Merrell in the Morning

Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller today honored Casey Neuman, a junior from Onalaska Junior-Senior High School in Polk County as the winner of the Texas Department of Agriculture’s (TDA) monthly GROW award. The award Gives Recognition for Outstanding Work to middle and high school students who demonstrate leadership and excellence inside and outside the classroom.

The SFA Lumberjacks dominated Monday night's game against Incarnate Word, 84-46, to move to 12-0 in Southland Conference play and 19-5 overall.

Honeybees are good.  I like them.  They are usually very docile.  They pollinate our flowers and produce honey.  I don't feel the same way about wasps.

Major congratulations are in order for Hudson Band members Katie Vandergriff, Darren Castilaw, Trevor Curtis, and Chandler Morris (pictured above).  They were named to the All-State Band.

According to a release from the Lufkin Police Department, Deotis Taylor, 39, was arrested after causing a scene at a South Timberland Drive McDonalds.

We have something very special going on today on KICKS 105.  It's a More Music Monday benefiting the Winnie Berry Humane Society of East Texas.

The current KICKS 105 Pet of the Week is creating quite a stir.  His name is Watson and he is a 4 month old full blood Beagle.

When the SFA Lumberjacks and Ladyjacks played Abilene Christian on Saturday, January 16th, they weren't the only ones on the court showing off their basketball skills.

It has quickly become an expectation that the folks at Bad Lip Reading produce at least one or two videos of the past NFL Football Season.

On Friday morning, a head on collision on Highway 69 South of Zavalla (near Lufkin) claimed the lives of two people.  Prayers go out to their families and friends as well as to the emergency responders who will have that fiery scene in their minds for years to come.

Every month we receive stories from the field reported by Texas Game Wardens and then reported by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.  The job of a game warden can be very dangerous, but sometimes, their field stories are downright hilarious.

I'm going to pass along some statistics concerning our military men and women that are shocking and disturbing.