September 9, 2017

Masonic Lodge helps Calera Senior Center with annual fundraiser

By Joey McWilliams CALERA – On Friday, the Rising Star Masonic Lodge No. 129 joined forces with the Calera Senior Center, as it does once a […]
September 7, 2017

Focus shifts to Beaumont, Port Arthur; diapers, baby supplies needed

By Joey McWilliams Shanna Johnson and her husband made a trip last week to the Texas area affected by the wrath of Harvey, bringing supplies to […]
September 5, 2017

Silo’s McDonald: Bond needed because school has outgrown current facilities

By Joey McWilliams SILO – In one week, those who live in the Silo school district will have an opportunity to vote on a bond issue. Again. […]
August 29, 2017

Bryan County Swift Water Rescue Team deployed to Houston

By Joey McWilliams BRYAN COUNTY – Nine people from Bryan County have been deployed to assist in the rescue efforts in southeast Texas due to the […]
August 27, 2017

Oklahoma Blood Institute sending blood to Texas; will need more

By Joey McWilliams The rain from Hurricane Harvey – now Tropical Storm Harvey – continues to fall throughout south and east Texas and Louisiana. Among the […]
August 27, 2017

Bokchito man among three injured in collision outside Colbert

By Joey McWilliams COLBERT – William Munden of Bokchito was listed in stable condition after his vehicle was struck on State Highway 91 east of Colbert […]
August 25, 2017

Inaugural Magnolia Christmas Fest to benefit Jon Hazell Scholarship

By Joey McWilliams BRYAN COUNTY – Magnolia Festival is going to have a spin-off in 2017, with the second big event to take place in the […]
August 24, 2017

County bridges, more to honor Choctaw Code Talkers

Choctaw Nation DURANT – When Nuchi Nashoba was a little girl she would look up at the oval-shaped, sepia photograph of her great-grandfather, Ben Carterby, a full-blood […]
August 24, 2017

Dayton Booth takes over the Justin Scott Agency

By Joey McWilliams DURANT – On Aug. 1, it became official that Dayton Booth was the man in charge of the Farmers Insurance Agency once owned […]