Charlotte News

How is this for a bit of Election Day irony? The area of Precinct 1 with the fewest registered voters may be the most impacted if alcohol sales are legalized.

The El Paso Museum of History, 510 N. Santa Fe, will celebrate Texas' influence on zydeco, jazz and blues music, and women in music.

Van Zandt County Precinct 1 voters will go to the polls Nov. 3 to decide if alcohol will be sold in that portion of the county.

On July 22, at the Mellon Auditorium in Washington, D.C., The Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute honored distinguished philanthropist Bernard Rapoport, a long time Texas Farmers Union President's Council member, with the 2009 Franklin D. Roosevelt Distinguished Public Service Award.

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Four Longview-based missions are poised for trips to separate hemispheres in coming weeks.

Early Friday afternoon, Atascosa County received some much-needed rain. News 4 WOAI witnessed a large cell move through the small town of Charlotte.

Several candidates for positions on the city commission have filed reports of their campaign contributions and expenses, as required by the Texas Ethics Commission.