KERENS, TX — Only a few residents of Kerens have firsthand memories of the days in the 1930s when the town lived its motto: “Kerens, the Champion Cotton Center.” By the year 1933, Kerens, established in 1881 as a railroad town, was receiving, processing and marketing over 23,000 bales of cotton yearly through its […]
FROST, TX — As just about any high school football coach in Texas knows, the Gordon Wood Award, given once a year to a deserving high school football team by the Texas High School Football Hall of Fame, acknowledges the team that displayed good sportsmanship, the ability to overcome challenges, had the support of its […]
CORSICANA, TX — Established in 1939 by an act of Congress, the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary has over 32,000 members serving in all 50 states as well as Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa and Guam. Here in Texas, the auxiliary includes the 21 members of Flotilla 5-16 of Lake Richland Chambers “Our mission […]
CORSICANA, TX — Parenthood creates joys, challenges and changes in a couple’s life, but for some parents the joys, challenges and changes are played out in multiples of two. Jeremy and Belinda Tipton, graduates in the class of 1993 from Corsicana High School, had planned to fulfill Belinda’s lifelong dream of having a large […]
CORSICANA, TX — This month, Daniel Hux, a graduate of Navarro College, will go to Washington, D.C., to be presented the Gold Congressional Award, which is given by the U.S. Congress to about 250 youth, ages 14-23 years old, annually. This award, while prestigious, will join other awards this local young man has received […]
CORSICANA, TX — Having a mother who taught piano lessons and directed a church choir helped define Zeno King’s lifelong love of music as a passion and vocation. “I’m one of the few kids who grew up with two pianos,” he recalled. His mother’s musical career also played an important part in Zeno’s choice […]
CORSICANA, TX — On the popular television game show, Jeopardy, contestants compete by picking squares under which are answers that require them to respond with the correct question. An example of such an answer that might be found on the show is: “The purpose of this organization is to stop drunk driving, support the victims […]
CORSICANA, TX — Maybe it was Ruby Williams’ birthplace that set her life of service in motion. Born in the Navarro County farming community of Providence, Ruby has always felt a duty to work hard in her church, for her family and for her community. Hard work was nothing new for her tenant farming […]
CORSICANA, TX — Baseball is a longstanding tradition in American culture. Many have watched it, and others have played it. However, very few have had the opportunity to experience the game from the official’s point of view, one which entails a different understanding and perspective of the game, according to Elton Raney, Monty Casbeer […]
KERENS, TX — Visitors to last October’s Kerens Cotton Harvest Festival enjoyed events in a venue, which holds both wonderful memories and yet boasts of a beauty and a spirit of community that has been reignited in this former railroad town. With a location in the heart of Kerens, the Garden Park is an […]
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