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A Story Worth Telling

A Story Worth Telling

A Story Worth Telling

Leon Aldridge Community Columnist
Thursday, October 16, 2025
Here is a golden Rule .... Write legibly. The average temper of the human race would be perceptibly sweetened, if everybody obeyed this Rule!— Lewis Carroll, writer most noted for “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.”September 1954. First day of first grade. Crockett, Texas.

Calendar

News Staff
Thursday, October 16, 2025
October 202516 • NA/AA—We can help. Meetings: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. at St. John’s Episcopal Church.18 • The James Antioch Community meeting will be held at 5:30 in the James Antioch Community building. There will be a covered dish supper.
Library receives Harris Community Fund grant

Library receives Harris Community Fund grant

Library receives Harris Community Fund grant

News Staff
Thursday, October 16, 2025
The Fannie Brown Brown Booth Memorial Library is pleased to announce they are the recipients of the 2025 John Reagan Harris Community Fund at East Texas Communities Foundation Grant. The grant will be used to enhance the library’s services such as hotspots and children’s books.
Shelby County Jail Log

Shelby County Jail Log

Shelby County Jail Log

Swindle, Adrian
Thursday, October 16, 2025
While the individuals listed have been arrested and charged with criminal offenses, by law, they are innocent until proven guilty. These listings are obtained from the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office and are a matter of public record.
Lizzet Mendoza of the Family Crisis Center of East Texas (center) joined commissioners (from left) Shannon Metcalf, Tom Bellmyer and Stevie Smith and County Judge Allison Harbison to declare October Domestic Violence Awareness Month in Shelby County. Zack Clark | Light and Champion

Lizzet Mendoza of the Family Crisis Center of East Texas (center) joined commissioners (from left) Shannon Metcalf, Tom Bellmyer and Stevie Smith and County Judge Allison Harbison to declare October Domestic Violence Awareness Month in Shelby County. Zack Clark | Light and Champion

October proclaimed Domestic Violence Awareness Month

News Staff
Thursday, October 16, 2025
October proclaimed Domestic Violence Awareness Month
On October 9, 2025 VFW Post 8904 remembered the 24th anniversary of Operation Enduring Freedom and the service and sacrifice of Afghanistan veterans. Two Army veterans from Shelby County were lost in this War on Terror; Sergeant Kevin “Casey” Roberts and Specialist Cory Bertrand. Post Commander Derrick Roberts placed the Memorial Wreath during the ceremony. Submitted | Light and Champion

On October 9, 2025 VFW Post 8904 remembered the 24th anniversary of Operation Enduring Freedom and the service and sacrifice of Afghanistan veterans. Two Army veterans from Shelby County were lost in this War on Terror; Sergeant Kevin “Casey” Roberts and Specialist Cory Bertrand. Post Commander Derrick Roberts placed the Memorial Wreath during the ceremony. Submitted | Light and Champion

VFW honors Operation Enduring Freedom veterans

News Staff
Thursday, October 16, 2025
VFW honors Operation Enduring Freedom veterans

Come let us reason

Lydia Missionary Baptist Church
Thursday, October 16, 2025
Isaiah 1:18 Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.“Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord.” What a remarkable request!

Do you need a reminder?

Deacon Of Fbc
Thursday, October 16, 2025
Frank JousanReminder! John 13:4-5-“So He (Jesus) got up from the table, took off His robe, wrapped a towel around His waist and poured water into a basin. Then He began to wash the disciples’ feet, drying them with the towel He had around Him.
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