Around East Texas

Sean and Heather Brown lived a typical East Texas love story. He was a backwoods boy who loved to hunt, and she was a blonde beauty. The two fell in love and got married, and seven years later found out they would be expanding their little family. But their story took a wrong turn just over a month ago, and they're using Facebook to share it and inspire people everywhere.

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The Vietnam Veterans Memorial that graces Washington DC is large, and a replica half that size travels the country to give those wishing to pay respects close to home the chance to do that.

The replica is coming to Rusk County this Friday, and will be on public display from Friday morning until noon Monday at Rader Funeral Home, 800 Kilgore Drive in Henderson.

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Today marks the start of early voting in Texas, and the Presidential election is expected to be a big draw. Voter turnouts are always higher in presidential election years than in years when we're not voting on a US President.

In Tyler, voters also have a big decision to make when it comes to alcohol sales. Do you know exactly what you're voting on?

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The weather in East Texas this time of year is just about perfect. The temperature is cool, the sun is shining, and it makes people want to be outside. But it hasn't been like this all year around. East Texas has seen some of the worst storms in its history over the last year. Here are some photos of the damage and storms that came our way this year.

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Smith County Commissioners have announced that a new app is available for reporting non-emergency issues within the county. The app called SeeClickFix is available for iPhone and Android users.

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If you're looking to have some fun with your family this weekend and looking for carnival rides, parades, livestock shows and a place where they celebrate the yam - you need to head to Gilmer!  The 75th annual East Texas Yamboree runs through Saturday and concludes with the barn dance Saturday evening on the square in downtown Gilmer.

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How much do you love your pet?

Enough to sell your home to raise $50,000 in reward money if the dog becomes lost?

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We are getting close to playoff time and teams are making huge efforts to win these games! There are plenty of big games to go around in East Texas. Here’s a few big stories to look at from our friends at ETSN.fm:

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Buy Local First is a special purpose political action committee, formed to support allowing limited alcohol sales in Tyler and Smith County Justice Precinct 2. The group consists of local residents, business and community leaders and will be asking registered voters to VOTE for a local option election this November which will allow beer and wine sales in grocery store and convenience stores in Tyler and JP2.

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Sure, Halloween is fun with all of the candy, parties, costumes, and stuff; but it isn't all fun and games. Halloween is all about scares and horror too. While all of the things you see at haunted houses and around town are fake, they are based off of true things. We hear ghost stories all of the time, but did you ever stop to imagine what kind of ghost stories were written in your own backyard? Here are just a few of some creepy ghost stories and legends from right here in East Texas. Some may be kind of cheesy and not so believable, but you may never know which ones are fake, and which are true.

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WOAI radio is reporting a story today about a political activist group here in Texas that is trying to convince voters to put more Democrats in the Legislature in order to save funding for high school football.

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