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Walsh-Cox Family Scholarship Boosts Northwestern State Track Team
The Walsh-Cox Family Scholarship has been endowed by Northwestern State University alumni Maryalyce and Erik Cox, benefiting members of the NSU track and field team. This initiative reflects their commitment to giving back to the university where they met and nurtured their relationship. Maryalyce, a distinguished athlete with multiple school records, aims for the scholarship to assist student-athletes in achieving both academic and athletic excellence. With more than 85 endowed athletic scholarships at NSU, their contribution underscores a dedicated alumni culture.
East Texas’ Biggest Labor Disputes: The Lone Star Steel strikes of 1957-1968
DAINGERFIELD, Texas (KETK) – The now-defunct Lone Star Steel plant near Daingerfield was the focus of over 10 years worth of East Texas’s most violent labor struggles in the 1950’s and 1960’s. Those strikes and the other labor disputes in KETK’s series East Texas’ Biggest Labor Disputes, represent a long history of working people from […]
A&M-Texarkana Announces Name For Entrance to New Tennis Pavilion
Texas A&M University-Texarkana has announced that the entrance to the new tennis pavilion will be named after the Alexander Family. It is located inside the Red River Credit Union Athletic Complex on the campus. This decision comes after a donation was made from Dr. Ross Alexander, the university's president, and...
Gov. Landry to outline key agenda items, break ground on Jimmie Davis Bridge project during NW Louisiana visit
SHREVEPORT, La. - Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry has two very important stops to make in Shreveport-Bossier City on Tuesday. He'll attend the Bossier City Chamber of Commerce luncheon at the Bossier Civic Center where he'll deliver his State of the State Address at 11:30 a.m. He's expected to outline his key agenda items and initiatives for shaping Louisiana's economic, social and infrastructural landscape.
Innovative Acadiana plant to turn sugar cane bagasse into biofuel pellets
The sugar cane industry, while producing a $4.2 billion annual economic impact in Louisiana, creates tons of waste product every year. What to do with that waste has long been a problem for sugar producers. Developers of a new plant in Jeanerette hope to turn it into fuel. Several steps...
Caddo Sheriff’s Office Arrests Man and Woman After Shooting
Detectives, along with patrol deputies from the Caddo Parish Sheriff’s Office, apprehended a man and a woman who fired shots at a house in the 10000 block of Linwood Avenue, according to Sheriff Henry Whitehorn, Sr. On August 16 at 3:25 pm, deputies arrived at the scene and discovered...
NSU’s new president welcomes students back to campus
NATCHITOCHES, La. (KALB) - Northwestern State University is up and running once again as students head back to class for their first day of the fall semester. August 19 also served as a first for the Governor Jeff Landry-backed university president in James Genovese as he met students on their first day.
10-Year-Old Texas Boy Confesses To Startling Unsolved Murder
A startling confession from a 10-year-old Texas boy has possibly pieced together a brutal unsolved murder. In Texas, a startling confession has emerged: a 10-year-old boy has admitted to a crime that took place two years ago, revealing that he shot a man while he slept. A MYSTERIOUS MURDER UNCOVERED...
Fast start not enough for Riverdale Academy in opener
EAST POINT – Riverdale Academy coach Nathan Edie knew how he wanted the season-opener against Prairie View Academy to start. His Rebels’ roster size was about half of the visiting Spartans, and on a day in which temperatures topped 100 degrees, he knew Riverdale would need strike first and eat as much clock as possible with meandering drives.
La Linea Cartel Leader’s Capture Unveils Hidden Texas Mass Grave
In August 2023, Border Patrol agents caught sight of a lone Hispanic male shuffling along the shoulder of FM 170, near the city of Presidio, Texas. Assuming he was a Mexican national from across the border, they approached with a request for identification, which was provided. Upon inspection, it was determined that the man was a U.S. citizen who had illegally re-entered the States by crossing the river, rather than the port-of-entry.
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