As part of Hispanic Heritage Month, Maude Laird Middle School students got a treat Friday — a cool treat that is, aguas frescas. From cinnamon rice milk, watermelon, hibiscus, tamarind and cantaloupe, MLMS students lined up to try each flavor. MLMS faculty members Martha Davila, Amanda Jackson and Paula Jordan did the serving. All of these drinks were made from fresh ingredients. More...
BRYAN (AP) — The murder trial of a second man accused of taking part in the quarter-century old slayings of five people abducted from an East Texas Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant is headed toward jury deliberations. More...
As Wall Street and foreign stock markets reel from the nobailout vote in the U.S. House of Representatives Monday, one local banker says the economy in East Texas is good, credit is available and your moneyin local banks is safe. More...
WASHINGTON (AP) - Congressional leaders scrambled Tuesday to find enough changes to sell the multibillion-dollar financial rescue to their rank-and-file, with long-distance prodding from John McCain and Barack Obama on the presidential campaign trail. More...
DEAR ABBY: I am a nurse, writing in response to the letter from "Flabbergasted Parents in New Mexico" (July 19). I have worked in small community hospitals and in the emergency rooms of trauma centers in larger cities. Over the years, I have seen many young ladies in their early 20s come into the ER with abdominal pain. More...
The stat line for wide receiver Cortez Smith, a sophomore from Hooks, reads this way from Kilgore College's home game against No 1 Blinn last Saturday: six catches, 176 yards, two touchdowns. But the importance of the second touchdown isn't conveyed there. More...
Zelma Draper died in Longview, Texas, at 102 years of age. She was born Zelma Roma Lee Deaver in Seymour, Texas, December 18, 1905, to Frederick and Mary Taylor Deaver. More...
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