ALGER WINS RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION BEEFMASTER AT 2023 PINEYWOODS FAIR

Nacogdoches High School’s Amanda Alger won Reserve Grand Champion Beefmaster in the heifer show at the 2023 Pineywoods Fair over the weekend. Amanda was one of several NHS students who won and placed with livestock or projects at the fair. Goat Show Matty Lockard – Grand Champion Senior Showmanship, fourth place in class and 15th […]

University officials welcome singer-songwriter Foster to SFA

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – Numerous Stephen F. Austin State University administrators attended the University Series’ Ruthie Foster concert, the first event of the Micky Elliott College of Fine Arts’ Centennial Season and the first University Series performance since 2019-20 when the pandemic, followed by three years of Griffith Fine Arts Building construction, halted the series. Welcoming […]

ANOTHER SET OF STUDENTS FROM JAPAN ARRIVE IN NACOGDOCHES

Another group of students from Japan arrived this week in Nacogdoches and will spend time at two NISD campuses. Middle school and high school students from Ikueikan Junior High and High School are from Kagoshima City located on the island of Kyushu of Japan. On Wednesday, the high school students were touring NHS where they […]

NISD IS ON FALL BREAK OCT. 13-16 BUT PLENTY OF ACTIVITIES WILL STILL BE GOING ON

Nacogdoches ISD students and staff will be on fall break Friday and Monday, Oct. 13 and Oct. 16, but there is still a full slate of activities this weekend. On Friday, the Dragons host Mount Pleasant at 7:30 p.m. in the 2023 Pink Out football game. Nacogdoches and Mount Pleasant are two of three teams tied for […]

NHS BAND PERFORMS AT 9:15 P.M. OCT. 14 IN REGION 21 MARCHING CONTEST

Nacogdoches High School’s marching band will perform at 9:15 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 14, in the Region 21 marching contest at Homer Bryce Stadium on the campus of Stephen F. Austin State University. Bands in Region 21 will march all day Saturday, beginning with Class 2A schools at 9:15 a.m. Class 5A bands begin at 8:15 […]

SFA students explore ‘soft skills’ needed for banking, wealth management careers

NACOGDOCHES, Texas — The diverse roles in today’s banking and wealth management industry require not only good numbers sense but also “soft skills,” according to industry experts advising Stephen F. Austin State University students at the fall “Bank on Your Future” career exploration day. The event, hosted Oct. 4 by the Chadwick Family Banking Program in […]

SFA’s Guenther to collaborate with faculty on ‘Controversy and Hope’ concert

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – Dr. Christina Guenther, professor of flute at Stephen F. Austin State University, will join music faculty colleagues in presenting the concert “Controversy and Hope: Music for Flute and …” at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 18, in Cole Concert Hall on the SFA campus. Performing with Guenther will be Dr. Brad Meyer, percussion; […]

TEXAS REALITY CHECK GIVES MCAS STUDENTS LOOK AT COST OF LIVING IN EAST TEXAS

How much is a living wage in Nacogdoches and Lufkin? Students at Nacogdoches ISD’s Margie Chumbley Academy for Success have a clearer picture of that figure after participating in a Texas Reality Check with Josh Fleming, Work-Based Learning Coordinator with Workforce Solutions Deep East Texas. Thursday’s presentation was the first of five workshops Fleming will […]

Hicks’ ‘Notes for String Theory’ series to show in Fort Worth

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – A solo exhibition of works by Candace Hicks, associate professor of art in the School of Art at Stephen F. Austin State University, will open the first week in October in the Transystem Gallery at Arts Fort Worth. Hicks’ exhibition features work from her series “Notes for String Theory.” “These hand-embroidered pages […]

OCTOBER IS FENTANYL POISONING AWARENESS MONTH

There is a growing threat to the health and safety of our youth that Nacogdoches ISD wants to bring to your attention.  Fentanyl is a man-made, Schedule II narcotic that has reached a growing number of communities of all sizes across Texas and has impacted many lives.  October is Fentanyl Poisoning Awareness Month. In the next […]