March 8, 2018: Nacogdoches County Booking Report

This is the report from the Nacogdoches County Jail that lists the arrests made from 6 a.m. of the previous day to 6 a.m. of the listed day.

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SFA Gardens to host Earth Day celebration and plant sale

Stephen F. Austin State University’s SFA Gardens will host its annual Garden Gala Day Plant Sale and SFA Earth Day Celebration from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, April 7, at the Pineywoods Native Plant Center, 2900 Raguet St., in historic Nacogdoches.

The sale will feature a variety of hard-to-find, “Texas-tough” plants, including Texas natives, heirlooms, tropicals, perennials, shrubs and trees with an emphasis on pollinator-friendly selections, as well as exclusive SFA introductions. The featured plants are extensively trialed before being offered to the public and are produced by SFA Gardens staff members and volunteers.

This popular event benefits the SFA Mast Arboretum, the Pineywoods Native Plant Center, Ruby M. Mize Azalea Garden and Gayla Mize Garden, along with educational programs hosted monthly at the gardens. Educational programs provided at SFA Gardens reach more than 15,000 participants annually.

The Earth Day celebration features educational booths and activities for kids of all ages, including yoga and tree ID hikes, free local food, a drum circle and more.

The outdoor festival is sponsored by SFA Gardens, the Arthur Temple College of Forestry and Agriculture, The Environmental Awareness Movement student organization and the SFA Campus Sustainability Committee. The celebration is an opportunity for SFA students and the Nacogdoches community to join in furthering the vision of a sustainable campus and community.

Parking will be available at the Janice A. Pattillo Early Childhood Research Center, 2428 Raguet St., and visitors are encouraged to arrive early and bring a wagon for their plants.

For more information and a list of available plants, call (936) 468-4129 or visit sfagardens.sfasu.edu two weeks before the sale.

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March 7, 2018: NPD Crime Report

This is a complete list of reports responded to by the Nacogdoches Police Department

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March 7, 2018: Nacogdoches Sheriff’s Crime Log

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March 7, 2018: Nacogdoches County Booking Report

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Your chance to reach more customers – donate items to Blueberry Golf Bash goodie bags

Raise awareness for your products and services.
Donate items for golf bash goodie bags.


The 21st Annual Blueberry Golf Bash is April 6!

A variety of giveaway items are accepted.
A minimum 150 of each item is needed.

Raffle prizes are accepted, too!

Email business@nactx.com or call 936-560-5533 for more information.

Like to be more involved in the Blueberry Golf Bash?
Sponsorship opportunities are available and team registration is still open.
Limited number of teams may play – click here for more about the tournament and to download the registration form!

Golf Bash committee members at a past goodie bag stuffing party! Have a presence at this year's Blueberry Golf Bash. Donate 150 giveaway items.

Golf Bash committee members at a past goodie bag stuffing party!
Have a presence at this year’s Blueberry Golf Bash. Donate 150 giveaway items.

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Cole Art Center to be open during spring break

The Cole Art Center @ The Old Opera House, Stephen F. Austin State University’s historic downtown art gallery, will be open regular hours during spring break.

Showing in Cole Art Center are the exhibitions “Junko Chodos: Can We Hear Our Own Voice?” and “Peter Sarkisian: Video Works.” “Junko Chodos: Can We Hear Our Own Voice?” features mixed media pieces and large-scale drawings. The show runs through March 25. The Sarkisian exhibition, which features video projections on sculpture, will show through April 21.

The Cole Art Center is located at 329 E. Main St. Regular hours are from 12:30 to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday; from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday; and from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday.

The popular Texas National Competition and Exhibition will open in Cole Art Center Saturday, April 14. The juror’s talk with art critic and author Jed Perl begins at 5 p.m., followed by the opening reception from 6 to 8 p.m., during which time the competition winners will be announced.

Griffith Gallery in the Griffith Fine Arts Building on the SFA campus will be closed during spring break and will reopen Tuesday, March 20. Showing is “Erle Loran (1905-1999): A Modern Artist of the American West,” which features a retrospective of more than 60 works in diverse media, including oil paintings, watercolor, gouache, mixed media drawings and charcoal studies. The Loran show runs through April 14.

Regular Griffith Gallery hours are from 12:30 to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday during fall and spring semesters.

For more information, contact the gallery director at (936) 468-1131 or the front desk at (936) 468-5500.

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Madrid to teach violin, viola in SFA’s Music Preparatory Division

Madrid to teach violin, viola in SFA's Music Preparatory Division

Madrid to teach violin, viola in SFA’s Music Preparatory Division

The Music Preparatory Division of the School of Music at Stephen F. Austin State University has announced the addition of Alba Madrid to its staff of exceptionally talented music educators.

Madrid will teach violin and viola lessons at the Music Prep House, located at 3028 Raguet St. With a bachelor’s degree in music and computer science and a master’s degree in music from the University of Southern Mississippi, Madrid has extensive experience as a teacher and orchestra director, according to Pat Barnett, director of the Music Prep Division.

“We are very fortunate to have Alba joining us at Music Prep,” Barnett said. “She brings a wealth of experience and talent, and we are confident that our students will benefit greatly from her expertise.”

Madrid has directed high school and middle school orchestras, taught applied violin and viola lessons, led sectionals and master classes and overseen music programs for various grade levels at school districts in Edinburg, McAllen and Houston. She maintained an active studio as the violin instructor for the Champaign School of Music in Champaign, Illinois, where she also performed as a member of Sinfonia da Camera, The Champaign-Urbana Symphony Orchestra, the Peoria Symphony Orchestra, the Heartland Festival Orchestra and the Danville Symphony Orchestra.

Madrid is the wife of Dr. Jacob Walburn, assistant professor of trumpet in the SFA School of Music.

Contact the Music Prep office at (936) 468-1291 for more information.

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SFA nursing students to hold event benefiting area hospices

The Stephen F. Austin State University DeWitt School of Nursing will hold a bingo night benefiting area hospices 6 p.m. Tuesday at the DeWitt School of Nursing Complex.

Hosted by fourth semester nursing students, the event gives people “the opportunity to give back to our community and support our elderly and student populations in Nacogdoches,” said Megan Miller, senior nursing student from Fort Worth.

Participants can purchase one bingo card for $2 or three cards for $5 and have a chance to win gift cards and other prizes. Donations will be taken at the event, and proceeds will go to support Hospice in the Pines and Joseph House, a residential facility providing end of life care which compliments hospice services.


By Joanna Armstrong, marketing communications specialist for Stephen F. Austin State University.

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March 6, 2018: NPD Crime Report

This is a complete list of reports responded to by the Nacogdoches Police Department

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