March 6, 2013 A couple weeks ago I noticed a lot of posts on Facebook concerning some great performances and results by some groups of cheerleaders from the East Texas area. I learned later that the groups belong to Extreme Cheer based in Lufkin.
Country singer Kree Harrison wowed the judges on 'American Idol' on Tuesday night (March 5), singing Faith Hill's 'Stronger' to yet another round of enthusiasm.
March 4, 2013 I'm sure you're familiar with Outback Steakhouse...delicious steaks, shrimp, bloomin' onions, and many other succulent dishes inspired from Down Under. What about Friedreich's Ataxia? Are you familiar with this? Outback Steakhouse would like to change that.
March 3, 2013 UPDATE** - The Amber Alert has been cancelled. The girl has been found safe. No further details were available. Thanks to all for your prayers and actions.
March 3, 2013 And then there were four.
After 30+ games, several rounds of playoff action, and plenty of blood, sweat, and tears, it all comes down to this.
March 3, 2013 Hard work and perseverance...and a lot of community support and fun came together for this past week's 64th Annual Angelina County Fair. The auction, which was moved to Saturday this year, ended up raising over $318,000 for the youth of East Texas.
March 2, 2013 SFA Lumberjacks - the NATION'S top defensive team.
Northwestern State Demons - the NATION'S top offensive team.
They are tied for first place in the conference and this evening they battle in Nacogdoches.
March 1, 2013 It should be a beautiful, cool weekend with plenty of sunshine and star shine, great weather of the annual Spring Carnival at the Nacogdoches Expo Center. Evans United Carnival is back featuring over 50 rides and attractions.
February 28, 2013 Wednesday was a day of competition in pies, cookies, breads, and rabbits at the Angelina County Youth Fair at the George H Henderson Jr Expo Center in Lufkin. You can get the complete list of winners later in this blog.
If you happened to be awake at 3:15am on Wednesday, perhaps you saw the streams of fire that streaked across the sky, and produced what looked like a cross between fireworks and a meteor shower as it moved away
February 28, 2013 We are now into the 4th round of high school basketball playoffs...it's time for the regional championship tournaments in which we will find out what teams will be heading to Austin for state championship tournament. Let's take a look at some of the East Texas teams who are still alive.
February 27, 2013 Desserts, cheesecakes, rabbits, and broilers...just some of the competitions that took place on day one of the Angelina County Youth Fair. In fact, the list of all the winners is located later in this blog, however, we do want to say a special thanks for the young men and women who joined us on the Merrell in the Morning show today.
