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A Texas-sized Romance

A Texas-sized Romance

By • on January 30, 2012

CORSICANA, TX — Billy Sr. and Louise Tallant’s love story started in Corsicana during the summer of 1950. Billy said he remembers it like it was yesterday. “A friend and I rode over to Corsicana High School one day. He went around one corner, and I went around another. That was the first time I ever saw Louise,” he said. It

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A Champion’s Roadmap

A Champion’s Roadmap

By • on January 1, 2012

CORSICANA, TX — It was legendary showman P.T. Barnum who produced the first recorded American pageant, after testing the waters with dog, baby and bird beauty contests back in 1854. Although it was soon closed down by public protest, Barnum’s original idea — create a forum for candidates to

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True Blue

True Blue

By • on November 29, 2011

CORSICANA , TX — Booze, brawls and roadway rowdiness may comprise the stereotype for a motorcycle gang, but these things don’t define the philosophy of the international motorcycle club known as the Blue Knights. A local chapterhas been proving its worth as a positive force in the community.

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Building Winners in Life

Building Winners in Life

By • on October 31, 2011

CORSICANA, TX — Josh Anding, tight end for the Navarro College football team, started his football career in the eighth grade with the dream of one day playing for a Division I school and the National Football League. Josh’s dream is not the exception. It is the rule. Ask just about any of the

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Ancestral Voices

Ancestral Voices

By • on October 1, 2011

CORSICANA, TX – For more than 30 years, local residents researching their family trees have been a hop, skip and historical jump away from the support of the Navarro County Genealogical Society (NCGS), a 150-member body, whose officers and volunteers maintain an archival treasure trove housed

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Acting Out

Acting Out

By • on August 31, 2011

CORSICANA, TX — With a cast and crew of 20, the Warehouse Living Arts Center began in 1971, housed at Navarro College’s Arena Theatre. The award-winning community playhouse, now a fixture of downtown Corsicana, is celebrating its 40th anniversary, a history rich in local culture and an influence

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Bulldogs for Baseball

Bulldogs for Baseball

By • on July 31, 2011

CORSICANA, TX – Nothing says summer in America like the smell of nachos wafting from the concession stand, polyester pants stained green from sliding in the grass to catch a pop fly, cleats caked with red dirt straight from the diamond and cheers from the bench as a player steels a base. Jason

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The Sky is the Limit

The Sky is the Limit

By • on June 29, 2011

CORSICANA, TX —  The husband and wife at the center of fundraising for a local aviation and military museum are flying high with pride for the cause they share. Navarro County residents, Gary and Sarah Farley, head up the board of the Corsicana Field Aviation Heritage Foundation and have the patriotism

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The Cowboy Who Wasn’t

The Cowboy Who Wasn’t

By • on May 29, 2011

CORSICANA, TX — Leon Tates strides confidently into the room dressed like a true cowboy in boots and a white hat. Humbly, he admits, “I’m not a real cowboy at all, but I know how that story got started.” He related that one day he was at the Corsicana ranch of a good friend and customer,

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Let’s Save Our Courthouse

Let’s Save Our Courthouse

By • on April 26, 2011

CORSICANA, TX — If a person reaches 105 years of age, he or she usually needs help from friends and family to accomplish life’s everyday chores. The same is true for buildings such as the Navarro County Courthouse, which has withstood the test of time and stands serenely and stately, surrounded

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