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School House Rocks: Hallsville ISD Earns Perfect Safety Review, Student Success, Covered Facility | Superintendent John Martin
ZERO FINDINGS. SEVEN CAMPUSES. ONE COMMITMENT TO SAFETY. Hallsville ISD has plenty to celebrate, and Superintendent John Martin joins host David Weaver on…
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The Write Team Daily: "The Money Was Gone"
THE DAY WALL STREET COLLAPSED | October 29, 1929 New York City, New York On October 29, 1929, panic swept across Wall Street as investors desperately tried to…
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From The Press Box: East Texas Football Week 10 | Carthage vs Gilmer, Hallsville vs Whitehouse & More!
On this edition of High School Football From The Press Box, David Weaver and Matt Paul break down 20 games, discuss last week's biggest results, and examine…
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School House Rocks: Smackover Gym Transformation Underway | Doug Smith on Buckaroo News & What's Next
A major transformation is underway in Buckaroo Country! On this episode of School House Rocks, host David Weaver welcomes back Smackover-Norphlet School…
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The Write Team Daily: "The Empress of Britain"
A FLOATING PALACE | October 28, 1940 North Atlantic Ocean, Off the Coast of Ireland For two days, one of the world's grandest ocean liners fought to stay…
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School House Rocks: Angela Fitzpatrick on Karnack ISD's Next Steps
Big things are happening at Karnack ISD, and Superintendent Angela Fitzpatrick is making sure students, staff, and the entire community are part of the…
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The Coach Maines Show: Jackets Win! Elysian Fields Beats Ore City, Prepares for Waskom Rivalry
The Elysian Fields Yellow Jackets are back in the win column! And there's no better time to build momentum than the week of the annual rivalry showdown with…
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The Write Team Daily: "Death In The Fog"
THE CHATHAM RAIL DISASTER | October 27, 1854 Baptiste Creek, Canada West In the early morning hours of October 27, 1854, a passenger express train traveled…
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From The Press Box: Big 12 Chaos, Texas Playoff Hopes & Baylor Coaching Search
College football's wild 2026 season just delivered another weekend of upsets, controversy, and postseason uncertainty. The Big 12 race has been turned upside…
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The Coach Strickland Show: Hallsville vs. Whitehouse | District Playoff Race Down To The Wire
😾🏈 THREE TEAMS. TWO PLAYOFF SPOTS. THIS IS GOING DOWN TO THE WIRE! The Hallsville Bobcats venture to Whitehouse this week to face the Wildcats in a massive…
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The Write Team Daily: "Thirty Seconds In Tombstone"
THE GUNFIGHT AT THE O.K. CORRAL | October 26, 1881 Tombstone, Arizona Territory On October 26, 1881, four men walked down Fremont Street in Tombstone, Arizona…
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The Write Team Daily: "Payne Stewart"
THE FINAL FLIGHT | October 25, 1999 Mina, South Dakota On October 25, 1999, a private Learjet carrying reigning U.S. Open golf champion Payne Stewart and five…
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The Write Team Daily: "A Rolling Sniper's Nest"
TERROR ALONG THE BELTWAY | October 24, 2002 Frederick County, Maryland In the early morning hours of October 24, 2002, police surrounded a dark blue Chevrolet…
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School House Rocks: Smackover-Norphlet's Justin Burns | Battlin' Buckaroo Band & Fine Arts Education
The Battlin' Buckaroo Band is making some noise again in Southwest Arkansas—and not just under the Friday night lights! On this episode of School House Rocks…
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The Write Team Daily: "Chophouse Massacre"
On October 23, 1935, two gunmen entered the Palace Chop House in Newark, New Jersey, and opened fire on one of America's most notorious gangsters and three of…
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Hallsville Volleyball: 11–0, Undefeated in Sets & Playoff Preview | The Coaches Show w/ Coach Harbison
🏐😾 UNDEFEATED. UNBEATEN IN SETS. AND READY FOR THE PLAYOFFS! Eleven district matches. Eleven victories. Not a single set lost. The Hallsville Lady Cats have…
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The Write Team Daily: "The Edge Of Annihilation"
The passage reminds us that following Christ does not guarantee a life without hardship. Sometimes Jesus changes our circumstances. Other times, He sustains us…
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From The Press Box: East Texas Football Week 9 | Hallsville-Texas High, Carthage-Pleasant Grove, 3A District of Doom & Pick 'Em
🏈 EAST TEXAS FOOTBALL WEEK 9 | HALLSVILLE-TEXAS HIGH, DISTRICT OF DOOM & PICK 'EM Three weeks remain in the 2026 Texas high school football regular season, and…
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The Write Team Daily: "The New Professor At Wittenberg"
On October 21, 1512, a 28-year-old German monk named Martin Luther joined the theological faculty at the University of Wittenberg. It was an ordinary academic…
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From The Press Box: Elysian Fields' Taylor Youngblood | Senior Night, Leadership & College Dreams
