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Bridge-build puts skills of Le Tourneau University civil engineering students to the test
50+ min ago (139+ words) Published 5: 30 am Wednesday, May 6, 2026 Le Tourneau University freshman civil engineering students put their bridge-building skills on the line Tuesday in one of the university's most popular annual traditions: a live load test over the campus pond. "Students working in small…...
$8. 1 M bond proposal approved in Gladewater ISD; incumbent trustee reelected
3+ day, 5+ hour ago (326+ words) Published 1: 05 am Sunday, May 3, 2026 Gladewater ISD residents have passed an $8. 1 million bond measure to fund campus upgrades. The measure will pay for campus security upgrades, building modernization, the purchase of new school buses and repairs to older buses, Superintendent Rae…...
White Oak ISD voters reelect incumbents to school board
3+ day, 9+ hour ago (99+ words) Published 8: 57 pm Saturday, May 2, 2026 White Oak ISD voters have reelected David Trest to the Place 4 seat on the district's school board. Trest garnered 121 votes, or 85. 2% of the total ballots. Challenger Mason Stone garnered 21 votes, or 14. 79% of the total. Stone, 38, was…...
Spring Hill ISD voters approve bond measures to fund campus upgrades
3+ day, 4+ hour ago (510+ words) Published 9: 30 pm Saturday, May 2, 2026 Spring Hill ISD voters on Saturday approved a $20 million bond package that will fund repairs to school facilities and purchase new buses without raising property taxes. The district's three-part proposal will fund renovations to the junior…...
SEE THE PHOTOS: East Texas Special Needs Prom in Longview
4+ day, 39+ min ago (181+ words) Longview News-Journal Published 5: 40 am Saturday, May 2, 2026 Students from across the region hit the dance floor Friday at the East Texas Special Needs Prom in Longview. The event at Maude Cobb Convention and Activity Center welcomed students from Arp ISD, Troup…...
Big Sandy ISD to use federal grant to improve safety at campuses
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (602+ words) Published 5: 40 am Sunday, November 9, 2025 BIG SANDY " Big Sandy ISD will use more than $350, 000 in federal funds to install security cameras and an intercom system designed to increase student safety. The district that sits mostly in Upshur County received a grant…...
East Texas school superintendent killed in single-vehicle wreck in Louisiana
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (296+ words) Published 6: 24 pm Sunday, March 22, 2026 Waskom ISD Superintendent Chris Guastella was killed in a single-vehicle crash Saturday on Interstate 20 in Louisiana. The'Caddo Parish Coroner's office reported Guastella, 51, was westbound near Exit 8, Bert Kouns Industrial Loop, when his vehicle left the road…...
School news: Longview High School earns national music recognition
1+ week, 4+ day ago (435+ words) Published 5: 30 am Saturday, April 25, 2026 Longview High School has been named a 2026 Best Schools for Music Education Award winner by The NAMM Foundation, a national recognition honoring schools that demonstrate outstanding achievement and commitment to music education. LHS is one of…...
Stallard: I was clueless in high school
1+ week, 5+ day ago (596+ words) Published 5: 16 am Friday, April 24, 2026 Consider this a long overdue apology " and possibly one of those "old man giving advice" columns. To my high school teachers at Unicoi County High School from 1981-1984, I apologize. To current and future high school students,…...
Spring Hill ISD bond package would repair school facilities, wouldn't raise property taxes
1+ week, 5+ day ago (1072+ words) Published 5: 40 am Thursday, April 23, 2026 Spring Hill ISD voters will decide May 2 whether to approve a $20 million bond package that would make repairs to school facilities and purchase new buses without raising property taxes. The district's three-part bond measure would fund…...