan

In past years, I have eagerly awaited my yearly fishing trip up north to the remote fly in lakes in northern Saskatchewan. Thanks to the opening of the U.S./Canada border, I was once again able to make the trek up north to fish. This past week I went way up north to within a stone’s throw of the Northwest Territories.

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Cowboys camp underway in Oxnard

Welcome back to football. The Cowboys open training camp practices Wednesday in Oxnard, Calif. It’s coach Mike McCarthy’s third season running the show, but only his second with camp starting in Oxnard. This is the first time in McCarthy’s tenure with things close to a normal training camp experience.

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