The Northeast Texas Community College Art Department is pleased to announce that one of its graduates, Diedra Long Camp, will present the February art exhibit in the Whatley Center for the Performing Arts.
Jonathan Darrel Woodruff was arrested on Jan. 24 by PPD for failure to identify.
A gray van was involved in an accident on Highway 271 N on Jan. 18 about 1 p.m. The fire department was forced to cut the door from the vehicle in order to extract the driver, who was transported to the hospital. Nothing further was known at press time. GAZETTE PHOTO / ELIZABETH LANNING
The Whatley Center for the Performing Arts at Northeast Texas Community College is pleased to announce that it will kick off its 2022 events calendar on Sunday, February 13 at 2:30 p.m. with a piano concert by NTCC President Dr. Ron Clinton. Tickets are $15 for adults and $5 for ages 17-and-under. Virtual live-streaming tickets are also available for $10. All proceeds from the concert will directly benefit the NTCC Eagle Food Pantry, which provides much-needed food and other services to NTCC students.
At 1898 request of firm mining coal in Pittsburg, philanthropist Andrew Carnegie gave $5,000 to match local pledges and build the first Carnegie library (of 31) in Texas on this site. The masonry building was also the Opera House and City Hall. Library had 3,000 books. It became a social center, with meeting rooms for clubs and groups such as ladies sewing for World War I hospitals. The Opera House staged professional drama and lectures and was used for graduations and recitals until modern school was built in 1926. The library burned in 1939. –Historical Marker
