Josh Edwards

Nacogdoches

Managing Editor at Nacogdoches Daily Sentinel

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Democratic chair wants to get party back to roots

1 week 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 week 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

2 weeks 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

3 weeks 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

1 month ago | 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

1 month ago | 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.
George Foreman archive keeps legacy alive at East Texas Research Center

1 month ago | dailysentinel.com | Josh Edwards

George Foreman, the two-time world heavyweight boxing champion, died Friday, but his legacy as a world class boxer, businessman and humanitarian lives on through an archive of personal papers at Stephen F. Austin State University. Foreman, 76, died at a Houston area hospital. In 2011, he donated many of his personal papers, photographs and a collection of sermons to the East Texas Research Center.
New hats are a major league blunder

2 months ago | dailysentinel.com | Josh Edwards

My dad bought a baseball cap for me at my first Rangers’ game. The hat was a solid dark blue with a simple capital T and top button done in red. No frills. Nothing fancy. It was the kind of hat any dad would buy his son. I wore it until the snapping band in the back broke to pieces. I would take it to school, even though hats weren’t allowed in the classroom, and I wore it to play outside every day. Those were different times. I hesitate to call them simpler times.
Goodbye Colonial Hills; Sentinel moves after decades

2 months ago | dailysentinel.com | Josh Edwards

Saying goodbye is never easy, even when the farewell is to a building. By the time our readers see this column, The Daily Sentinel will have moved from its home of nearly five decades on Colonial Drive to a new, better-sized spot at 3500 North St, Suite 4. Moving is the right choice, but I’ll miss this place at 4920 Colonial Drive. I’ve got lots of stories about it. From within the walls of this building, I’ve shared joy and sadness with our readers and sources.
Nac Short Film Festival is Saturday

2 months ago | dailysentinel.com | Josh Edwards

Moviegoers will have a chance to see more than a dozen films for free Saturday as the Nac Short Film Festival returns for its third year. The festival is set for 7 to 10 p.m. Saturday in the movie theater inside the Baker Pattillo Student Center, 222 Vista Drive, on the Stephen F. Austin State University campus. “We’re going to have 15 films altogether. We’re going to have films from all over the country and around the world,” said Herbert Midgley, the festival’s organizer.