Amir Ahmed, MD, gastroenterologist, is now available for appointments in Jacksonville, said ETMC Jacksonville Administrator Jack Endres. Dr. Ahmed sees patients each Tuesday at ETMC Jacksonville. As a gastroenterologist, Dr. More...

The Cherokee Civic Theatre (CCT) has announced cast for the upcoming winter production of "Alice in Wonderland." The show will be directed by Castanya Breen, and produced by James Crump. In the role of Alice will be Haley Hanks, a veteran of the CCT stage and TNT summer camps. Along with Miss Hanks, another young veteran, Moira Debbs, will portray the White Rabbit. More...

The Dixie Melody Boys will be featured in concert at 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 22, at the Wells High School auditorium. The event is sponsored by the Wells FFA chapter. Advance tickets are available at Christian Words and Works in Lufkin, (936) 634-2429 or Cottrells Christian Books in Nacogdoches, (936) 569-7794. Tickets are $10 in advance for adults and $5 for children under 12. For additional information call (936) 867-4400. Members of the group are Ed O'Neal, Dustin Sweatman, Dan Keeton and Andrew King. More...

I have a travel tip for those who long to go to some place fun, educational and different - especially for those who may be tired of just hanging around town yet are unable to afford Europe. For $450 round-trip I just went to Merida, Yucatan. It is 1,800 miles by land, but Continental can get you there in one hour and 37 minutes, by cutting across the Gulf of Mexico. More...

One of my grandmothers was born in 1899 ... the other in 1910. I was thinking about Chic and Mamaw this week and the changes they witnessed during their combined 160 years on earth. As children they had no electricity, flushable toilets or even motorized means of transportation. More...

LINDALE - Tempting as it might be to savor last week's 22-19 win against Lindale and Jacksonville's first playoff berth since 2004, the Indians will need to muster all the lessons of the 2008 regular season on Friday as they take on the No. More...

Funeral for Mary Lawana Hassell, 70, of Rusk was at 10 a.m., Wednesday, Nov. 5, in Eastside Baptist Church in Rusk with the Rev. Mike Bradford officiating. Burial was in Holcomb Cemetery. Mrs. Hassell died Nov. 3, in a Nacogdoches Hospital. She was born March 3, 1938, in Atlanta, Tex. to the late Clifford Lee and Willie Lee Smith Wilbanks. More...

All A honor roll Ninth Grade: Aaron Bennette, Roosevelt Bingham, Luke Campbell, Travis Edwards, Savannah Lemon, Chelsea McNair, Judith Melton, Dakota Stewart, Callie Wallace and Sydney Womack Tenth Grade: Christopher Pruitt, Jordan Magruder, Thomas Marchetti, More...

Dr. Scott Sosebee to take over as exec. director for Dr. Archie McDonald More...

Tom Pauken of the Texas Workforce Commission discusses ways to help vets find jobs More...