June 5: Tyler’s J.B. Smith dishes out ‘Lone Star Justice’ in 2019

Published 3:30 am Friday, June 5, 2020

On this date in 2019, “Lone Star Justice,” a program featuring longtime Smith County Sheriff J.B. Smith, debuted on the cable channel Investigation Discovery.

The six-part series featured true-crime cases involving Smith and two of his investigators, Pamela Dunklin and Joe Rascoe. 

 In each episode, actors helped recreate the twisting investigations from crime scenes to bringing the killers to justice.

 In the Spotlight

— 2019: At the CMT Music Awards:

• Golden native Kacey Musgraves (“Space Cowboy”) and Lindale native Miranda Lambert (“Keeper of the Flame”) are nominees for Female Video of the Year,.
• Lambert and Jason Aldean  are nominees for Collaborative Video of the Year (“Drowns the Whiskey”).

— 2017: Ellen DeGeneres, who grew up in Atlanta, is a guest on “The Bachelorette.” 

— 2014: Lindale native Miranda Lambert appears on “Inside Edition.”

— 2013: At the CMT Music Awards:

•  Lindale native Miranda Lambert wins Performance of the Year (“Over You”) and Female Video of the Year (“Mama’s Broken Heart”) and is a nominee for Video of the Year (“Mama’s Broken Heart”) 
• Golden native Kacey Musgraves is a nominee for Female Video of the Year and Breakthrough Video of the Year (“Merry Go ’Round”).

— 2013: Ron Raines, a graduate of Nacogdoches High School, is on “The Broadway.com Show.”

— 2008: Jesse Plemons, who grew up in Mart, appears in an episode of “Fear Itself.”

— 1983: At the Tony Awards, Tommy Tune, who attended Lon Morris College in Jacksonville wins Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical and Best Choreography (“My One and Only”) and is a nominee for Best Direction of a Musical (“My One and Only”).  

— 1963: DeKalb native Dan Blocker appears in “Come Blow Your Horn” starring Frank Sinatra.

— 1942: Marshall native Henry Roquemore and Wills Point native Lee “Lasses” White appear in “Come on Danger.”

— 1937: Corsicana native Maston Williams and Wills Point native Lee “Lasses” White appear in “The Painted Stallion.”

— 1936: Palestine native Smith Ballew stars in “Palm Springs.”

— 1927: Marshall native Henry Roquemore makes his screen debut in “Is Your Daughter Safe?”