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Elementary school receives flag

" We are proud to present this flag to Bullard Elementary School."
Woodmen of the World is one of the nations leading fraternal benefit societies in America. More...

Town Talk

Plan to take a thrilling ride across the land down under as Bullard Southern Baptist Church hosts Boomerang Express VBS. More...

News

History You Didn't Learn in School

Little Crow's War
By BRUCE STANTON

"White men are like locusts. They fly so thick that the whole sky is like a snowstorm. We are only little herds of buffalo left scattered," Little Crow said of us, and with reason. More...

Checklist Charlie

"Stabbed at School"
By CATHY KRAFVE

"William just called to say he got six stitches in his abdomen today at school," said my husband, having searched me out in the Cyber Café of the cruise ship. More...

Brook Hill accepts alumni donation for museum

U.S. Air Force Pilot Lt. Scott Roark, son of Gary and Linda Roark and 2002 graduate of The Brook Hill School, recently returned to campus to present a framed collection of personal memorabilia to be placed in the school's American Freedom Museum. More...

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Home & Garden

Successful spring vegetable gardens

by Keith C. Hansen Extension Horticulturist, Smith Co. - Tyler, Texas

There's nothing better than harvesting fresh garden produce right out of a backyard garden. A successful garden harvest depends on many important steps, from the garden site itself to proper care of the plants. More...

Peppers in the round

Judy Heinrich Smith County Master Gardener

Large-scale vegetable growers use long rows for efficiency but those of us with smaller plots can try other ideas. Here's a "pepper ring" plan that can make watering, feeding, and picking easy. 1. More...

April area veggie growers' guide

By Keith C. Hansen Extension Horticulturist

There's still time in early April to plant many vegetables, including bush and pole beans, cucumber, cantaloupe, sweet potatoes, pumpkin, summer & winter squash, and watermelons from seed; and transplants of tomatoes, peppers and eggplants. More...

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Annual county wide clean up Slated

Smith officials remain hopeful that voucher system eases process

Smith County Environmental Crimes Unit, Precinct Constables, and Smith County Commissioners Court are once again hosting the Smith County Wide Clean-up event April 8-11. More...

Sisters clean up mess of awards with FFA show pigs

Bullard eighth-grader, Dixie Taylor, a Junior FFA member exhibited the Overall Reserve Grand Champion Swine at the Winter Buckle Holiday Classic in Denton, TX this past December. More...

Sports

Lady Guard undefeated in TAPPS 3-A league play

M.D. 'Doc' Smith news@bullardnews.com

BULLARD - The Brook Hill Lady Guard softball team remains undefeated in league play with a commanding 13-1 win over Garland Christian Last Thursday afternoon, at Herrington Field on the Brook Hill campus. More...

2008-09 TAPPS All-State Winter Division III Soccer

FIRST TEAM SECOND TEAM HONORABLE MENTION ACADEMIC ALL-STATE More...

T.K. wins Relays

TYLER - The T.K. Gorman track teams won both the boy's and girl's divisions of the Crusader Relays held last Thursday at McCallum Stadium on the T.K. Gorman campus. More...

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Opinion

Letter to the Editor

Editor, I haven't seen this much excitement in town since I was a reporter for Cindy and Joan at the Bullard Weekly News (now the Bullard Banner News). The reason for the excitement is that we are having a competitive election campaign. More...

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