http://www.commercejournal.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:50:00 +0000 http://www.commercejournal.com/features/local_story_192155210.html http://www.commercejournal.com/features/local_story_192155210.html Some may wonder how a Harvard Ph.D. who was reared in Michigan ended up in Commerce, but Dr. Kathryn Jacobs’ journey from the Midwest to the East Coast to East Texas is partly luck, according to this professor of English at Texas A and M University-Commerce. Thu, 08 May 2008 17:51:00 +0000 http://www.commercejournal.com/features/local_story_129175340.html http://www.commercejournal.com/features/local_story_129175340.html Aviation pioneer Jeana Yeager has donated the memorabilia from her record-setting Voyager flight to Texas A and M University-Commerce. Thu, 01 May 2008 16:14:00 +0000 http://www.commercejournal.com/features/local_story_122161545.html http://www.commercejournal.com/features/local_story_122161545.html The Commerce Schools Educational Enrichment Foundation received a $50,000 pledge from Lowell H. Lebermann, a Commerce ISD alumnus who resides in Austin. Thu, 03 Apr 2008 12:26:00 +0000 http://www.commercejournal.com/features/local_story_094122736.html http://www.commercejournal.com/features/local_story_094122736.html Her whole world fell apart when Mary Halsell, a resident of Pecan Gap, a city 20 miles away from Commerce, was diagnosed with lumpectomy, a most common form of breast cancer in September of 1975. Mon, 17 Mar 2008 17:06:00 +0000 http://www.commercejournal.com/features/local_story_077170704.html http://www.commercejournal.com/features/local_story_077170704.html Two Texas A and M University-Commerce professors in the Department of Political Science have topped off distinguished careers with the titles of Professor Emeritus. Thu, 14 Feb 2008 13:06:00 +0000 http://www.commercejournal.com/features/local_story_045130815.html http://www.commercejournal.com/features/local_story_045130815.html Cold weather, hot comedy!The University Playhouse at Texas A and M University-Commerce presents “The Underpants” by Steve Martin later this month. Mon, 04 Feb 2008 17:24:00 +0000 http://www.commercejournal.com/features/local_story_035172619.html http://www.commercejournal.com/features/local_story_035172619.html Due in large part to the generosity of Greenville businessman Jack Finney, Texas A and M University-Commerce will soon have a new building in which to continue to make beautiful music. Thu, 17 Jan 2008 16:09:00 +0000 http://www.commercejournal.com/features/local_story_017161045.html http://www.commercejournal.com/features/local_story_017161045.html This year Commerce High School has chosen to take part in the season of giving by participating in Angel Tree. (A charity project that helps young children experience the true meaning of Christmas, by receiving extra gifts that they may not have gotten, making the holiday season more special.) In Mrs. Rose’s room a tree was set up with angels on it, each 3rd period class was asked to pick an angel and purchase gifts for it. Fri, 11 Jan 2008 11:48:00 +0000 http://www.commercejournal.com/features/local_story_011115056.html http://www.commercejournal.com/features/local_story_011115056.html GREENVILLE — The new year ushers in a new era for one Hunt County charity. Fri, 21 Dec 2007 17:02:00 +0000 http://www.commercejournal.com/features/local_story_355170348.html http://www.commercejournal.com/features/local_story_355170348.html Commerce native and basketball enthusiast Tony Henry has made his mark on this East Texas community, with only high aspirations for the future remaining. Thu, 29 Nov 2007 16:08:00 +0000 http://www.commercejournal.com/features/local_story_333161016.html http://www.commercejournal.com/features/local_story_333161016.html Driving down I-30 in his blue 1990 Honda with more than 288,000 miles, listening to law books on tape, Rick Kreminski is hoping that he is not going to have a flat tire. Thu, 08 Nov 2007 14:57:00 +0000 http://www.commercejournal.com/features/local_story_312145913.html http://www.commercejournal.com/features/local_story_312145913.html For some, it’s like hunting for treasure that has been cast off by other people. For the members of the Presbyterian Hospital of Commerce Auxiliary, it’s a way to help the hospital purchase new equipment and furnishings that make it a brighter and better place. Fri, 02 Nov 2007 01:04:00 +0000 http://www.commercejournal.com/features/local_story_306010450.html http://www.commercejournal.com/features/local_story_306010450.html Fri, 19 Oct 2007 11:57:00 +0000 http://www.commercejournal.com/features/local_story_292115927.html http://www.commercejournal.com/features/local_story_292115927.html Leigh Ann Gibson, 24, sits at the computer anxiously waiting to chat on-line with her husband, Patrick, who is serving on the frontlines in Iraq. Her two children clamber onto her lap, fighting over who gets to talk to Daddy first. Exhausted because she’s seven months pregnant, this is the best part of Gibson’s day — reconnecting with the love of her life. Fri, 05 Oct 2007 17:25:00 +0000 http://www.commercejournal.com/features/local_story_278172607.html http://www.commercejournal.com/features/local_story_278172607.html Texas A and M University-Commerce received an original letter signed by Sam Rayburn, the university’s most prominent alumnus and speaker of the United States House of Representatives for 17 years, from the members of Delta Tau Delta Fraternity.