Making Music at Marshall Performance Center

Texas Sounds International Country Music Awards Festival takes place on October 3-5 at Memorial City Hall Performance Center (MCH) in Marshall. The three-day event brings leading celebrity artists from around the world to perform and compete. Each evening, an entirely...

Whiskeyfish Reunites for Salt Festival 50th Anniversary

By P.A. Geddie It’s been more than 20 years since brothers J.P. and Matt Fisher rose up out of the salt dome city of Grand Saline, Texas, to share their talented harmonizing voices, musicianship, and songwriting skills with fans in Van Zandt County and the surrounding...

Farmers’ Markets Continue Through October and Beyond

Find ingredients for tasty meals, local wines, breads, preserves, and more this fall at markets throughout the Upper East Side of Texas. Most are open each week through October and some go year round. Those who base their meal planning around what they can find...

Sulphur Springs Celebrates Wine and Music

Main Street Uncorked Wine & Music Festival takes place from 1 to 7 p.m. October 12 at Celebration Plaza in downtown Sulphur Springs. Featured wineries include Cedar Hollow Winery, Decadent Saint, Huntsman Wine and Spirits, Los Pinos Ranch Vineyards, Red Road...

Mount Pleasant Food & Wine Festival and Harvest Dinner

The annual Uncorked Food & Wine Festival takes place October 26 at Caldwell Park in Mount Pleasant. The event features Texas wineries, local restaurants, boutique shopping, fun family activities, and live music. For the first time, there’s also a Harvest Dinner...

Piney Woods Wine Trail Holds Fall Festival

The climate and soil in the Upper East Side of Texas, paired with talented chefs and winemakers, led to it becoming a prime wine lovers destination. Over the last couple of decades, as the grapes at each vineyard matured, the wines keep getting better and better and...

Shaping Harmony

While gathering and writing stories for the September/October 2024 County Line Magazine, I was reminded how we humans often mindlessly view others, relying on our “experience filters” in our brains to form quick opinions of who they are and where they belong. Some...

Callizo Aromas is Opening New Facility in Palestine, Texas

The Costa Rica-based fragrance company Callizo Aromas is opening a new facility in early 2025 in Palestine, Texas. The company produces scents and flavors for various industries with divisions in fragrances, flavors, pets, and zootechnics. Their other facilities are...

Find Summer Fun in Texomaland

The Red River connecting Texas to Oklahoma was once called the Almighty’s Natural Highway used by steamboats to carry passengers, soldiers, and supplies to and from the area. Unpredictable water levels eventually made travel too challenging but the Red River’s water...

Winnsboro Noted as Prime Relocation Draw

Dallas realtors are promoting Winnsboro, Texas, as a prime destination for relocating or buying a second home. Candy's Dirt real estate news team writes about desirable properties in Northeast Texas for people who want to move to a more relaxing rural area while...

Wood County Airport Announces Significant Runway Expansion

Wood County Airport announced last week a major expansion of its runway, extending the existing runway from 4,000 feet to 5,006 feet. This expansion marks a significant milestone in Wood County’s ongoing commitment to enhancing aviation infrastructure and meeting the...

Antique Tractor, Truck & Model-T Show Takes Place in Jefferson

The Sixth Annual Antique Tractor, Truck, and Model-T Show takes place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, September 14 on the historic brick streets of downtown Jefferson, Texas. This exhibit features more than 100 years of rural American history with vehicles as well as...