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  • Regional expressions

    Standing in line for a movie a few days ago, I overheard a middle-aged man tell a friend, “Lord, I’ve been busier than a bee in a tar bucket.”

    March 10, 2012

  • ‘Catherine the Great’ powerful

    This recent addition to the New York Times Bestseller list is a powerful biography of an equally powerful woman.

    March 10, 2012

  • Rusk proclaims Matthew Heidel Day for today.

    Rusk Mayor Angela Raiborn, on behalf of city council proclaimed today in honor of a local newly honored Rusk High School senior named Matthew Heidel on Tuesday.

    March 10, 2012

  • Cherokee County Retired School Personnel

    Cherokee County Retired School Personnel met Tuesday, February 14, 2012, at First United Methodist Church in Jacksonville.

    March 10, 2012

  • Drew Morawski Donation improves Brook Hill technology

    The Brook Hill School is pleased to be the recipient of a generous donation from the Lightner Sams Foundation to be used to enhance instructional technology in classrooms across the LS and MS/US campuses.

    March 10, 2012 1 Photo

  • Holt Mead speaks to Rusk Lion Club

    PDG Ardys Brown opened the meeting by calling on Lion Billy Watson for the invocation, Lion Jim Cromwell to lead the pledges and Lion Jim Richings to lead the singing.

    March 10, 2012

  • Lon Morris takes awards in Student Government Association regional meeting

    Lon Morris College hosted the Texas Junior College Student Government Association Region III Spring Meeting on Tuesday.

    March 10, 2012

  • Bob Bowman’s East Texas

    Irony in Texas: heavyweight champ Jack Johnson’s arrest for boxing in 1903 in Galveston.

    February 28, 2012

  • ‘Seal Team Six’ a look at elite

    I am definitely out of my league in attempting to review this autobiography but will give it my best shot.  Before I get in too deep, let me correct any misconceptions you may have (I did) that a Navy Seal is someone trained for underwater rescue. 

    February 28, 2012

  • ‘Ghost Rider’ sequel: A guilty pleasure

    Editor’s note: A Jacksonville resident has been reviewing movies for friends for several years and has offered to share his thoughts with Daily Progress readers. His reviews come in personal letters to his nicknamed friend, Spud Nut. Our reviewer is Tater Tot, so consequently, the movies get ratings based on potatoes.

    February 28, 2012

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