King of Kombat II: Full Results

Upsets and quick, decisive victories defined the MMA promotion's second Austin event.

"...two completely different things. Before his encounter with Britton Lufkin at Saturday's King of Kombat cage fight event, local..."

Nov. 5, 2007 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

Day Trips

The Medford Collection of American Western Art fills the corridors of the Lufkin City Hall

"...of American Western Art fills the corridors of the Lufkin City Hall with images of snowdrifts, desert skies at..."

July 16, 2010 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips

The Museum of East Texas in Lufkin sets the standard for small-town art museums

"...The Museum of East Texas in Lufkin sets the standard for small-town art museums. Aside from..."

Nov. 20, 2009 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips

The Ellen Trout Zoo in Lufkin houses nearly 800 animals representing every continent except Antarctica

"...The Ellen Trout Zoo in Lufkin uses the thick pine forest of East Texas to..."

May 12, 2006 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

What's Left of the Dial?

Virtual Deejays, Pay-to-Play, Celine Dion

"...Corpus, LA Lloyd in Beaumont, and LA Lloyd in Lufkin. (It's worth noting that 101X is not a Capstar..."

May 22, 1998 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

Naked City

Rep. Ann Kitchen prepares to file a pipeline safety bill. Judge Sam Sparks questions the Longhorn Pipeline permit process. Ken Herman goes after a Pulitzer Prize.

"...worked on one Pulitzer team in 1977, when The Lufkin News linked the death of a young Lufkin Marine..."

Feb. 9, 2001 News Feature by Louis Dubose

Day Trips & Beyond: Love Lock Bridges in Texas

A guide to "love locks" (and rocks) across the state

"...love forever and threw the key into the lake. Lufkin..."

Feb. 9, 2023 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips: Statues of Texas Women

A list of Texas women who stand tall

"...a guide and interpreter. She is memorialized outside the Lufkin Convention Center in the county that bears her name...."

March 6, 2020 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

How Austin Handles Mental Health Emergencies

Police, EMS, and Integral Care work together to serve people in psychiatric crisis

"...local mental health stakeholders on a field trip to Lufkin, Texas, for a visit to the Burke Cen­ter for..."

Dec. 15, 2017 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Day Trips

The Davy Crockett National Forest is a cathedral of towering pine trees bordered by flowering dogwoods and stately oaks

"...The Davy Crockett National Forest, between Lufkin and Crockett in East Texas, is a cathedral of..."

April 2, 2010 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Naked City

"...offers abortion services – charges that could net the Lufkin native up to a life sentence in the federal..."

May 4, 2007 News Feature

Day Trips

The Atkinson Candy Company of Lufkin still makes its delicious Chick-O-Sticks and Peanut Butter Bars the same way Grandpa did back in 1932

"...The Atkinson Candy Company of Lufkin makes candy the old-fashioned way. A Texas tradition since..."

Oct. 20, 2006 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Across the State

Heflin, Hochberg, Mercer, and Mabry among the incumbents on the bubble

"...challenged by their predecessors: District 12 Rep. Jim McReynolds, D-Lufkin, facing former Rep. Billy Clemons of Groveton (now a..."

Oct. 22, 2004 News Feature by Michael King

Letters at 3AM

Most of the American soldiers who have died in Iraq came from little places that the 21st century has left behind

"...Somerset, Ohio ... Stockbridge, Georgia ... Shelbyville, Indiana ... Lufkin, Texas ... Apex, North Carolina...."

Aug. 6, 2004 Column by Michael Ventura

Day Trips & Beyond: September Events Roundup

Catch up on news from around Texas and travel destinations for fall

"...Texas State Forest Festival Sept. 14-17, Lufkin, www.texasforestfestival.com..."

Sept. 1, 2023 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

First Layoffs in Texas Tribune History Raise Questions About Future of Texas News

Still unclear why criminal justice coverage was first to go

"...In an all-staff meeting Thursday morning, CEO Sonal Shah,..."

