Josh Edwards

Nacogdoches

Managing Editor at Nacogdoches Daily Sentinel

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Retired general finds new way to serve as GOP chairman

3 weeks ago | dailysentinel.com | Josh Edwards

Retired U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Christopher Bentley has found a new way to serve. Bentley returned to his hometown of Nacogdoches after a nearly 35-year military career and was elected to lead the county Republican Party on April 4 as former chairman Bradley Reynolds stepped down. “My vision for this party going forward centers around unity,” Bentley said.
Woman recovering after being burned in fire

1 month ago | dailysentinel.com | Josh Edwards

A Nacogdoches County woman is recovering in a hospital after being burned in a fire on Memorial Day. The 21-year-old was taken to a burn unit in Galveston after the fire Monday afternoon, Sheriff Jason Bridges said. “I understand she has some nerve damage,” Bridges said Wednesday. The fire was reported shortly before 4:30 p.m. Monday in the 200 block of County Road 200 between Nacogdoches and Appleby. “Half the house was burned down.
Here's to the class of 2025

1 month ago | dailysentinel.com | Josh Edwards |Andrew Hodge

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SFA to spend $1 billion on construction, renovation

1 month ago | dailysentinel.com | Josh Edwards

Stephen F. Austin State University is expected to spend around $1 billion in construction and renovation over the next decade, university president Neal Weaver told members of Rotary Club of Nacogdoches this week. Weaver gave the club a brief peek behind the curtain at SFA’s master plan, which is expected to be finalized this fall.
Democratic chair wants to get party back to roots

1 month ago | lufkindailynews.com | Josh Edwards

By JOSH EDWARDS/The Nacogdoches Daily Sentinel NACOGDOCHES - The newly elected chairman of the Texas Democratic Party wants to take the party back to its roots in East Texas values through better messaging. Kendall Scudder discussed his goals, railed against billionaires and pined for the days of Democratic control in the Lone Star state during a wide-ranging speech at the Nacogdoches County Democratic Party's Beans and Jeans fundraiser this week.
Democrats state chair wants to get party back to roots

1 month ago | lufkindailynews.com | Josh Edwards

By JOSH EDWARDS/The Nacogdoches Daily Sentinel NACOGDOCHES - The newly elected chairman of the Texas Democratic Party wants to take the party back to its roots in East Texas values through better messaging. Kendall Scudder discussed his goals, railed against billionaires and pined for the days of Democratic control in the Lone Star state during a wide-ranging speech at the Nacogdoches County Democratic Party's Beans and Jeans fundraiser this week.
Democrats state chair wants to get party back to roots

1 month ago | dailysentinel.com | Josh Edwards

The newly elected chairman of the Texas Democratic Party wants to take the party back to its roots in East Texas values through better messaging. Kendall Scudder discussed his goals, railed against billionaires and pined for the days of Democratic control in the Lone Star state during a wide-ranging speech at the Nacogdoches County Democratic Party’s Beans and Jeans fundraiser this week. “When I grew up in East Texas, everybody was a Democrat.
Speed of news shaped San Jacinto Day

2 months ago | dailysentinel.com | Josh Edwards

Editor’s note: This column is adapted from an address delivered in honor of San Jacinto Day to Daughters of the Republic of Texas on Monday at Oak Grove Cemetery. One hundred and eighty-nine years ago Monday, the Texian Army routed Mexican Gen. Santa Anna’s forces during an 18 minute battle at San Jacinto, bringing an end to approximately six months of fighting. Texas was finally free of Mexican rule, but for most East Texans the war wasn’t over. At least they didn’t know it was over.
Vietnam veterans to mark anniversary of war's end

Mar 26, 2025 | dailysentinel.com | Josh Edwards

For the seventh time, Nacogdoches County’s Vietnam veterans will be officially welcomed home and recognized for their service during the war in which major American involvement ended 52 years ago this month. Piney Woods Chapter 931 of Vietnam Veterans of America began its annual Vietnam Veterans Day program in 2017, but the event was sidelined for two years during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Shaking hands with George Foreman showed me a gentle champ of kindness

Mar 26, 2025 | dailysentinel.com | Josh Edwards

Somewhere in a box in my still unpacked office is a slip of paper with George Foreman’s cellphone number on it. Journalists never discard any living person’s phone number on purpose. I carried soul legend Percy Sledge’s home phone number in my wallet until the day he died, but I never called him beyond our initial interview sometime around 20 years ago. I remember taking the worn strip of paper from my pocket and casually discarding it in a trash can.