Winnsboro Noted as Prime Relocation Draw
Dallas realtors are promoting Winnsboro, Texas, as a prime destination for relocating or buying a second home. Candy's Dirt real estate news team writes about desirable properties in Northeast Texas for people who want to move to a more relaxing rural area while...
Wood County Airport Announces Significant Runway Expansion
Wood County Airport announced last week a major expansion of its runway, extending the existing runway from 4,000 feet to 5,006 feet. This expansion marks a significant milestone in Wood County’s ongoing commitment to enhancing aviation infrastructure and meeting the...
Antique Tractor, Truck & Model-T Show Takes Place in Jefferson
The Sixth Annual Antique Tractor, Truck, and Model-T Show takes place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, September 14 on the historic brick streets of downtown Jefferson, Texas. This exhibit features more than 100 years of rural American history with vehicles as well as...
Bachers Family Presents Lines & Layers Exhibition
By P.A. Geddie Lines & Layers: The Art of Gary Bachers & Christopher Bachers opens July 27 and runs through September 5 at the South Arkansas Arts Center in El Dorado, Arkansas. It’s the first posthumous retrospective exhibition of Gary Bachers' work since he...
East Texas Author’s Novel Hits the Big Screen
By P.A. Geddie New York Times bestselling author Colleen Hoover’s romance novel It Ends With Us was made into a movie that releases in theaters on August 9. Hoover published the book in 2016 and describes it as “the hardest book I’ve ever written.” The story centers...
Winnsboro Cowboy Music and Poetry Gathering Happens in September
Winnsboro Center for the Arts presents the 2024 Winnsboro Cowboy Music and Poetry Gathering on Friday and Saturday, September 27 and 28. The event celebrates the spirit of the Old West and its cherished traditions with performances by acclaimed artists and musicians....
Unleashed Gala Supports Pet Therapy Healing
Therapet nonprofit organization based in Tyler, Texas, provides Animal Assisted Therapy (AAT) as well as visitation programs to facilitate healing and rehabilitation of patients with acute or chronic diseases. Celebrating 30 years, their Therapet volunteers take...
Marshall Performance Center Announces New Season
The new season for the Memorial City Hall Performance Center (MCH) in Marshall, Texas, has something for everyone. Georgette Jones kicks things off on September 14. The only daughter of country music royalty George Jones and Tammy Wynette, Georgette started singing on...
Change in Rural America
By P.A. Geddie Through their Museum on Main Street program, the Smithsonian Institution is traveling around America to rural towns during the next year with an exhibition called Crossroads: Change in Rural America. In cooperation with the Texas Historical Commission,...
Make a Summer Splash in Sulphur Springs
By P.A. Geddie Summer in Sulphur Springs, Texas, comes with its own cooling system — a splash pad conveniently located downtown on Celebration Plaza. With a backdrop of the award-winning Romanesque Revival courthouse, the lively plaza —or Town Square Park — is the...
Water Flows, and Passes Into the Earth
By Tom Geddie Part One The old man woke up weak, weaker than usual, a bit overwhelmed by the bright of the sunlight coming through the window glass. He knew that, if he spoke, his few words would be soft and slurred. By late morning, he thought he saw blackbirds...
East Texas Is Getting New Elite Golf Course
A groundbreaking is taking place later this year on Wild Spring Dunes north of Nacogdoches near Mount Enterprise in Rusk County. The 2,400-acre public destination golf resort should have fairways and flags by September 2025 with residential and hospitality develops...
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