Covering Marshall, Texas and surrounding communities
April 23, 2026
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Doc Halliday Columns
I grew up in Holyoke, Massachusetts. The city is located on the west bank of the Connecticut River beside the Hadley Falls. The Hadley Falls has a drop of sixty feet, making it the largest drop in the entire river. Holyoke was one of the first planned industrial communities in the United States. A dam…
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Marshall
The Marshall Police Department is investigating a hit-and-run crash that left one man with life-threatening injuries. On Monday, November 7, at approximately 6:48 p.m., officers were called to the 1500 block of East Houston Street in reference to a vehicle hitting a pedestrian and leaving the scene of the crash. Upon arrival, first responders found…
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Sport
The Wiley College men’s basketball team picked up its intensity in the second half to earn its second win of the season, 100-84 over Rust College on Homecoming Saturday at Alumni Gymnasium. The Wildcats (2-0) jumped out to a 15-point lead in the first half. George Page grabbed five of his nine rebounds in the…
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The Only People Brave Enough to Vote Out This Corrupt Establishment is You, the American People.” NEW YORK, NY – Today Donald J. Trump for President released a new television ad entitled “Donald Trump’s Argument for America,” in which Mr. Trump asks the American people for their vote by outlining his positive vision for the…
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Piney Woods
November 2016 marks grim milestone of more than 55,000 roadway deaths since 2000 AUSTIN – The Lone Star State marks a deadly milestone on Monday as at least one fatality has occurred each and every day on Texas roadways since Nov. 7, 2000. In an effort to end this deadly 16-year streak, the Texas Department…
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Sport
The Wiley College women’s basketball team enters Saturday’s 2 p.m. season opener on Homecoming against Rust College as different team than last year. “I’m excited,” head coach Ashley Walker said. “We have a lot of upper classmen. We have some leadership qualities that we didn’t always have. I got kids taking initiative. I have kids…
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Doc Halliday Columns
The forty-year old native Texan pilot taxied the airplane, not down a runway, but across the bay. The pilot had previously set several world speed records. It was a blustery day with wind gusts of 20 mph and the temperature had risen from 47 degrees at daybreak into the mid-sixties. On board the aircraft were…
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Traffic to be detoured through Marshall WHEN: Sunday, Nov. 6, from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. or until work is completed. WHERE: Railroad crossing on Farm-to-Market Road 2199 in Scottville. ATLANTA — Motorists who normally travel FM 2199 in Scottsville will need to find an alternate route on Sunday, Nov. 6. Union Pacific Railroad will…
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Traffic to be detoured onto US 80, FM 134 WHEN: Saturday, Nov. 5, from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. or until work is completed. WHERE: Railroad crossing on Farm-to-Market Road 9 North in Waskom. ATLANTA — Motorists who normally travel FM 9 North in Waskom will need to find an alternate route on Saturday, Nov. 5. Union…
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Education
MARSHALL, Texas – Marshall ISD’s Board of Trustees on Tuesday approved the recommendation of Superintendent Dr. Jerry Gibson to name Anika Perkins as the district’s new Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction. The announcement was made during a Special Called Meeting of the school board Tuesday afternoon in the Pat Smith-Gasperson Board Room. “We…
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