Daily Progress, Jacksonville, TX Columns

Jacksonville will always be her home

2012-01-15T17:01:49-06:00

The newsroom is always changing. You never know who is coming, who is going, as so many public officials told me when I first came to the Daily Progress over the summer.

Babe Ruth in East Texas

2012-01-15T16:56:19-06:00

Imagine, if you can, baseball slugger Babe Ruth walking around a field and shoveling cow manure.

JMS boys take 3-of-4 from Lufkin Hudson

2012-01-07T17:16:00-06:00

LUFKIN — The Jacksonville Middle School 8th grade boys swept Lufkin Hudson on Thursday night, while the 7th graders split their games with the Hornets.

Bob Bowman’s East Texas

2012-01-02T17:15:57-06:00

Most East Texans under 40 know little about Sam Rayburn, the man whose name is attached to a giant reservoir on the Angelina River.

Just Ask Janet: Update on circulation situation at JDP

2011-12-20T19:38:44-06:00

In keeping with my ongoing commitment to communicate with you about things at the paper, let me update you on our circulation situation.

Katerine Ann Porter in East Texas

2011-12-17T18:00:08-06:00

In her writings American essayist and Pulitzer Prize winner Katherine Anne Porter often wrote of the rural South, describing places that sounded remarkably like East Texas.

Bob Bowman’s East Texas

2011-12-11T20:00:06-06:00

Songwriter Stuart Hamblen, the son of an itinerant East Texas preacher, wrote hundreds of successful songs during his lifetime, but his most enduring composition was a gospel classic inspired by, of all people, John Wayne.

Just Ask Janet: Kudos to the engines behind the hit parade

2011-12-03T17:56:13-06:00

I went to the Christmas Parade Thursday night, and I am so tickled to tell you that it was wonderful! I say kudos to the Chamber of Commerce and all those who participated in the parade for making this year’s event so much fun.

Bob Bowman’s East Texas

2011-11-21T11:22:38-06:00

During the 1930s, the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) designed and constructed dozens of state parks throughout Texas.

Just Ask Janet

2011-11-19T19:05:12-06:00

Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. I think what I love about it the most is that it is the least commercial holiday and that it is uniquely American.