Nicole Bradford

5 days ago | lufkindailynews.com | Nicole Bradford

By NICOLE BRADFORD/The Nacogdoches Daily Sentinel NACOGDOCHES - Open since March, the first and only distillery in downtown Nacogdoches is already looking to expand seating for its tasting room. A packed house gathered for the official Chamber of Commerce ribbon-cutting Thursday at the Madhatter Distillery, 403 E. Hospital St., a new business described by owner Sheri Hatt as "grain to glass."Nicole Bradford's email address is [email protected].

1 week ago | dailysentinel.com | Nicole Bradford

Open since March, the first and only distillery in downtown Nacogdoches is already looking to expand seating for its tasting room. A packed house gathered for the official Chamber of Commerce ribbon-cutting Thursday at the Madhatter Distillery, 403 E. Hospital St., a new business described by owner Sheri Hatt as “grain to glass.”“We do everything in house in our microdistillery,” Hatt said.

1 week ago | dailysentinel.com | Nicole Bradford

Former Nacogdoches Convention and Visitors Bureau Executive Director Sherry Chaney Morgan, who spent more than five years promoting Nacogdoches as a tourism destination, died in a Conroe hospital on May 23. She was 56. Her death was announced in an obituary from McNutt Funeral Home. The cause of death was complications from diabetes, the obituary said.

1 week ago | dailysentinel.com | Nicole Bradford

For those on a tight budget this summer, a list of free and low-cost summer activities is available online, with more events to be added as summer progresses. Compiled by the city’s parks and historic sites departments along with the public library, the 2025 Summer Activity Guide is no longer printed, but accessible at tinyurl.com/NacSummer.

2 weeks ago | dailysentinel.com | Nicole Bradford

Nacogdoches City Council on Tuesday approved a contract for a new water line on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard along with a zone change for an undeveloped tract at East Austin Street and Appleby Sand Road. The council unanimously approved the $444,198 contract to replace an estimated 2,600 feet of failing water line between Shawnee and Main streets. “We’ve had multiple breaks and issues over the years, and this is going to benefit approximately 270 residents,” City Engineer Case Opperman said.