Covering Marshall, Texas and surrounding communities
January 8, 2026
Wiley College
From Wiley College The Great Debaters of Wiley College, known as the Melvin B. Tolson/Denzel Washington Forensics Society, won the overall and individual championship events at the 103rd Pi Kappa Delta National Comprehensive Tournament this past week at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, Kentucky. The Wiley College team competed against 86 schools with a…
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USAF Band
MARSHALL – The United States Air Force Concert Band and Singing Sergeants from Washington, D.C. are heading to the campus of East Texas Baptist University for a concert on Tuesday, April 12, 2016. The free public concert is sponsored by ETBU and the Marshall News Messenger and will begin at 7:00 p.m. in Baker Auditorium…
Read More about USAF Concert Band & Singing Sergeants In Concert at ETBUFor more than 12 years, Central Baptist Church has held true to a tradition in the Saturday before Easter. The church holds on the front lawn a flowering of the cross ceremony. Today church members brought flowers. Pastor Patrick Adair said a few words after the cross was covered. (Photos Becky Holland/Piney Woods News) Now…
Read More about Marshall church carries on Easter traditionOfficer George Gill with assistance from Becky Holland and Officer Justin Mills and volunteer Ashley Lee fingerprinted and gave out coloring books to more than 300 kids at the We Got Next/I’m So Marshall Community Easter Egg Hunt Saturday. (Becky Holland/MPD Photos) Now retrieving an image set. Greenies Pill Pockets for Dogs, Large Size Soft…
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MARSHALL – East Texas and Northwest Louisiana will welcome collegiate ice hockey to the region as East Texas Baptist University announces the addition of a varsity club team for the 2016-17 year. ETBU has engaged in a partnership with the Shreveport MudBugs based on an agreement made by ETBU President Dr. J. Blair Blackburn and…
Read More about Club Collegiate Ice Hockey Coming To East Texas Baptist UniversityMarshall ISD’s AVID (Advancement Via Individual Determination) Program, in its third year at Marshall High School, continues to grow exponentially as students experience breakthroughs in performance and college aspirations. The AVID Program’s annual report, presented during Monday night’s meeting of the MISD Board of Trustees by Dr. Rebeca Cooper, Assistant Superintendent for Leadership and Learning,…
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WASHINGTON EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER All Things Seuss Ms. Garcia’s students, including Alison Benitez and Aeden Medellin, celebrated the birthday of Dr. Seuss with a tasty snack of “Green Eggs and Ham.” WILLIAM B. TRAVIS ELEMENTARY Revenge of the Nerds WBT students had fun dressing the part on Nerd Day during Texas Public Schools Week….
Read More about MISD Pictures of the WeekMARSHALL- Monday morning, Wiley College was a top trending topic on Facebook as news of filmmaker/actor Nate Parker’s funding of a drama and film school at the historically black college. Nate Parker was in Marshall last week for the big announcement. According Parker, his hope for the film and drama school is “to cover all…
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By Officer Justin Mills, PIO, Marshall Police Chief Jesus “Eddie” Campa and the Marshall Police Department are seeking the community’s assistance to help solve one of Marshall’s long standing missing person’s cases. MPD is seeking any information related to the current location of Teresa Lanette Barnett, who went missing in August 1987. On August 7, 1987 Barnett’s husband,…
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This week, a new source of news for the Piney Woods area – more specifically for Marshall, Jefferson, Hallsville and surrounding communities in Texas, was launched. The Piney Woods News will be an online community news site which will cover all local news in the cities of Marshall, Jefferson, Hallsville, and the surrounding communities. According…
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