When I was about 10, I wrote a letter to my aunt, who lived in Oklahoma. I’d never written a letter to anyone before. For a kid in Ashdown, Arkansas, Oklahoma might as well have been China. I just ...

James Runnels came to Marshall’s Freedom Fest on Saturday dressed as Benjamin Franklin – his tribute to the nation’s Founding Fathers. “Without him, I don’t know if we’d have had an Independence Day,” ...

A long-running program to supply people in need with air conditioning units in three East Texas counties has run out of money. The Northeast Texas Habitat for Humanity’s Beat the Heat program has ...

I’m not sure when it happened, but I suspect it started when I turned 60 on March 2. It was almost like someone flipped a switch, and that triggered all sorts of ailments. Go ahead and laugh young ...

Major League Fishing (MLF), the world’s largest tournament-fishing organization, announced this week the ninth season of pro bass fishing’s most exciting circuit, the 2027 Bass Pro Tour, and local ...

CARTHAGE, TX — Danny Buck Davidson, age 79, of Carthage, TX, passed away on July 5, 2026, in Carthage, TX. He was born on May 10, 1947, in Henderson, TX. A funeral ...

MARSHALL – The defending Historically Black Colleges and Universities Athletic Conference (HBCUAC) champion Wiley University men’s soccer will face a daunting non-conference schedule as it prepares to ...

In a season of firsts and lasts, baseball in the Piney Woods was nothing short of exciting. Three new head coaches took the reins and vastly improved their teams. Elysian Fields made a return to the ...

HOUSTON — Memorial service for Diane Burton will be 11:00 a.m. Saturday July 11,2026 at Mt Pleasant Baptist. Church, with Burial in Coverson Cemetery.

MARSHALL — A graveside service for Elizabeth Ann McNiel, 87, of Marshall, Texas will be held at 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, July 8, 2026, at Woodlawn Cemetery in Woodlawn, Texas. Mrs. McNiel passed away on ...

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Burn bans are going into effect throughout East Texas amid dry conditions and wildfires. As of Friday afternoon, burn bans are in effect in Harrison, Panola and Rusk counties. Burn bans in Harrison ...