R&K Distributors truck delivering at Speedy Pantry convenience store

1. Influence of churches, once dominant in southern U.S., now waning

A delivery driver from R&K Distributors brought the first shipment of alcohol to Speedy Pantry convenience store in Whitehouse this morning.

Voters approved beer and wine sales last month.

Full story will appear later today on TylerPaper.com and in tomorrow’s Tyler Morning Telegraph.