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School news: Longview High School earns national music recognition
2+ hour, 19+ min ago (435+ words) Published 5: 30 am Saturday, April 25, 2026 Longview High School has been named a 2026 Best Schools for Music Education Award winner by The NAMM Foundation, a national recognition honoring schools that demonstrate outstanding achievement and commitment to music education. LHS is one of…...
Stallard: I was clueless in high school
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (596+ words) Published 5: 16 am Friday, April 24, 2026 Consider this a long overdue apology " and possibly one of those "old man giving advice" columns. To my high school teachers at Unicoi County High School from 1981-1984, I apologize. To current and future high school students,…...
A heart for helping children: East Texas CASA recognizes volunteers, asks for more
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (395+ words) Published 5: 45 am Sunday, November 9, 2025 Dozens of volunteers who help children as they go through the child welfare system were recognized this past week for their service to East Texas youth. And the leaders of that organization, powered mostly by volunteers,…...
A painter at heart: White Oak student is schools second to have art displayed in governors office
2+ week, 2+ day ago (668+ words) Published 5: 40 am Thursday, April 9, 2026 WHITE OAK " There must be something in the water in White Oak that makes people artistic. Perhaps it's something in the classroom. Better yet, maybe it's something in the heart that leads students to produce award-winning…...
Let them eat cake: Pine Tree elementary students create birthday packages for youth in foster care
3+ week, 2+ day ago (306+ words) Published 5: 41 am Thursday, April 2, 2026 Thanks to the student council members at Pine Tree ISD's Birch Elementary School, 71 East Texas youth in foster care will have something to look forward to on their birthday. Student council members packaged the ingredients in…...
'Really exciting': Tyler's Caldwell Zoo welcomes its first baby lemurs
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (812+ words) Published 5: 20 am Tuesday, March 17, 2026 TYLER " The Caldwell Zoo recently welcomed two Red-ruffed lemur babies " the first in the zoo's history. "When I got to see them I was like, "Oh my God! You're so cute!" said Kailee Murphy, mammal keeper…...
Young adults are returning to East Texas churches, and they're seeking something real
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (1458+ words) Published 5: 40 am Monday, March 9, 2026 For years and years, parents and grandparents in East Texas church pews have pondered the question and prayed for answers: "Where did our children go?" America's religious and spiritual decline, especially among younger generations, is nothing…...
LETU's Weeks, Espinosa honored by SCAC
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (89+ words) Published 12: 48 pm Thursday, March 5, 2026 By LETU Athletic Communications CONWAY, Ark. " Kylie Weeks and Mariana Espinosa represented Le Tourneau women's basketball on the 2025-26 All-SCAC women's basketball selections, the league announced Saturday at the conference tournament in Conway. Weeks collected All-SCAC third…...
City of Longview to participate in Safe Haven Baby Box program
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (467+ words) Published 5: 40 am Thursday, March 5, 2026 It's like the story from the Bible, in which baby Moses was placed in a basket in the Nile River so he could be protected from death at the hands of the Egyptians. That's the comparison…...
School news: Longview students win Black History Month essay contest
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (710+ words) Published 5: 38 am Friday, February 27, 2026 Longview High School senior Jessica Hernandez won first place in Eastman Chemical Co. s annual Black History Month Oratorical Contest, company officials said. Hernandez won a cash prize of $1, 500. Hernandez won for her essay titled "A…...