For 70 years, the New Boston Round Up Club has been providing the area with local rodeo entertainment. The Round Up Club formed in 1954. That same year, they held their first rodeo at the Bowie County Fairgrounds. The following year, the rodeo moved to its permanent home on Farm to Market 992. “We j...

A dream of more than four years is now a reality at a New Boston church. Jehovah Java is the newest addition to New Covenant Life Church. “We wanted to do this because we wanted the teenagers and in their 20s to have a place to hang out that would be safe and a good environment,” said Terry Humphrey...

Law enforcement from several agencies gathered at DeKalb Independent School District last week to learn tactics for handling active shooter situations. DISD hosted the Advanced Law Enforcement Rapid Response Training on the campus July 18-19. The training is to help area law enforcement be better eq...

A Bowie County man convicted of sex-trafficking and sexual assault has appealed to have his sentences overturned. The Sixth Court of Appeals heard ora...

A Hooks educator said being named the Region 8 Principal of the Year has been a team effort and she is just a “piece of the puzzle.” “I didn’t do it o...

A New Boston teen is wanted in connection with a weekend shooting at a local apartment complex that left one teen dead and another in the hospital, po...