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Political

President-Elect Donald J. Trump Selects U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions for Attorney General, Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn as Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs and U.S. Rep. Mike Pompeo as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency

November 18, 2016

(New York, NY) – President-elect Donald J. Trump today announced that he intends to nominate U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions to serve as Attorney General and U.S. Rep. Mike Pompeo as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn has been selected to be the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs. U.S….

The Audio/Visual class at Marshall High School includes, from left, Nancy Zambrano, Delaney Smith, Kat Weese, Keicy Carlisle, and instructor Jillian Robinson. Not pictured is student Jahnisi Calderon.

Education

Scoreboard project kicks off busy first year for MHS Audio/Visual students

MARSHALL, Texas – September 2 was just another football home opener for most Marshall Maverick fans in Maverick Stadium. The Mavs were hosting their bitter rival Longview, and the stadium was once again packed out and ready to roll out another chapter in one of the most storied high school football rivalries in the nation….

Education

Legacy 2017 projects on track to open as scheduled

November 17, 2016

MARSHALL, Texas – Marshall ISD’s Board of Trustees received a monthly update of the status of the Legacy 2017 Building program during the board’s regular November meeting held Monday in the Pat Smith-Gasperson Board Room. Mr. Robert Wilbanks, Project Manager with Lockwood, Andrews and Newnam, Inc. (LAN), presented his monthly report of the ongoing construction…

Education

MJHS Band sees 20 students earn All-Region

MARSHALL, Texas – Twenty members of the Marshall Junior High Band auditioned and earned a chair in the Texas Music Educators Association (TMEA) Region 4 All-Region Junior High School Band at All-Region tryouts Monday. Congratulations to these students for earning recognition in the All-Region Band: CONCERT Jacqueline Villela, Kortlyn Smith, Emily Olvera, Richard Villafranco, Hector…

Sport

Lady Wildcats edge Texas Wesleyan to stay undefeated

FORT WORTH – The Wiley College women’s basketball team jumped out early but had to hold on late in a 59-51 victory over Texas Wesleyan Tuesday. “I feel good,” head coach Ashley Walker said. “It was a big road win.” The Lady Wildcats (4-0) pulled away at the end of the first quarter. Alexis Bernstine,…

(L-R) Criston Cade, Nathan Hicks, Kenneth Adcock (teacher), Dakota Epps

Education

MHS Debate team earns recognition at Carthage event

MARSHALL, Texas – Members of the Marshall High School Debate team competed at the Carthage Academic Invitational this past Saturday, Nov. 11, with a five students placing in their events. In Lincoln-Douglas Debate, junior Dakota Epps finished 3-0 and brought home first place, with teammate and senior Nathan Hicks also going 3-0 and finishing in…

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Doc Halliday Columns

Mad Bomber

November 16, 2016

When you read that title do you think of the recent bombings in September of this year in New York and New Jersey? Or did you think further back to the bombs left at the Boston Marathon in April of 2013? Perhaps you even thought of Ted Kaczynski, the Unabomber, who terrorized this country…

Marshall

MVP of the week!

November 15, 2016

Marshall Chief of Police Jesus “Eddie” Campa has named Sergeant Vince Williams as this week’s MVP. Sgt. Williams, a reserve officer for the Marshall Police Department, has continuously shown his dedication to not only the department, but also to Marshall residents for more than a decade. His latest act of going above and beyond the…

Business

Everything you need to know about Whole Foods Market Shreveport

November 14, 2016

Store opens: Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2016 1380 East 70th Street, Shreveport, LA 71105 Telephone: (318) 462-9895 Store open seven days a week: 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. About the store, your community gathering space At 39,000 square feet, this location represents the company’s first entry into Shreveport and seventh Whole Foods Market in Louisiana. Whether…

Piney Woods

Nacogdoches residents – please help to bring Baby Girl home. Please share

November 13, 2016

Please help… i was traveling through Nacogdoches Tx yesterday (Nov 7) when i stopped at Walmart on 259 for bathroom break for me and my Dog “Baby Girl” i thought leash was on tightly, but it was not! i am a PTSD Veteran and she was my comfort zone to my ptsd. i rescued her…

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