National news

Have you ever listened to a morning radio show where you were informed that the President is coming to Lufkin, and this is the first time you have heard about this, even though you are religious when it comes to local headlines?

We've got plenty of courageous athletes right here in East Texas.  We especially love watching Lufkin and Nac athletes strive for the best each Friday night during the fall.  We love high school football!  Some of those athletes look up to the pros, and those pros will be honored this summer.

Before yelling "FORE" on a Lufkin or Nacogdoches golf course, you  may want to get the soil composition, disposition, of the ground you are standing on.

Air travel just got more exciting, and believe me, when you get the rundown of what's acceptable to now bring on board, you have to wonder if the panel discussion wasn't carried out over cocktails.

Students at Stephen F Austin today are getting attention today as they gather in front of the Baker Pattillo Student Center to draw attention to sex-trafficking and slave labor. Students are standing for 27 hours to draw attention to the 27 million people world wide, who are impacted by modern-day slavery.

Now, this important message about women using firearms from the Vice President of our country, Mr. Joe Biden.

Due to the "Uniform Monday Holiday Act" enacted in 1971, Washington and Lincoln's birthday were combined into "President's Day". Here's some little known facts regarding the people that "managed" our Country's affairs.

A power outage occured during the third quarter of Super Bowl XLVII at the Superdome in New Orleans on Sunday night. The outage caused play to be stopped between the Baltimore Ravens and the San Francisco 49ers. The incident happened with 13:28 mark remaining in the third quarter, following Arthur Jones' sack of 49ers' quarterback Colin Kaepernick...

Kimberly McCarthy, who was convicted and sentenced to death for the robbery and murder of Dorothy Booth in 1997, will be executed by the state of Texas Tuesday night. She will be the first woman since 2010 to be put to death in the United States.

Are you still one of the leftovers, like myself, that send mail the old fashioned way?  You know, put a stamp on the envelope? Every friend and acquaintance I have, laugh uncontrollably, when they hear that mailing payment to the Gas, Cable, and Electric companies is a regular routine of mine.

As Fleetwood Mac prepare to hit the road again this spring, singer Stevie Nicks doesn't believe they will suffer from the lack of chemistry that bogged down their 2009 tour. In a new interview, she admitted that the band has been known to phone it in, but they have a renewed sense of purpose towards the audience, and each other.

Reports at press time are still sketchy, but yet another act of random violence has targeted what many people believe is one our most sacred institutions - school.