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Texas General Land Office Carol Taylor, chairman of the Hunt County Historical Commission, says Celeste was created by the Santa Fe Railroad in the 1880s when the nearby town of Kingston refused to help pay for the consruction of the rail line. Santa Fe then purchased nearby property and established a depot there. The town that grew up there was named Celeste for the wife of a railroad official. Many of the people and businesses moved to Celeste. ....
Sarah Latham, Rains County Agrilife Extension Agent, says spring cleanin g should include reducing clutter in and around your home, which tends to attract ....
Credit KETR Pud Kearns with Housewarmers of Greenville says the Hunt County Fair will return Friday (April 23) and continue through Sunday, May 2. The fair was canceled last year because of the coronavirus. The fairgrounds on located on Jack Finney Boulevard (Farm Road 1570), near L-3-Harris. Also, Pud says Vinyl Radio, a tribute to the folk rock of the 1970s, will perform at the Greenville Municipal Auditorium Monday evening, April 26 as part of the Greenville Entertainment Series. Listen ....
Hunt County Master Gardener Wayne Bowman recommends "companion gardening." He says some plants compliment each other and some do not "play well with others ....
Credit City of Sulphur Springs, Facebook Emily Glass, our Sulphur Springs correspndent and former mayor of the city, says the Celebration City is returning to normal from the coronavirus pandemic. Emily says the city normally has 310 events in a year and now has 309 events scheduled in 2021. Events Saturday include the Spring Market on Main Street and the Reilly Springs Jamboree at The Roc event center adjacent to the First Baptist Church at 7 p.m. Saturday. Also, Emily says work on the new Grays Building community center at Pacific Park is expected to be complete by mid-June. Listen ....