Lin Lentz is a part-time worker and volunteer and said with the increase of clients coming in, “we always need more hands. We need people to volunteer to work in the produce room, we need volunteers out front to run the computers and check folks in.”
The Face the World Foundation has 87 students out of the 185 students they took responsibility for this year that they still need to find host families to place them in.
As he prepares for high school, Kayden is set to continue school online, just like he’s done in previous years. However, he says he wishes nothing more than to be able to experience school in person.
Early estimates show it would cost at least $60 million for this project to become a reality. The federal government has awarded Quitman $6 million, but they need the state to match the funds.
Volunteers from the Lufkin community are providing bottled water for anyone who needs it. It is a project called Water for My Soul. They plan to have water stations throughout the city.
First Lady of Bennett Chapel Baptist Church, Donna Martin, said it all started back in 1998 in the small town of Possum Trot.“It was a hurting… and a calling,” Martin said.
A movie centering around a Shelby County community’s efforts in adopting foster children debuted on Thursday with a fourth-place spot in the national box office.
In Bella’s world, you will find a lot of interests.She’s the kind of girl who seeks comfort in nature and animals. Two things that have driven her to make it her mission to incorporate both in her future.
At 103, memories of serving during one of modern history’s defining moments are still a source of pride for Lucille Wright, who lives in Sabine County.
Two weeks before the largest amphibious invasion in military history was launched on D-Day, the U.S. military coordinated an exercise involving air drops over Tyler.
The town of Périers, France has never forgotten the soldiers from Texas known as the ‘Tough Hombres,’ who liberated the city during the Battle of Normandy.
“I had three cousins and three uncles that were in the war. I remember how patriotic everyone was. We bought war bonds, we were thrifty, we had to use stamps to buy food. Everybody was for the war effort,” said Patricia Morton.
David tells us he’s been in the foster care system since he was about four. Living most of his childhood in the system, all David wants is a family willing to get to know him.
Raymond joined us digitally from a library in McAllen, Tx. He is among the hundreds of foster kids in Texas who are forced to stay in foster homes outside of their “home” regions due to a lack of available and qualified caregivers.
Today, little evidence remains of what was once a sprawling East Texas complex dedicated to the training of infantry replacements for combat in World War II.
By KLTV Digital Media Staff and KTRE Digital Media Staff
World leaders and even a choir from Longview High School will be attending the 80th anniversary commemorations of the D-Day invasion at Normandy, France.
On their second day abroad, the Longview Choir group continued their immersion in history with visits to Arromanches-les-Bains, Gold Beach, Saint Lo, and Bayeux.
80 years after the U.S.S. Texas bombarded the Normandy coast in support of the Allied invasion on D-Day, artifacts from the historic battleship will return to France as part of the commemorations planned on June 6.
As the world pauses to reflect on the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy that changed the course of World War II, the passage of time highlights another somber reality.