🏐🐝 1,200 DIGS. NO. 1 IN HER CLASS. ONE REMARKABLE SENIOR SEASON! She's a four-year varsity starter, a two-year team captain, a district Defensive MVP, and one…
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The Coach Maines Show: Building a Winning Culture | Elysian Fields vs. Ore City
🏈🐝 WORK. FIGHT. FINISH. BUILDING THE FUTURE AT ELYSIAN FIELDS! Winning doesn't happen overnight. And sometimes, the most important progress doesn't show up on…
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The Write Team Daily: "Child Killer"
THE BOY WHO POISONED HIS GRANDFATHER | October 20, 1847 Hackney, England On October 20, 1847, a 12-year-old boy named William Newton Allnutt placed arsenic…
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From The Press Box: SEC Chaos, Texas Football Crisis & Week 8 Pick ’Em
🏈 Is anybody safe in the SEC? And can Texas save its season? College football delivered another weekend of chaos, and David Weaver and Matt Paul are joined by…
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The Coach Strickland Show: Hallsville vs. Texas High | Playoff Race Heats Up
😾🏈 THREE GAMES. ONE PLAYOFF PUSH. HALLSVILLE HEADS TO TEXAS HIGH! The Hallsville Bobcats are riding a two-game winning streak after defeating Nacogdoches…
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The Write Team Daily: "Surrender at Yorktown"
THE BRITISH LAY DOWN THEIR WEAPONS | October 19, 1781 Yorktown, Virginia On October 19, 1781, thousands of British soldiers marched out of their defenses at…
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The Write Team Daily: "Missionary Martyr"
THE SACRIFICIAL RETURN | October 18, 1646 Ossernenon, Mohawk Valley, New York On October 18, 1646, French Jesuit missionary Isaac Jogues was killed in a Mohawk…
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The Write Team Daily: "The London Beer Flood"
WASHED AWAY WITH THE ALE | October 17, 1814 London, England On October 17, 1814, an enormous wooden vat burst inside London's Horse Shoe Brewery, sending a…
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The Write Team Daily: "Baby Jessica"
58 HOURS TO SAVE THE BABY | October 16, 1987 Midland, Texas On October 16, 1987, millions of Americans watched as rescue workers finally brought 18-month-old…
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Hallsville Wins an OT Thriller, Lindale–Pine Tree Showdown & East Texas Playoff Races
🏈 OVERTIME THRILLERS, DISTRICT SHOWDOWNS & PLAYOFF PRESSURE! The Hallsville Bobcats and Marshall Mavericks delivered one of the most exciting games of the 2026…
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The Write Team Daily: "Mata Hari"
THE SPY, THE SCANDAL & THE FIRING SQUAD | October 15, 1917 Vincennes, France On October 15, 1917, the woman known throughout Europe as Mata Hari was executed…
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The Write Team Daily: "The Moyamensing Election Riot"
ELECTION DAY TURNS DEADLY | October 14, 1834 Moyamensing Township, Pennsylvania On October 14, 1834, an election in a township just outside Philadelphia…
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The Write Team Daily: "Horror In The Andes"
72 DAYS OF SURVIVAL | October 13, 1972 Andes Mountains On October 13, 1972, a plane carrying a Uruguayan rugby team, friends, and family members crashed high…
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The Coach Strickland Show: Hallsville Stuns Marshall in OT | Nacogdoches Preview
😾🏈 BOBCATS WIN AN OVERTIME THRILLER! The Hallsville Bobcats delivered one of the most exciting finishes of the East Texas football season, defeating county…
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From The Press Box: Georgia Ascends To No. 1 | Red River Rivalry Fallout, Texas' Sark/Arch Problem + Week 7 College Football
🏈 TEXAS–OKLAHOMA FALLOUT: IS IT SARK, ARCH OR BOTH? Texas falls to Oklahoma, and the questions surrounding the Longhorns are getting louder. Is Steve Sarkisian…
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The Write Team Daily: "Lost In The Wash"
THE CROWN JEWELS | October 12, 1216 The Wash, England A royal procession was racing against the tide across the dangerous marshlands of eastern England. Wagons…
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The Write Team Daily: "Sandy's Remains"
THE 100-YEAR MYSTERY | October 11, 2024 Mt. Everest, Tibet October 11, 2024. For one hundred years, Mount Everest kept its secret. In June 1924, British…
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The Write Team Daily: "Land In Sicily"
THE ACHILLE LAURO HIJACKING & FALLOUT | October 10, 1985 Sigonella, Sicily High above the Mediterranean Sea, the men aboard an Egyptian passenger jet believed…
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The Write Team Daily: "He Called It Providence"
MASSACHUSETTS BAY COLONY | October 9, 1635 The sentence was simple: Roger Williams had to leave. His offense was not theft, violence, or rebellion. His offense…
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From The Press Box: Hallsville vs. Marshall | Battle for Harrison County & Playoff Implications
🏈🔥 THE BATTLE FOR HARRISON COUNTY HAS PLAYOFF IMPLICATIONS! The Hallsville Bobcats and Marshall Mavericks renew their county rivalry Friday night at Dennis…
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The Write Team Daily: "Sgt. Alvin C. York"
