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Click image to view gallery By Lea Rittenhouse | Photos by Chris Pound Bingo cards, an owl, multiple bright shades of color and unique texture make up the elements in Tiffany Petty’s favorite piece of art she’s ever made  — ...

By Rebecca Hoeffner | Photo By Sarah A. Miller EDITOR’S NOTE: With the arrival of longer days comes for many a much needed vacation – a time for grabbing a good book to pass the time as you relax by ...

By Stewart Smith | Photos by Herb Nygren Jr. East Texas is experiencing a renaissance of comedy. At bars, underground venues and performance halls, comedy lovers have more opportunities now to guffaw at comedians and improv groups than any time ...

click image to view gallery. By Danny Mogle Photos by Chris Pound Todd D’Agostino’s face is inches from where a router is carving a pattern into a block of wood. Shavings are flying everywhere. Some land in his uncombed hair. ...

By Jo Lee Ferguson   Hot air balloons, professional theater, Texas Collegiate League Baseball and rodeo — summer entertainment makes its home in Gregg County. “While we’re not a destination area, we are an event area,” says Ronnie Morrison, interim ...

By Nicke Buske My high school physics teacher, Mr. Skarovsky, was a great instructor. A little off his rocker, for sure, but an excellent teacher, nonetheless. His deep understanding and love of physics was inspiring to students with an open ...

By Lea Rittenhouse | Courtesy Photos and Photos by Andrea Caldwell Some people enjoy art as a hobby in their free time, but 20-year-old artist and Lindale native Erin Ethridge couldn’t separate herself from her art if she tried. “It’s ...

By NICK BUSKE Some people attempt to stay young forever with expensive face creams and hair tonics.  Not me.  Technology is my Rogaine.  I figure if I can stay atop the latest tech advances, I’ll always be young at heart ...

 By Jake Waddingham |Photo by Matthew Hogan The stage is drenched in harsh, bright lights, making silhouettes of the fans pushed up to the edge of the platform. Ears continue to ring from an enthusiastic introduction to the East Texas ...

Book Review By Tina Bausinger  What Wildness is This: Women Write About the Southwest // Edited by Susan Wittig Albert, Susan Hanson, Jan Epton Seale, and Paula Stallings Yost. “What Wildness is This: Women Write About the Southwest” is a ...