Covering Marshall, Texas and surrounding communities
September 16, 2025
By Brandon Sheffield, smilehallsville.wordpress.com HALLSVILLE – CRACK! Everyone has heard the sound above! You know the sound a bat makes when the ball hits the sweet part of the bat. Sending the ball through the air like a missile shot from a cannon! And all though most of us have heard that sound at least…
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Demetria McFarland carries on as a voice for the 'voiceless.'
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Demetria McFarland talks about her brother, his murder, becoming a voice for others who have lost their lives like her brother and shares about Marshall Against Violence. By Becky Holland [email protected] MARSHALL – As Demetria McFarland sits in a booth at McDonald’s on Victory Drive, her thoughts are on the upcoming trial date of the…
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From Staff Reports [email protected] MARSHALL – The mass fatal tragedy that took lives and severely injured others at the Pulse Club in Orlando has sparked numerous reactions – including here in Marshall, Texas. Demetria McFarland, president of Marshall Against Violence, has responded as a Christian and community leader. “We need to pray.” So, Friday night,…
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It is interesting how much trouble can be created when people or documents are not precise. I remember reviewing a loan once that called for bi-annual payments, when clearly the intention was to have semi-annual payments. A couple of years ago I wrote about a dispute that hinged on the difference between permanent and in…
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Two teams of ministry group leaders teaching conversational English. Stephanie Allison, Marshall High School teacher, is one of the members.
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By Becky Holland, [email protected] MARSHALL – During the school year, Stephanie Allison can be found wrangling music, playing music, directing, helping with costume changes, planning programs, chaperoning, driving buses and even calming nerves of students in the Marshall High School choir program. For the past 12 summers, the 16-year teaching veteran trades in that teaching…
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Three-year-old doing fine after ‘near-drowning’ By Becky Holland, [email protected] MARSHALL – Battalion Chief and Emergency Services Supervisor for the Marshall Fire Department, Randall Jeans, is an advocate for people of all ages knowing First Aid and CPR. And after an event that could have ended tragically on June 5, Jeans is an even stronger proponent…
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By Becky Holland, [email protected] HUNTSVILLE – Marshall native Jackson Hood was named the head coach of the Huntsville High School baseball team. Hood has been the assistant coach for the baseball team for the past two seasons. He will take over for former head coach Brad Bohannon who resigned after the most current season. Prior…
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By Becky Holland, [email protected] MARSHALL – ‘From Bondage To Freedom House in Marshall’ is a second chance home for referrals from rehab centers, detox centers, halfway houses, local judges, probation officers and parole officers in the Ark-La-Tex area. According to Marilyn Philips, executive director, “We also accept walk-ins, probationers and CPS cases. Our program is…
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By Becky Holland, [email protected] MARSHALL – The Twelve Way Foundation in Marshall has a simple but profound purpose. From the website, www.twelveway.org, the mission statement is as follows: “Twelve Way Foundation is a faith based, non-profit organization providing a residential, Christ centered recovery program and support services to men seeking recovery from addiction to alcohol…
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By Becky Holland, [email protected] MARSHALL -Bryan Partee, executive director of the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Big Pines, has been an instrumental force since 2005 in helping the children and youth of Harrison County. While working with his dad at Quadratechnologies, Partee was approached by a Rotary colleague, Frank Dias, about a position with…
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