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Kountze Volunteer Fire Department "Fun Day" is Saturday The second annual Kountze Volunteer Fire Department "Fun Day' is Saturday.

When Kountze Independent School District Superintendent Kevin Weldon banned banners exhibiting bible verse at sporting events, last year, the cheerleaders of Kountze High School the district to court.

At first glance, a bill in the Texas Legislature legally protecting school districts should they recognize Christmas appears to be a knee-jerk reaction to a culture war, if such a battle exists.

In a surprising ruling on Wednesday, a Texas judge determined that cheerleaders displaying "Bible banners" at high school football games did not violate the First Amendment's Establishment Clause.

The Hardin County MusicFest in Kountze featured ATV muddin , helicopter rides and live entertainment.

Yesterday marked a huge win for students' religious freedoms, as the Kountze High School Cheerleaders secured a victory in their Bible banner case.

In a sketchy ruling, Thomas wrote that five hometown Kountze High School cheerleaders could bring their own homemade, paper run-through signs with Bible verses to football games.

This is Gus. As you can see, Gus really likes avocados. As in, really really likes avocados.

19, 2012 file photo, Kountze High School cheerleaders and other children work on a large banner in Kountze, Texas.

Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott issued the following statement after a ruling today declaring the Kountze High School cheerleaders' religious football banners Constitutional and permissible: 'This is a victory for religious liberties and for high school cheerleaders who stood up to powerful forces that tried to silence their voices.

In a high-profile battle based on small-town football, the cheerleaders in the little East Texas burg of Kuntze have won a court battle to praise Jesus during football games.

A judge ruled Wednesday that cheerleaders at a Southeast Texas high school can display banners emblazoned with Bible verses at football games.

A Hardin County district judge is expected to rule in a case that pits what one side calls freedom of speech against what the other side calls an establishment clause violation.

Beaumont attorney David Starnes said today he expects Hardin County Judge Steven Thomas to grant a motion on Wednesday to dispose of the Kountze ISD cheerleaders' case.

Free Kountze summer reading programs Pre-registration begins May 28 at the Kountze Public Library, 800 S. Redwood Ave., for the Texas Summer Reading Club sponsored by The Woman's Club of Kountze and Friends of Kountze Public Library.For the first time the library is also offering a reading program for students between seventh and twelfth grade.

More than 100 students in Southeast Texas have used their building and trade classes to construct nine deer stands for disabled veterans.

Kountze students build deer stands for paralyzed veterans Beaumont Enterprise Copyright 2013 Beaumont Enterprise.

The nationally prominent case of the Kountze cheerleaders was taken "under advisement" by a Texas state district judge yesterday, Thursday, May 2, as the case heads toward what could be a full-blown jury trial this summer, according to Liberty Institute today.

Helicopter rides, ATV muddin' and live entertainment will be a part of the Hardin County MusicFest on May 3-4. Gates open at 5 p.m. May 3 with music by Daryle Singletary and then performances by featured artist, John Conlee .