Covering Marshall, Texas and surrounding communities
April 29, 2026
Doc Halliday Columns
Do you remember the 1990 movie Dances With Wolves starring Kevin Costner? I certainly do. I also remember the Sioux word for buffalo, tatanka. I enjoyed the movie, even though it was revisionist history. In about 1831 a boy named Jumping Badger was born. His birth took place along the Yellowstone River, south of present…
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Longview
It’s perfect time of year to bring home a cuddly new member of your family. The Longview Animal Care and Adoption Center is offering discounted adoption rates during their “Home of the Holidays” adoption event now through December 23. “We are almost at full capacity, so we are really in need of loving adopters looking…
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Education
Exxon Corporation has donated a total of three 2016 Educational Alliance grants at $500 apiece to two campuses in Marshall ISD — David Crockett Elementary and J.H. Moore Elementary. The funds will be used in the areas of Math and Science. Now retrieving an image set. Blue Buffalo Life Protection Formula Adult Dry Dog Food,…
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Education
MARSHALL, Texas – Marshall ISD’s Board of Trustees awarded the renovation project to convert Sam Houston Middle School into the district’s new STEM Academy to WRL General Contractors, Lt., of Tyler during a Special Called Meeting Monday afternoon in the Pat Smith-Gasperson Board Room. The renovation is the final project to be awarded in the district’s…
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Marshall
Chief Jesus “Eddie” Campa and the Marshall Police Department are proud to announce this week’s Mvp’s, Officer Lakeldrick Adams and the Harrison County District Attorney’s Office. Officer Adams currently serves as the K-9 Officer on the Marshall Criminal Apprehension Team. While working narcotics interdiction, Officer Adams attempted to stop a vehicle for a traffic violation….
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Marshall
Overall Male Open Results: 1st William Songock of Shreveport, Louisiana with a time of 16 minutes-21.9 seconds 2nd Nathan Hall of West Monroe, Louisiana with a time of 16 minutes-42.7 seconds 3rd Hugo Silva of Henderson, Texas a time of 16 minutes-45.7 seconds Overall Female Open Results: 1st Sarah Deller of Gladewater, Texas with…
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From the desk of Eric Neal
As we begin the inaugural “From the desk of Eric Neal” blog, I want to clearly state my intentions for writing this blog. I will not be writing this blog to use as a political tool. I will not be attempting to stir controversy or promote my viewpoints on political issues. Rather, I am undertaking…
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Education
DALLAS – The No. 11 Wiley College men’s basketball team pulled away early in the second half to pick up its 10th win of the season in a 75-57 victory over Paul Quinn College Friday. In a first half that featured seven ties and eight lead changes, Wiley College held a 29-28 advantage. Though the…
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For quite some time I have considered the idea of writing a blog about the city from the perspective of a current City Commissioner. One thing that I have learned in the last two years of being your mayor is that a lot of what we do in city government is either so boring…
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Doc Halliday Columns
Have you ever been the lone dissenting voter? Perhaps in a small organization you belong to you refused to vote along with the majority. I have certainly been in that position. The votes I was involved in were less than a couple of dozen votes against my single vote. Today I will write about a…
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