East Texas Crisis Center launches men’s initiative to prevent domestic violence

Funeral service for Van Zandt County Deputy Adam Sherifi

Nineteen new school buses purchased through $3 million in voter-approved bonds are now rolling on district routes across Lufkin.

Volunteers from First Baptist Church in Lufkin built a new playground and installed fresh landscaping at a Family Crisis Center of East Texas transitional housing property.

Like most big things do, it started small and has grown over two decades to pretty much fill a Longview man’s front yard. It’s fifteen feet tall, 24 feet wide and might have more jack o’ lanterns than a Halloween store. It’s Tom May’s Great Wall of Jack O’ Lanterns.

In honor of Stroke Awareness Day we spoke to some East Texans who shared their stories with us. Jeff McCormick of Carthage was in his early 40s when he had a stroke; he told us what happened to him, what it felt like, and how he overcame the incident.