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For the third consecutive year in a row, the Hot Links Hustlers, of Mt Pleasant, won the hot links cooking contest. Jack Bishop, team ramrod, just smiled and shook his head when asked the secret in their recipe.. He thanked his hard-working team who all m

Hot Links Three-peat Winners

Thu, 04/30/2026 - 5:00am

Hot Links Three-peat Winners

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Dennis Ward, Atlanta, Texas, used to gunfights at Frontier Days as Stuntmen of Texas

Chicken on the Loose at Scoops

KidsSection-BlueLineMobileGellyball,Mineola,Texas

shoppers looking, talking, buying

Chefs Bernard Mueller and Herman Hiemeyer

Four Corners

LionsClubboothvolunteers

Food Trucks

Letter Machine out of Longview

cotton candy line

Jovie, age 7, dunked 6 basketballs in a row

local folks enjoying the day

Visitors from Longview, raised their kids here

Texas Hot Links Festival Highlights

Texas Hot Links Festival Highlights

Texas Hot Links Festival Highlights

Thu, 04/30/2026 - 5:00am

Photos by Anne Wilkerson

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Lawson Bonnette, 80, widowed 4 times, retired brick layer, pickin’ and singin’ in front of God’s Closet - says he’s there every Saturday, singing God’s praise COURTESY PHOTO

Lawson Bonnette

Thu, 04/30/2026 - 5:00am

Lawson Bonnette

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LOOKING BACK

Thu, 04/30/2026 - 5:00am

10 YEARS AGO

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HAPPENINGS

Thu, 04/30/2026 - 5:00am

ONGOING

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