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Best Shots: Sept. 28-29, 2024

Each week, the Tyler Morning Telegraph and Longview News-Journal run a photo page called Best Shots. The page…

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Maggie Smith, actor famed for Harry Potter and ‘Downton Abbey,’ dies at 89

LONDON — Maggie Smith, the masterful, scene-stealing actor who won an Oscar for the 1969 film “The Prime…

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Shively: Fake a homemade dinner

Family meals are making a comeback, and that’s good news for several reasons. Dinner may be the only…

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Olympic medalist Laurie Hernandez’s grandmother had Alzheimer’s. At a Tyler luncheon, she shared her story.

When former Olympic gymnast Laurie Hernandez was 16 years old, she qualified for the 2016 Rio Olympics. After…

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Grant: Turk’s cap provides nectar for hummingbirds

As summer fades and the cool breezes of fall roll into East Texas, the vibrant landscape shifts to…

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Best Shots: Sept. 21-22, 2024

Each week, the Tyler Morning Telegraph and Longview News-Journal run a photo page called Best Shots. The page…

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Barone: Tiny but mighty Jonquils take the heat and keep on blooming

Narcissus jonquilla are the smallest of the species and known for their clusters of dainty butter-yellow blooms and…

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Penney: People helping people

It is fall in East Texas and the weekdays, weeknights and weekends are filled with nonprofit luncheons, dinners…

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Shively: Packing meals and snacks for student-athletes

Student-athletes lead hectic lives, often juggling practices before and after school, along with traveling long distances for games…

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Franks: Make wise giving decisions when disasters strike

Here we are, in the middle of hurricane season, June 1 to Nov. 30. Whether it’s a storm…