Posing piggies

Norma Reyna | Courtesy Photo Ninth grader, Joshua Reyna (left) pictured with his Duroc, and 11th grader Elijah Reyna, with his dark cross Bulldog.  The Charlotte High Schooler’s will be showing their hogs at the upcoming Atascosa County Livestock Show on Thursday, January 19.  They are the sons of Roy and Norma Reyna.  For a full stock show schedule see […]

Eagles overcome bad opening quarter to top Hondo

JOURDANTON—An old sports adage proved true Tuesday for the Pleasanton boys basketball team. Luckily for the Eagles, it is not how they started, but how they finished. Despite trailing 15-4 after the first eight minutes, Pleasanton came back to edge Hondo 56-53 in the teams’ opening game of the Jourdanton Holiday Hoops Classic. A 22-2 second quarter got the Eagles […]

Dull College Bowl season about to pick up steam

Did you catch the Hawaii-Middle Tennessee State game Saturday? How about the Eastern Michigan-Old Dominion matchup last week? No? Me neither. As much as I love college football, I haven’t brought myself to watch any bowl games this season. There just have not been any games that peaked my interest enough to tune in, and I’m sure I’m not the […]

This weekly puzzle continues thanks to all

Audio Article

  Years ago I compared working at the Pleasanton Express to working on a huge jigsaw puzzle. First the abstract part – there are so many parts that make up the whole picture and then the true mechanics of putting together the actual articles, advertisements and photos each week to complete the puzzle. And while it is a puzzle, it […]

PIC, PJHS Christmas Show Delights Audience

Sharing the joy of the season, the talented Pleasanton Intermediate Campus Drama Troupe students and PIC/Pleasanton Junior High School shared the gifts of Christmas through song, dance and dramatic readings.  The choir, over 70 sixth, seventh and eighth grade students, under the direction of Adrian Aguilar, sang a variety of contemporary and traditional Christmas songs: “The Chipmunk Song,” “Frosty the […]