January 23, 2015 - "Keep Calm and Walk On" was the slogan for the Shelby county - Walk Across Texas contestants as the eleven teams and four solo walkers dusted off their walking shoes and joined in to “Walk Across Texas!” These teams and solo walkers competed with each other to see who could walk the most miles over eight weeks from October 27 – December 19, 2014. Their goal was to walk at least 830 miles (the distance from Longview to El Paso) in eight weeks.

January 20, 2015 - The 2015 January Golden Harvest Ministries Club meeting was held Monday the 19th in the Fellowship Hall of the First Baptist Church . Joe Anderson brought the meeting to order and welcomed everyone to the meeting.

Having Won the $10,000 First Prize, Local Sisters Vie for the Whole Can of Worms!

January 15, 2015 - Texas State Historian Dr. Bill O'Neal gave a history of Texas Music to members and guests of the Delta Gamma Chapter of The Delta Kappa Gamma Society International at their January 12 meeting in Timpson, Texas.

January 13, 2015 - Local wildlife expert and Cryptozoologist, Jeff Stewart recently filmed an episode of Survivorman starring Les Stroud here in East Texas.