Bret Michaels, Aaron Watson, and More to Headline East Texas State Fair

The East Texas State Fair has announced an exceptional lineup of concerts for the 104 th annual event. In addition to the Community Stage with free nightly concerts, the Fair also announced the

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FREE CARFIT EVENT SET FOR SMITH COUNTY

The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) is bringing the CarFit program to Smith County. The program, designed to improve safety for older adults when they get behind the wheel of their

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AG Paxton Announces $13 Million in Debt Relief for Texas ITT Tech Students in Multistate Settlement

AUSTIN – Attorney General Ken Paxton today announced a $13 million debt relief agreement for 1,430 former ITT Tech students in Texas as part of a 43-state settlement with Student CU Connect CUSO,

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Tyler Man Sentenced for Online Solicitation of a Minor

  Ruben Hernandez Contreras (DOB: 01/27/1995), of Tyler, was sentenced to 11 years in prison yesterday for the offense of Online Solicitation of a Minor by a Smith County Jury in the 114 th

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Plane crash reported in Wood County

  State Troopers are responding to a report of a single engine plane crash near 2426 FM 2869, behind the Holly Lake Car Wash.  No structures were damaged. The pilot and a passenger were

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Lindale ISD hires new assistant junior high principal

  Dr. Chase Thomas has been promoted to assistant principal for Lindale Junior High following action by the LISD Board of Trustees Monday night (June10), officials announced. Currently

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Local student qualifies for Texas High School Rodeo State Finals

Gracie Gambino, a Red Springs native, is in Abilene, Texas, this week competing in the Texas High School Rodeo Association State Finals. The state finals rodeo is an annual, week-long event where

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9th Annual Piney Woods Wine Fest set for June 21-22

  The 9th annual Piney Woods Wine Festival, scheduled for Picker’s Pavilion June 21-22, and will feature wines from 20 East Texas wineries, publicity officials said. The two-day event will

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Lindale Junior High School Band honored

The Texas Bandmasters Association recently named the Lindale Junior High School Band recipient of a 2019 Exemplary Band Program Award, LISD officials announced. TBA President John Morrison is

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We Salute Our Brave Soldiers from D-Day

By Suzanne Bardwell Seventy-five years have passed since the June 6 D-Day invasion which not only turned the tide of World War II, it changed history. Operation Overlord was launched on June 6

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TxDOT EMBRACES GOAL TO END DEATHS ON TEXAS ROADS

AUSTIN – How many deaths are acceptable each year on Texas roads? That’s a question TxDOT is addressing through a new ambitious goal, which ultimately states that the answer to the question is

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