East Texas Water Institute launched

Charlie Glover, president and CEO of the T.L.L. Temple Foundation, discusses the importance of the recent launch of the East Texas Water Institute, as Stephen F. Austin State University President Dr. Neal Weaver and Angelina College President Dr. Michael Simon watch.

The future of East Texas’ water resources is promising with the Sept. 24 launch of the East Texas Water Institute (ETWI), a new regional initiative designed to expand the information, expertise and …

Town hall meeting held to prepare for legislative session

Jed Morris, with GLS, an engineering firm out of Lufkin, serves as Polk County’s third party engineer. He spoke during the Sept. 25 town hall meeting in which over a hundred people attended.

A little over a hundred people attended a Sept. 25 town hall meeting to discuss subdivision and industrial high-load development in rural Polk County and throughout East Texas. State …

Enterprise accepting candidate announcements

Monday is the last day to register to vote in order to vote in the Nov. 3 General Election. Early voting begins Oct. 5 and concludes Oct. 30. The last day to apply for a ballot by mail is Oct. 23. …

Life amongst the wild

Nick Bishop stops to spend time with one of the many animals in a habitat he built at Wildlife Wonderland.

Located just off FM 1988, Wildlife Wonderland in Livingston has been a home to creatures not normally seen in Polk County. It is run by Miranda Sanders and Nick Bishop, who live on the property and …

Polk County Enterprise, Thursday, October 1, 2026

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Celebrating cilantro - Texas’ newest Superstar plant

I’ve long been a fan of cilantro and use it frequently, both in my cooking, as well as to garnish various dishes. When a news release recently showed up in my inbox reporting that it has been named …

Between The Rivers - Polk County History

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 …

County clerk processing 1,600 new voter registrations stemming from state error

The Polk County Clerk’s Office received approximately 1,600 records to process as a result of a technological error at the state level that caused this major backlog, County Clerk Schelana Hock, …

Two local VFDs receive funding for equipment

Segno Volunteer Fire Department and South Polk County Volunteer Fire Department were among the 118 rural volunteer fire departments across the state to receive funding through the Texas A&M …

Slow start hampers 'Dogs

The Corrigan-Camden Bulldogs fell short 31-21 in a tough road battle versus the Leon Cougars on Friday. The loss moves Corrigan to 3-3 overall and 1-1 in district play. With four district games …

Defense shines in homecoming win (video)

The homecoming crowd that packed Lion Stadium was treated to an old-fashioned slugfest, as Livingston found a way push its win streak to four in a 21-14 triumph over Liberty. Ground games, defense, …

Taming the Tigers

The Corrigan-Camden Bulldogs opened district play with a milestone 21-10 victory over the Centerville Tigers on Friday. As the Bulldogs controlled much of the pace on the ground, their defense …

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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 …

Jo Helen Hester

Graveside services for Jo Helen (Purvis) Hester, 78, of Livingston, Texas, will be held Saturday, September 26, 2026, at the Bluff Creek Cemetery in Livingston, Texas with Bro. Lindell Mitchell …

Debra Roth

A memorial service for Debra Louise Roth, 66, of Livingston, Texas, will be held Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 4 p.m. at the Pentecostal Lighthouse Church located at 11807 SH 146 S. Livingston, …

Foster Albert Wetzel III

Foster Albert Wetzel III, known best as “Bubba,” was born February 2, 1984 and died Saturday, July 25, 2026 due to complications from battling colon cancer. His parents, Albert and Cheryl …

Paul Revere Parrish

Paul Revere Parrish passed away on September 1, 2026, leaving behind a long life defined by hard work, faith, resilience, and devotion to his family and church. Born on August 16, 1929 in Center …

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columns

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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Outdoor Life

Samuel Old spraying some of his deer attractant he named “Up Close Juice” on a bush near where he plans to hunt.

Sam old’s Up-Close Juice

When my friend Sam Old from Virginia first began talking about the formula he had developed that will stop any deer in its tracks, I was all ears. What deer hunter wouldn’t want to learn about a …

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 …