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When tragedy strikes one of our communities, East Texans stand together. We are thinking of the Bonilla and Torres families, and the entire Athens ISD community.

Millions of little light bulbs come together to create some spectacular sights at East Texas drive thru Christmas light parks.

A 6-month-old girl died after being left in her parent's car for several hours Thursday.

Willa Johnson lives in Fort Worth but makes trips to Athens to prepare food and hand it out to kids who may not have a hot meal. Grab a tissue or ten.

New wall art is coming to the City of Athens.

This Saturday you can fish for free! To celebrate National Fishing and Boating Week, The Texas Freshwater Fisheries is offering a free day of admission and more!

Some of our towns have interesting names. But what is the story behind the name? We did some research and found out. Plus, we found some other
odd city names in Texas.

The Make-a-Wish Foundation has been granting wishes to children with incurable diseases for many years, and an East Texas toddler became the most recent wish recipient over the weekend.
Guess where he's headed?

The Fourth of July is just a little over two weeks away! The day will be filled with burgers, friends, family, snack food, time on the lake and fireworks! Kids of all ages love a great fireworks show and one of the biggest fireworks shows in East Texas will be happening at the Texas Freshwater Fishe…