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Thousands to attend Christian Music Festival at Mineola Nature Preserve this weekend
On Saturday, the Mineola Nature Preserve will host the first annual “Rock the Pines”, featuring several Christian artists, including Tauren Wells, Switchfoot, Colton Dixon, and more. Event Director Johnathan McDowell is a Winnsboro native who has spent time in the music industry in Nashville.
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Place to Be: Bear Creek Balloon Festival brings food, music and hot air balloons to Marshall
MARSHALL, Texas - Looking for something to do this Labor Day weekend? Patrick Dennis has a destination worth checking out in Marshall. The fourth annual Bear Creek BBQ & Balloon Festival is set for Saturday at Bear Creek Smokehouse, bringing barbecue, live music, family activities and hot air balloons together for an evening in East Texas.
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East Texas actors prepare for ArtsView’s 24 Hour Musical
East Texas actors are preparing for a musical that will take over the next 24 hours of their lives. ArtsView is producing its fourth annual 24 Hour Musical, a production actors and audiences will not know much about until they arrive. The show involves 24 hours, one Broadway musical and 51 actors.
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Grace Community School names new girls, boys golf coach
TYLER, Texas (KETK) — Grace Community School named respected Correy Davis as the new golf coach last week. Davis is well-known in the Tyler golf community, having served in many roles including as assistant golf pro at Hollytree Country Club, FITCREW product specialist for titleist and assistant golf pro and club fitter at Willow Brook Country Club. Davis currently serves as the lead club fitter and teaching pro at John Sikes Golf Academy in Bullard.
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4th Annual Bear Creek BBQ & Balloon Festival
TYLER, Texas (KETK) – Kevin Green, Bear Creek General Store Manager, stopped by East Texas Living to share about the 4th Annual Bear Creek BBQ & Balloon Festival. The 4th Annual Bear Creek BBQ & Balloon Festival will be on September 5, beginning at 4 p.m. at Bear Creek Smokehouse.
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First Hispanic female MFA student at UT Tyler debuts historic solo exhibit
TYLER, Texas (KLTV) - A local graduate student is making history at the University of Texas at Tyler, turning her lifelong passion into a historic milestone for the East Texas community. Estefania Flores is on track to become the first Mexican female in the university’s history to earn a Master...
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New Tom Doak-designed course in Texas hugs the landscape beautifully
MOUNT ENTERPRISE, Texas – I was walking through the parking lot of the Jalapeno Tree Mexican restaurant on my way to a diet-busting combo platter after a hot June day of golf, when a man saw my Bandon Dunes hat and waved me down at the door. He was on his way to a booth with his wife and young daughter, but he had questions.
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Caldwell Zoo names endangered ocelot cubs after beloved comic strip
TYLER, Texas (KLTV) - Thousands of animal lovers took to social media to decide the names of the Caldwell Zoo’s baby ocelot cubs born earlier this year. The male cubs, born to mother Maya, will be named Calvin and Hobbes after the zoo held a naming contest that began in August.
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The Queens of Broadway are headed to Tyler
TYLER, Texas (KETK) – Jeff Noblitt, Executive Director at The University of Texas at Tyler Cowan Center, and Robin Hampton, Executive Director of the East Texas Symphony Orchestra, stopped by East Texas Living to share about their partnership to bring Kristin Chenoweth and Bernadette Peters to Tyler. Kristin Chenoweth...
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Wear Your Comfiest Shoes: This Texas Flea Market Is So Big You’ll Hunt Vintage Treasures for Hours
Somewhere in East Texas, there’s a market so enormous that people spend three whole days wandering it and still miss half the treasures. Imagine rows upon rows of vendors selling handmade goods, vintage finds, roasted corn, and things you never knew you needed. Folks show up with wagons, comfy...
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New community theatre coming to Bullard
TYLER, Texas (KETK)- Glenn Ballard, Executive Director of the Young Audiences of Northeast Texas, and Monique Parker, Advisory Board Member of the Young Audiences Community Theatre, stopped by East Texas Living to share about their new Bullard Community Theatre and upcoming auditions. Auditions for the Young Audiences Community Theatre’s first...
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Travel Tuesday: Travel Insurance Tips
TYLER, Texas (KETK) — In this week’s episode of Travel Tuesday, KETK+ Digital Host Paulina Mata is joined by AAA Texas’s Daniel Armbruster to discuss travel insurance tips. When planning a trip, a good idea is to be prepared for the unexpected. Armbruster says that if a trip is going to cost a significant amount […]
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Mark in Texas History: Black military heroes honored in White Oak after 12-year effort
WHITE OAK, Texas (KLTV) - A new historical marker in Gregg County is honoring Black military heroes from the Shiloh community, a recognition 12 years in the making. Between the 1870s and 1890s, the Shiloh community in White Oak consisted of a church, school and cemetery for African Americans. Gregg...
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‘The best 10 years of our lives’: East Texas bandmates mourn friend Dolly Parton
TYLER, Texas (KLTV) - To the rest of the world, she will always be remembered as the global superstar Dolly Parton. But for three East Texas musicians who spent a decade of their lives performing right alongside her, Dolly was like family. “Dolly will live on forever,” Dave Stanley said....
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Born 60 Years Ago Today in East Texas, the Beauty Queen Turned Country Star Whose Signature Hit Soundtracked Early 2000s Proms and Graduations
Lee Ann Womack struck a proverbial chord with her 2000 hit “I Hope You Dance”, from her third studio album of the same name. Reaching number one on the country singles chart and number 14 on the pop chart, “I Hope You Dance” was named Single of the Year by both the Country Music Association and the Academy of Country Music. Additionally, it won the Grammy for Best Country Song, even receiving a nod in the Song of the Year category.
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Tyler remembers Dolly Parton following the passing of the legendary singer
TYLER, Texas (KETK) — The death of Dolly Parton is being felt throughout the country as people share their grief and memories of the woman who was not only a country music icon but an inspiration. Owner and artistic director Megan Magill is heartbroken over the loss of Dolly Parton, who she says helped shape […]
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Kristin Chenoweth, Bernadette Peters set to perform at UT Tyler
TYLER, Texas (KETK) — The University of Texas at Tyler is partnering with the East Texas Symphony Orchestra to put on two concerts featuring Kristin Chenoweth and Bernadette Peters. Chenoweth is set to perform Oct. 24 and Peters will perform in April of 2027 along side the East Texas...
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Wicked star, Broadway performer set to perform at Cowan Center
TYLER, Texas — The East Texas Symphony Orchestra and the UT Tyler Tyler R. Don Cowan Fine and Performing Arts Center are partnering to provide two upcoming concerts for East Texans. Kristin Chenoweth, known for her role in “Wicked,” will perform at the UT Tyler Cowan Center on Oct....