Sunday, November 8, 2015

Murder in Texarkana

One Saturday evening in March of 1919, Jeff Hines walked into the Majestic Floral Co. in Texarkana, Arkansas, carrying a grudge and a gun. He walked out of the flower shop a few minutes later, leaving behind a dead businessman; a bleeding wife, now a widow; a shocked family friend and bystander; and a fatherless 7-year-old girl.

Friday, October 30, 2015

Easy Go

I feel bad for John Simmons Roberts. Whatever good qualities he may have had, he is known in our family simply as the guy who let a fortune slip away.

Sunday, October 25, 2015

Play Ball

Congratulations to the Kansas City Royals on making it to the World Series for the second year in a row! To celebrate, here's a post about my wife Julie Mettenburg's family connection to baseball.