After holiday delays, Stone Brother's Coffee is set for a May 15 grand opening. The shop was originally intended to open in winter of 2007, but an issue with the American Disabilities Act kept the building from going up. More...
The final elections for the Republican sheriff nominee is about to begin. Frontrunner Ray Nutt and runner up A.W. "Tony" Allison will go at it one last time before Democratic sheriff nominee Bill Casey's opponent is decided. Early voting will begin on March 31 and continue to April 4. More...
It's time again for the 49th annual Henderson County Livestock Show. The show, where school kids from around the county take the projects they've been working on all year and present them to judges, began Monday, March 24. At the livestock show, kids make presentations involving animals and shop ... More...
Along FM 2339 lies a convenience store and bait shop known as the Callender Lake Store. There's no sign out front, though there used to be a portable one with movable letters. It was discarded because vandals would alter the letters at night as a prank to form dirty words. More...
Everyone was wondering if Easter was going to be wet and cold or warm and sunny. The sunrise service in the new amphitheater at the lake was in jeopardy if it was wet and cold. As it turned out, the service in the amphitheater with all our wonderful friends from Chandler First United Methodist was... More...
BREAKFAST MON: Ready-to-eat cereal, Graham crackers, juice TUE: Breakfast Burrito, salsa, fruit WED: Cinnamon roll, fruit THUR: Breakfast bagel, fruit FRI: Morning sausage roll, fruit LUNCH Elems. & Intermeds. More...
Wesley Miller, 22, of Brownsboro passed away March 16, 2008 in Brownsboro. Funeral services were held March 20, 2008, at Eubank Chapel-Canton, with the Rev. Steve Glosup officiating. Interment was in Asbury Cemetery, Van Zandt Co., Texas, under direction of Eubank Funeral Home, Canton, Texas. More...
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If you have a poem, song lyrics or a short story and you would like to share it with the readers of The Statesman now is your chance. Email or mail us your submission and look for it in an upcoming issue of The Statesman. More...
Prior to spring break the Junior Varsity Bearettes took part in the Athens JV Tournament. In pool play the Bearettes defeated Mineola 4-3, Crossroads 5-4 and lost to Huntington 9-1. Allison Palmer had two hits in the Bearettes pool play opener against Mineola. Hailey Tedford stole three bases i... More...
Anyone interested in Football/ Cheer for our youth, please plan on attending The Annual Brownsboro/Chandler Youth Football & Cheer meeting March 30th, 2:00 pm at the Chandler Community Center. For more information call Michelle Costlow at 903-288- 7425. More...
A young man called the other day, asking if I knew what a "dog trot house" was. He had heard the phrase from one of his grandparents and had conjured up visions of dogs trotting through a house day and night. He wasn't far from the mark. More...
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