Thank a teacher this week

Teachers are some of the most important and impactful people in our lives. Which is why it is fitting that every May we celebrate the amazing contributions they make with Teacher Appreciation Week (May 6-10) and Teacher Appreciation Day (May 7). Brainly — the world’s largest peer-to-peer learning community for students, parents and teachers with

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Eagles take on Tigers Friday in Area Round

A 5-1 victory over the Nacogdoches Dragons on Friday (May 3) in Whitehouse propelled the Lindale Eagles to the bi-district championship and a date this weekend with the Corsicana Tigers for the area championship. Game time is Friday at 7 p.m. at Corsicana. (Read more about the Eagles in this week’s Lindale News & Times)

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Chilek to lead LHS

Lindale High School Alumni Jeremy Chilek will be returning to Lindale High School as the new Principal beginning the 2019-2020 school year.  He has lived in Lindale since the fifth grade and graduated from the high school in 1997.  His two brothers and his sister all graduated from Lindale High School, and Jeremy’s mother was

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Smith County Earns Excellence in Safety Award

Smith County recently received the 2018 Excellence in Safety Award from the Texas Association of Counties for maintaining a safe workplace. County Administrator and Human Resources Director Leonardo Brown recognized his staff members Esmeralda Delmas, HR Coordinator; and Jaye Lynn Collins, Administrative Assisant who handles the county’s day-to-day workers’ compensation program, during the Smith County

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TXDOT URGES DRIVERS TO “LOOK TWICE FOR MOTORCYCLES”

  AUSTIN – As spring weather draws more motorcyclists onto roadways the risk of fatalities increases. Last year 417 motorcyclists died on Texas roadways, an average of more than one fatality a day. It’s a number the Texas Department of Transportation is working to reduce by asking motorists to be extra vigilant. TxDOT is launching “Share

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Sales Tax Holiday for Emergency Supplies This Weekend

Beginning Saturday, April 27, through Monday, April 29, Texans can purchase certain items tax free during the state’s sales tax holiday for emergency preparation supplies. There’s no limit on the number of qualifying items you can purchase. These include: household batteries, fuel containers and flashlights priced at less than $75; hurricane shutters and emergency ladders

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Texas Bank and Trust Ribbon Cutting

Texas Bank and Trust officials joined city and business leaders Thursday morning with a ribbon cutting to officially celebrate the grand opening of the bank, located at Highway 16 and U.S. 69 in downtown Lindale.

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Texas House votes to advance bill to shore up teacher pension fund

The Texas House voted Wednesday to advance legislation that would make the Teacher Retirement System pension fund financially healthy and give one-time checks to retired teachers. By a voice vote, House members gave preliminary approval to Senate Bill 12, endorsing a more costly revised version of the teacher pension fixes that was originally proposed in

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