Edom News

Plagued by snakes sent to punish them for their ceaseless complaining, the Israelites were told to look at a bronze statue of a snake to be saved from the serpents.

Van Zandt County sheriff's officials are trying to sort out details surrounding a woman and two married men she was allegedly dating after one of the men was fatally stabbed and the other jailed on murder charges.

A nationwide shortage of the influenza vaccine is behind the cancellation of several Texas Department of State Health Services' flu shot clinics.

Obadiah is a short little book, in fact the shortest in the Old Testament. It is twenty-one verses in one chapter.

The Texas Department of State Health Services Region 4/5 North will be conducting seasonal flu shot community clinics in Van Zandt County on the following dates and locations: Grand Saline: Oct.

Mary Heines of Tyler was honored with a certificate for 50 years of service to the Daughters of the Republic of Texas at the District IV meeting held in Hemphill on Aug.

Nekropole at Petra The site of Petra has been inhabited since very ancient times.

Terry Jones of Jewitt says it was boredom that drove him to the craft of metal arts.

The East Texas Chapter of the Texas Chefs Association will hold its monthly meeting at 3 p.m. today at the Historic Aviation Memorial Museum, 150 Airport Drive, Tyler.

Meteorologists with the National Weather Service in Shreveport call for a 40 percent chance of thunderstorms in Longview today, as a storm system pushes east from Van Zandt County.

Singer/songwriter Shawn Phillips will appear in Tyler Saturday, July 18 at 6:30 p.m. for a free concert in the amphitheater at Bergfeld Park.

Something about pickina Blue berries must bring out the romance in people!! A On June 24, fifty seniors from the HeritageSeniorCenter went Blue Berry pickina in Edom Texas.

Nacogdoches; 936-560-5533. Pick your own: East Texas has a lot of pick-your-own farms, if you'd like to make a morning or day trip out of picking berries.

By JOYCE TURNER Community Editor Perhaps the best way to tell James Golden's story about his book, "Traveling the Golden Road," is to start at the end, instead of the beginning.

An 18-year-old man, who admitted to police he set more than a dozen fires in East Texas, is in the hospital for mental issues.

By KELLY GOOCH Staff Writer An 18-year-old man from the Edom area was arrested today for arson after allegedly setting fires in Van Zandt and Smith counties.

By STEWART SMITH Staff Writer Next Tuesday night, head west out of Tyler to the small, two-lane town of Edom.

In 2005, a local option election petition in Van failed to get past the first gate.

The Rev. Derwin Walker of First United Methodist Church of Murchison will preach his last sermon at the church at 11 a.m. on Heritage Sunday.

Celebrate spring with speakers, demonstrations and refreshments at Blue Moon Gardens Annual Spring Open House on Sat., April 25.