Denis, a 4-year-old male chiweenie, needs to be adopted into a good home. To adopt Denis or any of the other pets at the Humane Society of Odessa, stop by 2230 W. Sycamore, call 432-257-4311, visit ...

When—after I’d long hesitated, lost my nerve, thought better of it—I finally gathered the strength to ask my decreasingly lucid mother if she remembered a certain scene that still brought an ache to ...