Where Are the Women?

“Each time a girl opens a book and finds a womanless history, she learns she is worthless.” Myra Pollack Sadker By P.A. Geddie When County Line Magazine began serving rural Northeast Texas 26 years ago, part of its mission was to make sure women’s leadership...

Professors Make Significant Contributions

The University of Texas at Tyler recently announced new achievements for two of its professors. Dr. Prabha Sundaravadivel, an associate professor of electrical and computer engineering at The University of Texas at Tyler, received the American Society for Engineering...

A Tale of Two Counties

Rockwall and Kaufman Counties Offer the Best of Town and Country By P.A. Geddie What do the fastest-growing (Kaufman) and the smallest (Rockwall) counties in Texas have in common? They originally were one and the same. Long before the American settlers arrived, the...

Mystery of the Monarch

By Ann Bush The basketball-sized clusters of gray leaves gently waving in the breeze filled the forest canopy. Asked to wait quietly, we all wondered. Expecting to see thousands of orange and black butterflies when we finally arrived at the staging area covering the...

Winnsboro Art Center is in Full Bloom

Nonprofit Celebrates Anniversary, New Education Building, and Special Events By P.A. Geddie The small town of Winnsboro, Texas, is one of the first communities in the state designated as a Texas Cultural District by the Texas Commission on the Arts. That is due in...

Pegasus Horse Rescue Takes New Flight

By P.A. Geddie The Pegasus Project has rescued, rehabilitated, retrained, and re-homed hundreds of mistreated horses, donkeys, and mules since its founding in 2009. Owners Allyson and Mike DeCanio — an attorney and pilot respectively — made it their mission to nurse...

Mount Vernon Music Celebrates 20th Anniversary

When a small group of professional classical musicians first walked through what is now Mount Vernon Music Hall, they saw — and heard — a space with the potential to once again become a gathering spot for community inspiration. Back then, in 2005, the one-time Central...

Catching Up With Wesley Pruitt

By Sharon Harper On a chilly recent East Texas evening, the kind where sound carries a little farther and conversations linger a little longer, musician Wesley Pruitt sat just outside the performance space at Moore’s Store in Ben Wheeler, talking quietly before...

Museum of East Texas Presents Impressionists Immersive

In celebration of its 50th anniversary, the Museum of East Texas (MET) presents Impressionists Immersive to visitors through May 22 with free admission. The exhibit was created in Spain and has toured Europe as well as three locations in the United States with more...

Experience East Texas With a Spring in Your Step

Thanks to movers and shakers of Upper East Side Texas, there are record numbers of fun and meaningful things to do in the region as the spring season gets underway. Here are a few events below and be sure to check the calendars of the lively small towns and cultural...

Shakespeare in the Park

Shakespeare Dallas announced the 2026 Shakespeare in the Park season: The Merry Wives of Windsor and Alice in Wonderland will run concurrently this summer as part of the 54th Shakespeare in the Park summer festival followed by Titus Andronicus in the fall. The 2026...

Guggenheim Features East Texas History

German artist Gabriele Münter (1877-1962) traveled to the United States at the turn of the century and spent some time taking photographs in Marshall, Texas. More than 125 years later, they are among the first-of-its kind art exhibition at the famous Guggenheim Museum...