Early voting continues for Nov. 3 General Election

Early voting for the Nov. 3 General Election began Oct. 19 and will conclude on Friday. As of Tuesday afternoon, 8,308 Polk County voters had voted in person during the early voting period, according …

Students, staff, community member recognized

Recognized Monday at the Livingston School Board meeting were the October Lion LEADERS: Noe Trevino, a student; Kerri Kirchner, a member of the faculty, and Becky Martin, a community member. (l-r) LISD Superintendent Dr. Jeff Pack, Steven Grimm, Megan Rowe, Bea Ellis, Noe Trevino, Kerri Kirchner, Becky Martin, John Allen Slocomb, Scott Paske, Kevin Grimm and Andrew Boyce.

Livingston High School Army JROTC students presented the colors at the regular meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Livingston Independent School District Monday. The students included …

Much of $8.3M budget amendment committed by prior court action

Much of Tuesday’s regular meeting of the Polk County Commissioners Court was spent explaining a routine budget amendment that was proposed to pay for expenses the Court has already approved. More …

‘Celebrating Value and Talent’ theme of awareness campaign

Several people from Texas Workforce Solutions recently met with Livingston Mayor Judy B. Cochran to present a proclamation promoting National Disability Employment Awareness Month. (l-r) Barbara Justice, Livingston Mayor Judy B. Cochran, Christina Ward and Brandy Colvin.

Texas Workforce Solutions joined the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Disability Employment Policy in recognizing National Disability Employment Awareness Month, an annual awareness campaign …

Polk County Enterprise, Thursday, October 29, 2026

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Bite by Bite

Homemade Soups – The Greatest Hits

I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve told you, Dear Reader, that I love a good homemade soup, that my mind automatically goes to soup when there’s an abundance of a particular ingredient, and …

Between The Rivers - Polk County History

The Tournament

An extremely popular sporting and social activity in Polk County in the late 1800s, predating even baseball, was the equestrian sport called The Tournament. Often called a ring tournament, or Tilting …

Sex offender arrested

Registered sex offender Doyle Edwin Mason Jr., 65, was arrested Oct. 23 for failure to comply with registration requirements. During routine, unannounced sex offender residence compliance checks, …

Burglar caught by victim, off-duty officer

Livingston Police Department officers were dispatched to Walmart around 3 p.m. Monday for a burglary in progress. When officers arrived, they found a white male, identified as Nicolas Williams, …

Livingston sets high mark with playoff win (video)

Livingston volleyball needed just three sets to eliminate Houston Austin from the bi-district round of the playoffs Thursday in New Caney. The Lions completed the sweep with scores of 25-8, 25-18 and …

Returning from bye for final home game

The Corrigan-Camden Bulldogs return to action Friday night to host the Normangee Panthers in another important district matchup. After an open week, the Bulldogs will look to continue their …

Self-destruction

Even with five turnovers in the first half, Livingston football still had an opportunity with one second remaining in the game, falling a touchdown short at 27-20 Friday night in Lumberton. …

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Jane Marshall Brister

Jane Marshall Brister, 88, of Nacogdoches, Texas, passed away on Thursday, October 15, 2026. Funeral services were held on Tuesday, October 20, 2026 at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Nacogdoches, …

James Thomas Murphy

James T. (Jim) Murphy passed peacefully into eternal rest surrounded by his three sons on Monday, October 5, 2026 at the age of 106 in Arroyo Grande, California. He was a long-time resident of the …

Etheldred Fay “Sissy” Smith

Etheldred Fay “Sissy” Smith was born on December 30, 1929 in Livingston, Texas to Lloyd and Dolly Simpson Sr. She passed from this life on October 9, 2026 at her home in Livingston, Texas at the …

Dorothy Lee Lowe

Funeral services for Dorothy Lee Lowe, 92, of Livingston, Texas, will be held Friday, October 9, 2026 at 3 p.m. at the Cochran Funeral Home Chapel in Livingston, Texas with Bro. Bryan Dickens …

Jonathan Hill

Jonathan Theodore Hill, 56, of Goodrich, Texas, was born March 4, 1970 in Cleveland, Texas and passed away September 20, 2026 in Livingston, Texas. He was preceded in death by parents, Robert Lee …

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The specter of ‘unbiased favoritism’ again rears its ugly head

I attend numerous meetings of governmental bodies throughout the course of the year — school boards, counties, cities, etc. At the beginning of each one, the assembled council will start …

Much ado about performative politics

Unless you’ve been living in a pecan shell (hey, it’s fall, right?), you’ve probably heard that the most devastating and longest lasting shutdown in the history of shutdowns …

Using words will always lead to the right result sometimes

We’ll have several definitions on today’s test, mostly for words that, in the vein of Inigo Montoya, do not mean what the users want them to mean, but are fun to see nonetheless. For …

Hate speech or the growth of conversational consequences

Years ago, over something that I’m sure at the time was earth-shattering, some politician made a comment and was summarily attacked (online, not physically). Threats were even made against his …

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Venison and antlers not the only reward

Mirza Kovacevic with a big 12-point taken on the Buck and Bass Ranch. Note the green leaves in the buck’s mouth. This is called the last bite (letzter bissen), a practice observed in several European countries to show honor to the animal harvested.

There was a time in my life when I thought a successful deer hunt always resulted in venison for the freezer or antlers for the wall. This is not that time; this was my mindset as a young hunter. I …

Larry “Bubba” Marvin Wagnone

Graveside services for Larry “Bubba” Marvin Wagnone, 53 of Point Blank, will be held Saturday, March 28, 2026 at 9 a.m. in the Prairie Grove Cemetery in Diboll with Brother Shorty Hoot …