October 14, 2016 - The 21st Annual Little Miss Merry Christmas and Mister Happy Holidays Pageant will be held December 3 in Center Texas. Contestants from 0-15 Girls and 0-5 Boys will wear their favorite Christmas, Holiday or Winter attire on stage in front of the judges.  Everyone will receive a rhinestone crown and their is lots of awards in each age division.  

October 13, 2016 Lufkin – A Trinity County TxDOT Maintenance employee is a recipient of the Texas Department of Transportation’s Extra Mile Award after he helped a woman who was trapped in floodwaters recently.

October 12, 2016 - My name is Terry Scull and I am running for 1 of 2 City of Center At-Large Council Member positions. I was reared in Tenaha by my parents, Erma and John Scull. After graduation from Stephen F. Austin State University I worked in Dallas for six years during which time I married my wife of 19 years, Alison Bounds Scull. In June of 2000 Alison and I moved to Center and I started working at Scull Timber Company, Inc. in Tenaha and Alison taught school at Center Elementary School in the special education department.

October 11, 2016 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today unveiled an innovative partnership with community development organizations from across the country, providing $401 million of Community Facilities program funds to recipients with a track record of successful programs to help reduce poverty in some of the nation’s poorest and most isolated rural communities.