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It’s Official….East Texas is Getting a New Lake
October 29, 2012 How in the world does one build a brand new lake? East Texas is about to find out.
And how did it get its name?
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Dogs Take Over Bergfeld Park Saturday
October 28, 2012 It was all about the pups on Saturday at Bergfeld Park in Tyler at the 14th Annual Pets in the Park event.
Proceeds went to the Humane Society of East Texas, which you may know is a selective admission, no-kill sanctuary for unwanted animals. Saturday's event helps the Humane Society with their mission of giving the animals a safe place to stay until they can be adopted. The Humane Society also offers low cost spay and neuter services.
It was chilly at times on Saturday, but that didn't stop the masses from bring the pups out to play.
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Palestine Spices Things Up This Weekend
October 26, 2012 The weather has taken a chilly turn, but Palestine plans to warm up your insides with the Hot Pepper Festival on Saturday.
Texas is GREAT at combining food, live music, friends, and family, and making it into one big festival. The pepper gets the spotlight tomorrow.
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Bringing Home the Browns: East Texas Family Sweeping the Nation with Inspiring Story [VIDEO]
October 24, 2012 Sean and Heather Brown lived a typical East Texas love story. He was a backwoods boy who loved to hunt, and she was a blonde beauty. The two fell in love and got married, and seven years later found out they would be expanding their little family. But their story took a wrong turn just over a month ago, and they're using Facebook to share it and inspire people everywhere.
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Jacksonville’s Norman Activity Center Will Become Street Sweets Halloween Night
October 24, 2012 Halloween is quickly approaching and for all kids, young and old, it's about getting the most candy you can. Going door to door can be a challenge to get a lot of candy, but you get the benefit of walking and meeting your neighbors, however there are alternatives to the traditional door to door route. Jacksonville's giving trick or treaters an alternative to door to door trick or treating with Street Sweets on Halloween night.
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Lighten Up East Texas
The City of Tyler and the Lighten Up East Texas Committee is challenging East Texans to lose weight and live healthier lives.
During a press conference Tuesday to kickoff this year’s event, Northeast Texas Public Health District Director, George Roberts talked about the importance of taking on the challenge to fight obesity in Tyler and East Texas
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Henderson House Built in the 1800′s Offers Haunted Tours
October 23, 2012 Last year the East Texas Paranormal Group conducted an investigation into the 1855 Howard-Dickinson House in Henderson, and came up with some spooky findings.
Judy Sewell, executive director of the Henderson Area Chamber of Commerce, told the Tyler Morning Telegraph that the group's high tech equipment helped it encounter some spirits that other groups had not been able to detect before when simply spending the night without the high tech gadgets, and she said the spirits they found where friendly and not hostile.
Wanna encounter the spirits for yourself this weekend?
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Research Says Our ’5 Second Rule’ is Off
October 22, 2012 My co-workers here at the radio station are pretty good at obeying that unwritten "Five Second Rule."
You know, when you drop something on the floor, you have five seconds to pick it up and pop it in your mouth. After five seconds, apparently it becomes too dirty and germy for consumption.
Did you know this applies to countertops as well as the floor? Researchers say countertops, where we prepare food, are actually more germ-ridden than that dirty, icky floor. Oh dear, we're in big trouble.
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Early Voting Period Opens Today — Find Out Where You Can Vote Here
October 22, 2012 Today marks the start of early voting in Texas, and the Presidential election is expected to be a big draw. Voter turnouts are always higher in presidential election years than in years when we're not voting on a US President.
In Tyler, voters also have a big decision to make when it comes to alcohol sales. Do you know exactly what you're voting on?
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Texas Man Sells Home to Raise Reward Money for Lost Dog
October 18, 2012 How much do you love your pet?
Enough to sell your home to raise $50,000 in reward money if the dog becomes lost?
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Local Firefighters Take a Break to Fight Breast Cancer With ‘Bras for the Cause’
October 17, 2012 We're used to seeing firefighters in dangerous settings where their lives, and perhaps ours, are on the line. There are shooting flames, and smoke, and fire trucks and hoses.
But bras?
Last night in Tyler, local firefighters took a break from the front lines to get in touch with their feminine side and raise money and awareness for breast cancer at a Bras for the Cause event, with the Women's Council of Realtors.
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What’s the Best Way to Trick-or-Treat in Texas?
October 16, 2012 Have you planned your Trick-or-Treating attack yet?
Most families seem to take the kids in costume to houses in their own neighborhoods, but others have been known to drive well out of their way just to hunt down the best candy. Once the word starts to spread that a neighborhood passes out full-size Snickers, that's where the mini-vans head!
So where are the best spots to Trick-or-Treat? Strangely enough, everywhere BUT Texas. Isn't everything supposed to be bigger here? Apparently the Halloween candy is not.