May 1, 2017 | LIFESTYLE + ENTERTAINMENT, UPPER EAST SIDE TEXANS
By Elaine Rogers With people honoring their mothers in May, it also seems an appropriate time to acknowledge a handful of modern mavens in the region who’ve made a habit of leading by example — inspiring younger generations and reminding citizens of all persuasions of...
Mar 1, 2017 | LIFESTYLE + ENTERTAINMENT
By Sherry Sereboff “Mister, will you get me out please?” First responder Don Nelson was struck by the 10-year-old’s composure. The boy’s leg was broken and bent. He lay atop a heap of rubble and surviving classmates, sheltered under a fallen bookcase....
Mar 1, 2017 | LIFESTYLE + ENTERTAINMENT, UPPER EAST SIDE TEXANS
By Elaine Rogers Long before achieving its statehood in 1845, Texas was home to a pioneer population of settlers, rangers, ranchers, renegades and indigenous people, as well as growing numbers of teachers, musicians, politicians and other achievers. Women played their...
Mar 1, 2017 | LIFESTYLE + ENTERTAINMENT, UPPER EAST SIDE TEXANS
Someone with more knowledge than most about the accomplishments and histories of local ladies in the Piney Woods is Cherokee County author and historian Deborah L. Burkett, who spent two and a half years learning about women whose stories intrigued her. The result was...
Jan 1, 2017 | LIFESTYLE + ENTERTAINMENT
Local history buffs think of Caddo Lake in mid-February because of the tragedy in 1869 which took the lives of 61 of 107 passengers on a sidewheel steamboat called Mittie Stephens. On February 12, the vessel was traveling from New Orleans to Jefferson, a principal...
Nov 1, 2016 | LIFESTYLE + ENTERTAINMENT, UPPER EAST SIDE TEXANS
By Clare McCarthy On 95 acres in Ben Wheeler, 40 to 45 neglected horses from around East Texas are nursed back to health and guided through the process of learning to trust humans again. For some, it’s a long road to recovery; for others, an impossible journey. Owners...
