A public meeting to discuss the future of a senior nutrition program serving people in 14 East Texas counties drew interest from several different organizations. The East Texas Council of Governments-Area Agency on Aging held the meeting Tuesday at its headquarters in Kilgore. More than a dozen people attended, including News Room

About 1 in 5 Adults in East Texas are deemed “food insecure”.  That means they simply don’t have enough to eat.  And that number is even higher for children. Thankfully there are school lunch programs during the year to at least provide one good nutritious meal during the week while News Room

Maudesta Moore said she had spent most of her summer watching the shows her grandbabies wanted to watch when she decided to turn on the morning news and saw that the East Texas Food Bank would be kicking off its annual Summer Backpack Program. Moore said she was planning to News Room

For the fifth year, kids in Tyler will have food for the weekends throughout the summer thanks to a summer backpack program. While the East Texas Food Bank’s Summer Feeding Program covers kids Monday through Friday, their annual backpack program provides kids with food for the weekend. “You can imagine, News Room

The East Texas Food Bank today announced a new grant from the Morgan Stanley Foundation to support the food bank’s fresh produce program. The funds will be used to increase the food bank’s ability to access, transport and store fresh produce and provide fruits and vegetables for families in need. News Room

Nexstar Media Group, the parent company of KETK and Fox51, celebrated its 23rd birthday Monday. We call it Founder’s Day. But rather than celebrating with cake and ice cream and getting presents, we give the gifts by donating time to our community. For years, we have donated our time to East News Room