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The Spirit of Diamond Bessie Lives on in New Novel

Texas Highways, April 2022

In downtown Grapevine, novelist Jody Hadlock breezes into a busy coffee shop to talk about her new book, The Lives of Diamond Bessie…

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Posted byPaul McDonnoldApril 26, 2022June 7, 2025Posted inJournalism, Texas HighwaysTags:Crime, History

The New London Museum Recalls the Most Deadly School Tragedy in U.S. History

Texas Highways, August 2019

The day a generation died in 1937 in East Texas.

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Posted byPaul McDonnoldAugust 1, 2019March 17, 2021Posted inJournalism, Texas HighwaysTags:Crime, History, Travel

Jefferson’s ‘Diamond Bessie Murder Trial’ Plumbs 19th-Century Mystery

Texas Highways, April 2019

A national sensation in 1877, the tragic East Texas tale still captures the imagination.

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Posted byPaul McDonnoldApril 1, 2019March 17, 2021Posted inJournalism, Texas HighwaysTags:Crime, History

Stop and smell the roses in the rose capital, Tyler

Texas Highways, August 2017

With a waggle of his pen, U.S. President John Tyler signed a bill to bring Texas into the United States in 1845. The following year, the state legislature approved a town in his honor in upper East Texas. Since then, Tyler has grown into a thriving city of more than 100,000 souls.

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Posted byPaul McDonnoldAugust 1, 2017May 26, 2021Posted inJournalism, Texas HighwaysTags:Travel

East Texas’ Jucy’s Hamburgers Aims for the Win

Texas Highways, August 2017

Walking into Jucy’s Hamburgers, at the corner of McCann and US 80 in Longview, the first thing I notice is the vibe, or lack thereof.

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Posted byPaul McDonnoldAugust 1, 2017May 26, 2021Posted inJournalism, Texas HighwaysTags:Travel

Hunt County Heroes

Texas Highways, Febuary 2017

The Audie Murphy/American Cotton Museum in Greenville

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Posted byPaul McDonnoldFebruary 26, 2017May 26, 2021Posted inJournalism, Texas HighwaysTags:Crime, History

Nature by Day..or Night

Texas Highways, October 2016

Guided night hikes at Lewisville Lake Environmental Learning Area

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Posted byPaul McDonnoldOctober 1, 2016May 26, 2021Posted inJournalism, Texas HighwaysTags:Travel

Gimme that Old Time Opry

Texas Highways, August 2015

Country-music traditions live on at two Texarkana opries

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Posted byPaul McDonnoldAugust 1, 2015March 17, 2021Posted inJournalism, Texas HighwaysTags:Texas, Travel

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