🌱 Meet Trinity, the Lufkin teen still waiting for her forever family
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In today's newsletter:
- Meet Trinity, the Lufkin teen still waiting for her forever family
Also on today's calendar: ARPC 500-Meter Match April 2026 and 5 more events.
Today's riddle: What did the inventor of the knock-knock joke win? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Friday: Mostly cloudy and very warm, with a high of 87 and low of 68 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Saturday: A shower and thunderstorm, temps: high: 80, low: 51.
- Sunday: Clouds and sun; less humid, with a high of 74 and low of 51 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• ‘I would cry': 15-year-old Trinity awaits her Gift of Love (kltv.com) — A 15-year-old girl named Trinity, featured during a pampering day at Studio 319 Salon in Lufkin, is hoping to find a permanent, loving family. She loves animals, dreams of becoming a veterinarian, and has spent nearly a decade in foster care, wishing for parents who will truly treasure her as their own. 
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Upcoming Events in
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★ Featured events ★
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“The Moors” Theater Production
Temple Theater Box Office, 3500 S First St, Lufkin
7:00 pm
Friday April 17
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Other local events
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Lufkin Creative Art Walk
Downtown Lufkin -
ARPC 500-Meter Match April 2026
Angelina Rifle and Pistol Club , 1438 Rifle Rd , Pollok
9:00 am -
Brick Builders Club
Kurth Memorial Library , 706 S Raguet St , Lufkin
11:00 am -
“The Moors” Theater Production
Temple Theater Box Office , 3500 S First St , Lufkin
7:00 pm -
Cat In The Hat
Temple Theater Box Office , 3500 S First St , Lufkin
3:00 pm -
Women's Networking Luncheon | Athena Award Presentation
Crown Colony Country Club , 900 Crown Colony Drive , Lufkin
11:30 am -
Blood Drive at St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin , 1201 W. Frank , Lufkin
11:00 am
Saturday April 18
Sunday April 19
Tuesday April 21
Wednesday April 22
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Diboll JV Softball @ Huntington
Huntington High School , 952 S Gibson St , Huntington
4:30 pm -
Diboll Varsity Softball @ Huntington
Huntington High School , 952 S Gibson St , Huntington
6:00 pm -
Lufkin Creative Art Walk
Downtown Lufkin -
Nacogdoches Veterans Stand Down
Festival Park , 507 S Pecan St , Nacogdoches
9:00 am
Friday April 17
Saturday April 18
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Driving drunk shatters dreams - for the driver and those they endanger by getting behind the wheel.
Cushing Independent School District students saw that first-hand this month. TxDOT partnered with other public agencies and private companies to host… (Nextdoor ) - This might be an odd question...
but I'm wondering if there are any places that would take donations of used and sanitized baby bottles? (Nextdoor This Way)
- Pilot Travel Centers, LLC posted a job opening for Janitorial Maintenance in Lufkin. Apply here.
- Taco Bell posted a job opening for Shift Manager in Lufkin. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Lufkin here.
🗞 Nearby News
Nacogdoches
- Nacogdoches nonprofit collects donated vegetable scraps to sustainably feed community (kltv.com)
- New Diana's Adkisson has 4 hits, drives in run in SFA win (kltv.com)
- Plant Propagation Featured at SFA Gardens Seminar (gilmermirror.com)
Rusk
- Prep Baseball Roundup: Troup and Brook Hill earn landslide wins (jacksonvilleprogress.com)
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: The NO-BELL prize (Thank you Gina M. for sending it in!)
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