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A Texas-sized Romance
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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