Lone Star News

Visitors to the Ore City Fun Festival pulled up their lawn chairs and settled in for a good time Saturday, beginning with the annual parade.

A woman sentenced in conjunction with a dog hoarding incident in July 2008 was back in Marion County's 115th District Court earlier this week for violating the terms of her probation.

An essay and a vote turned into a trip to Austin for one 8-year-old East Texan and his family.

After 33 years teaching in Texas public schools, Longview High School Band Director Harvey Durham has put down his baton.

Are music corporations, with their emphasis on repetitive, easy-to-swallow sounds, quashing musical innovation? Are listeners demanding dumbed-down music? Is good music dead? Several years ago, two filmmakers traveled the country, asking fans and musicians about the current state of mainstream music.

After 1 million votes were cast, the people of Texas have made their choice on a new license plate.

Eight-year-old John Thomsett of Gilmer joined Texas Department of Transportation officials on Tuesday to announce that the colorful new general-issue license plate, Lone Star Texas, is about to hit Texas' roadways.

TxDOT has started shipping the new general-issue Texas license plates to the 254 county tax offices statewide.

It will be very hard to miss the new license plate when you see it. "The new plate is flat, makes it much easier to clean, and it will always look sharp for you.

Texans soon will have a new way to identify their vehicles, with the first digitally produced license plates they chose themselves.

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Thumbs up to an exciting article in the Advocate's Kidology about Lauren McCaskill and her much community activities - she's also a good student.

The food stacks up well, too. A6 The Two Fat Guys The Main Street Tap and Grill is located at 644 Main Street in Moncton "" the former location of the Lone Star Texas Grill.

Herald photos/DAVID MORRIS Kim and Michael "Bones" Crisp partnered with Debbie Belviy, right, to create Bones Cracked Rib BBQ in February.

Attendants were Billy Collins, brother of the groom and Jeannette Logan. Jim and Sue both graduated from Bonham High School .

Amanda Salinas is coming home to Texas. She joins The 33 News as co-anchor after a stint as a reporter and anchor at WPBF, the ABC affiliate in West Palm Beach, Fla.

Daingerfield-Lone Star schools students will remain in class today despite a water shutoff for all of Daingerfield.

The Boys & Girls Clubs of the Big Pines will host its Cookin' For Kids BBQ Friday and Saturday at Marshall Toyota.

What does Rick Perry have against the Texas flag? Why does he hate it so? We can only assume that he is utterly embarrassed by the Lone Star flag, which features the red coloring that honors the blood shed by our ancestors for Texas , because the DPS is taking it off the state's driver's licenses.

At the Lone Star College in north Harris County, there is no shortage of help from peers or instructors, but there is a major shortage of Latino men.