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Nicole Kimball Nicole@steelcountrybee.com
In a special agenda meeting on May 28, the Mount Pleasant city council voted for Carl Hinton as Mayor Pro-Tem.Much of this meeting was convened in executive session.
Tuesday, June 4, 2024
Four young ladies crowned in their respective Miss Juneteenth categories and set to compete in state pageant. BEE PHOTO / NICOLE KIMBALL
Northeast Texas Miss Juneteenth pageant turning heads for a third year
Nicole Kimball Nicole@steelcountrybee.com
In the darkness of the Whatley Center for Performing Arts on the NTCC campus, excitement and admiration filled the air as friends and family cheered on the talented young ladies who held their heads high and showed their radiance beneath the spotlight for the annual Northeast Texas Miss Juneteenth...
Tuesday, June 4, 2024
Making mooo-ves: local Chick-fil-A celebrates 1st anniversary
Nicole Kimball Nicole@steelcountrybee.com
Though it was a sweltering Saturday morning on June 1st, family and friends braved the early summer heat to gather in the Mount Pleasant Chickfil- A parking lot to celebrate the local store’s first anniversary.
Tuesday, June 4, 2024
Summer safety tips
News Staff
Summer is synonymous with relaxation and fun in the sun. The easygoing nature of summer can make it easy to overlook safety concerns that run the gamut from heat-related illnesses to bug bites to water play injuries.
Wednesday, May 29, 2024
Presidential Scholar wins $12,000 scholarship at Dallas Baptist University
News Staff
Northeast Texas has had a strong connection to a leading evangelical center of higher learning, Dallas Baptist University. From 1979 to 1987, W. Marvin Watson, a former chief of staff for President Lyndon Johnson and long-term resident of Daingerfield, served as the university’s president.
Wednesday, May 29, 2024
Texas Pioneer Foundation gives $60,000 for Work4College
News Staff
The Northeast Texas Community College Foundation recently received $60,000 from the Texas Pioneer Foundation to support the Work4College Program. Dr.
Wednesday, May 29, 2024
COMMUNITY CALENDAR
News Staff
The Community Events Calendar is published as space permits. Events will also be published on our website. Submit event notices to: miranda@tribnow.
Wednesday, May 29, 2024
Arkansas-based MossBack Fish Habitat has worked with numerous conservation organizations as well as TPWD in providing artificial fish structures for use in habitat restoration projects on public lakes throughout Texas. (Photo Courtesy of MossBack)
Fish Hotels
News Staff
Most anglers will agree — give fish some cover and they are sure to come. This is especially true of crappie and bass in aging reservoirs where timber, brush and other natural goodies may have withered away over time.Both species are cover nuts.
Wednesday, May 29, 2024
Outdoors Briefs
News Staff
Louisiana angler Ryan Hanson weighed in a 10.64 pounder to top a field of 2,247 anglers in the Sealy Outdoors Big Bass Splash held May 17-19 on Toledo Bend. He won a Phoenix bass boat, Ram Truck and $10,000 cash, including hourly money.John Jones took second with a 10.
Wednesday, May 29, 2024
Dress for the Day
Pam Kumpe
The creek had low water levels, with a slow trickle in the stream. As I pulled to the side of the road, the steps of two homeless people who stood by the creek caught my attention.
Wednesday, May 29, 2024