Republicans in Texas have two choices ahead of the November elections: Unify or lose, party leaders say. And the party’s new vice chair wants to ensure the outcome is the former, not the latter. David ...

Have you ever been looking for something in the grocery store that you had a hankerin’ for and realize you can’t find it? This has happened to me several times; once as soon as last week as I was ...

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 ...

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 ...

In recent years, we have endured the agonies of what has come to be known as DEI – diversity, equity and inclusion. This is an intentional movement to bring in all the different elements in the ...

Gov. Greg Abbott called for blocking new data center development in rural parts of the state during a campaign stop this week in East Texas. “We must prohibit them from building AI data centers in ...

Joe Crawford, a longtime standout basketball coach and educator, passed away on June 30 in Tyler. A visitation to honor the life of Coach Charles Joseph “Joe” Crawford, 69, will be held from 5-7 p.m.

CARTHAGE — Graveside funeral services for Mrs. Louise Clarkston, 90, of Carthage, Texas were held at 12:00 p.m., Friday, July 3, 2026 in the Oakwood Cemetery in Corsicana, Texas under the direction of ...

BECKVILLE — Jon Morris, 76, of Beckville, Texas, passed away on Monday morning, July 6, 2026, in Carthage. Jon Patrick Morris was born on August 1, 1949, in the Waterman’s Front Community of Panola ...

LONGVIEW — Funeral services entrusted to Peoples Funeral Home are scheduled for 11:00 am, Monday, July 6, 2026 at Peoples Legacy Annex. Mr. Mitchell, a loving father, grandfather, brother, uncle and ...

East Texas Performing Arts’ first youth guitar camp this past weekend at The Marshall Arts Collective hit all the right notes. “East Texas Performing Arts is a nonprofit public charity, and our focus ...

More than four decades after its doors closed, the spirit of the historical Dogan Elementary School came alive Saturday as alumni gathered for their inaugural reunion. “I must say that we are the envy ...