Aug. 25, 2023 News Post by Lina Fisher

Day Trips & Beyond: September Events Roundup

Find fall foliage and festivities all over Texas

"...Texas State Forest Festival Sept. 15-18, Lufkin, www.texasforestfestival.com..."

Sept. 6, 2022 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Beto's On His Way: "We've Got To Show Up, And That Means Coming to the Capitol on Sunday"

Weekend rally wraps up "Texas Drive for Democracy" tour

"...a few more stops in deep East Texas - Lufkin, Nacogdoches, Marshall - before heading to Austin for a..."

June 18, 2021 News Post by Mike Clark-Madison

Opinion: The Texas State Board of Education is Failing LGBTQ+ Students

School districts and families will need to pick up the slack left by SBOE’s recent decision to exclude sexual orientation and gender identity from the curriculum

"...Fort Worth. They live in Amarillo, in Conroe, in Lufkin, in Irving. Sexual and gender minority teens in smaller..."

Sept. 18, 2020 Column by Katherine Goldey

Day Trips & Beyond: October Events Roundup

Find fall foliage in Texas and stop and smell the roses

"...Farm Fest Oct. 26, Lufkin, www.visitlufkin.com/calendar/view/1886..."

Oct. 3, 2019 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Texas Institute of Letters Honors Chronicle Arts Editor Robert Faires

Longtime writer and critic one of 17 inducted in TIL

"...Betty Sue Flowers (Austin/New York) and Ellen Clarke Temple (Lufkin); non-fiction writers Wes Ferguson (Austin), John MacCormack (San Antonio);..."

Jan. 30, 2019 Arts Post by Kimberley Jones

Day Trips & Beyond: September Events Roundup

Art festivals and dance halls liven up the landscape in September

"...Texas State Forest Festival Sept. 19-23, Lufkin, www.texasstateforestfestival.com..."

Sept. 1, 2018 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips & Beyond: June Events Roundup

Titanic, turtle hatchlings, and Texas beaches after Harvey

"...Neches River Rendezvous June 2, Lufkin, www.visitlufkin.com/events/annual-events/neches-river-rendezvous..."

June 1, 2018 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Trump Ends DACA Program

More than 120,000 Texans will be affected

"...the death of Alonso Guillen, a 31-year-old DJ from Lufkin and a DACA recipient who went missing after helping..."

Sept. 5, 2017 News Post by Mary Tuma

Day Trips & Beyond: September Events Roundup

Autumn events you ought to check out

"...Texas State Forest Festival, Sept. 20-24, Lufkin www.texasstateforestfestival.com..."

Aug. 30, 2017 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Beware the Jungle Trap

Director Jim Bryan on Hollywood's seedy and sublime

"...from Bryan and Bleeding Skull! founder Joseph Ziemba here). Lufkin native Bryan and star Heidi Ahn will be in..."

July 22, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

A Trap Escapes

Alamo Drafthouse's Video Vortex unleashes Jungle Trap

"...when his Skull kill crew visited Bryan's home in Lufkin, Texas, to pick up the original Run Coyote Run..."

July 21, 2017 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Day Trips: World War I Memorials

Communities around Texas remember their fallen sons from the Great War

"...were installed at Texas courthouses in Canyon, Crowell, Groesbeck, Lufkin, New Braunfels, Vernon, and Sinton. Others were placed at..."

April 7, 2017 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Deep in the Heart of Texas Political Scandals

Crimes, carousing, and contravention from the Capitol grounds

"...Former state Rep. and Lufkin congress­man Charlie Wilson (d. 2010) survives as Tom Hanks..."

Jan. 6, 2017 News Feature by the News Staff

Day Trips & Beyond: January Events Roundup

Day trips for 2017

"...Erth’s Dinosaur Zoo Live! – Family Funday Jan. 15, Lufkin, www.angelinaarts.org..."

Jan. 4, 2017 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

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