RELUCTANT SOLDIER, AMERICAN HERO | October 8, 1918 Near Châtel-Chéhéry, France German machine guns had stopped the American advance in France's Argonne Forest…
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From The Press Box: Hallsville-Marshall Showdown & Huge Week 7 East Texas Games
🏈 THE PLAYOFF RACES ARE HEATING UP IN EAST TEXAS! Week 7 brings a nearly full slate back to the Piney Woods, and David Weaver and Matt Paul break down the…
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The Write Team Daily: "The 38th Parallel"
THE DECISION THAT CHANGED THE KOREAN WAR| October 7, 1950 North/South Korea Border United Nations forces had overwhelming momentum. They had overcome an early…
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The Coach Maines Show: Jackets Return Home for Must-Win Battle With Union Grove
🐝🏈 BACK HOME — WITH EVERYTHING STILL TO PLAY FOR! After a much-needed bye week, Coach Bo Maines and the Elysian Fields Yellow Jackets return to Jacket Stadium…
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The Write Team Daily: "Tokyo Rose"
THE WOMAN BEHIND THE MYTH | October 6, 1949 San Francisco, California The voice had haunted American servicemen throughout the Pacific. A sultry woman…
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From The Press Box: Texas-OU, Georgia-Alabama & Jeremiah Smith's Heisman Push
🏈🔥 RIVALRY GAMES. TOP-10 SHOWDOWNS. AND A HEISMAN RACE HEATING UP. October college football is here, and the guys are back From The Press Box to break down…
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The Coach Strickland Show: Hallsville vs. Marshall | Rivalry Week & a Critical District Game
🏈😾 RIVALRY WEEK HAS ARRIVED FOR THE HALLSVILLE BOBCATS! The Bobcats return from their bye week and head east for a huge district matchup against the Marshall…
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The Write Team Daily: "Tecumseh's Last Alliance"
THE BATTLE OF THE THAMES | October 5, 1813 Upper Canada Along the muddy banks of the Thames River in Upper Canada, an American army was closing in. British…
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The Write Team Daily: "They Already Had The Keys"
THE LOOMIS FARGO HEIST | October 4, 1997 Charlotte, North Carolina The vault was protected by steel walls, timed locks, surveillance cameras, and carefully…
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The Write Team Daily: "Not Guilty"
October 3, 1995. Los Angeles, California. At 10:07 that morning, two words brought much of America to a standstill: “Not guilty.” After more than eight months…
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The Write Team Daily: "Come And Take It!"
October 2, 1835. Gonzales, Texas. It wasn't a battle over territory or gold. It didn't begin with a declaration of independence. It began with a cannon. When…
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From Classroom to Career: How Hallsville ISD Is Preparing Students for the Real World | School House Rocks
What if a student could graduate from high school already knowing what career they want to pursue—and possessing the skills, experience, and certifications to…
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The Write Team Daily: "Tin Lizzie"
It wasn't luxurious. It wasn't built for bankers or America's social elite. It was simple, practical, rugged—and designed for people who had never imagined…
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From The Press Box: Tatum Breaks Through, Carthage Rolls & East Texas Week 6 Picks
🏈🔥 WE'VE REACHED THE HALFWAY POINT OF THE EAST TEXAS HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL SEASON! Week 5 is in the books, and David Weaver and Matt Paul are back From The…
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The Write Team Daily: "Judgment at Nuremburg"
September 30, 1946. Inside Courtroom 600 of the Palace of Justice in Nuremberg, Germany, men who had once occupied the highest levels of Nazi power waited for…
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The Write Team Daily: "A Little Bar In Boston Opens"
September 29, 1982. Television audiences walked into a little neighborhood bar in Boston for the first time—a place where everybody would eventually know your…
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From The Press Box: Is Georgia No. 1? Texas Survives & Texas A&M Hits Rock Bottom
🏈🔥 WHO'S REALLY THE BEST TEAM IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL? David Weaver and Matt Paul are back From The Press Box after another wild weekend that raised plenty of…
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The Write Team Daily: "China's Sorrow"
September 28, 1887. Days of relentless rain pushed China's Yellow River beyond its limits. Then the levees failed. Water swept across northern China…
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The Write Team Daily: "Bloody Bill"
September 27, 1864. Centralia, Missouri. It began as another day of robbery. It ended as one of the bloodiest episodes of guerrilla warfare during the American…
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The Write Team Daily: "Japan's Forgotten Man"
September 26, 2024. Imagine waking up every morning not knowing whether it might be your last. For decades, that was the reality for former professional boxer…
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The Write Team Daily: "Henry McCarty's Escape"
September 25, 1875. Before he became Billy the Kid, he was a poor, orphaned teenager named Henry McCarty living in Silver City, New Mexico. After stolen…