Sheriff's Department

Dear friends and neighbors, As America marks 250 years, this Fall/Winter 2026 issue asks not only what makes us proud to be Americans, but what that inheritance requires of us. Across these pages, patriotism takes many forms. It looks like neighbors joining together to put someone back on the road and help him reach a new job. It looks like a mother and daughter building a downtown business rooted in faith, family, beauty, and encouragement. It lives in the memories of Americ

Sheriff Rios took an oath to defend the Constitution in its entirety. As the Second Amendment is increasingly under fire, Sheriff Rios brings us back to common sense realities for small town Texas--that is that the Second Amendment still matters.