Deep East Texas

Someone nominated this couple not for what they sell, but for how they care for the community — and that says a lot about what they've built in Deep East Texas.

Not every path after graduation runs through a college campus, and a new program out of Sabine County is making that point loud and clear.

A spot on North Timberland Drive that once sold mobile homes, then rented U-Haul trucks, has now been completely cleared — not even the old office is left standing.

More than 600 signatures in and counting — families near the SFA campus aren't letting this one go quietly.

For anyone who drove past the old Nobilitea on University Drive lately and noticed something different in the window — yeah, something new is coming.

There's something different about seeing your hometown through someone else's lens — and this Friday in downtown Nacogdoches, there's a whole gallery of exactly that.

There's something a little different about a hospital hiring event held at a restaurant with a taco bar. Nacogdoches Medical Center is making its next big recruiting push feel a lot more like a community gathering.

Free tea, buy-one-get-one deals, and half-price gallons — Lufkin's got a big weekend coming soon on South First Street.

A Long John Silver's is coming back to Lufkin — and it's going up on the exact same spot where the old one used to be on South Timberland Drive.

It's not every week you hear about someone putting in miles just to make sure young people feel like they belong somewhere.

Independence Day lands on a Saturday this year, and the forecast for Deep East Texas is looking like a classic summer scorcher — mid-90s, mostly sunny, and not much wind to speak of.

A 'Now Hiring' sign on the marquee usually means things are getting real — and over at the new Lufkin HTeaO, that's exactly what's happening.