Edom News

Hear this, you who trample on the needy and bring the poor of the land to an end, saying, "When will the new moon be over, that we may sell grain? And the Sabbath, that we may offer wheat for sale, that we may make the ephah small and the shekel fantastic and deal deceitfully with fake balances, that we may buy the poor for silver and the needy for ...

Israel today is a tinderbox in the Middle East. Furthermore, approximately 2600 years ago, a prophet by the name of Ezekiel prophesied that like the ancient Edomites, another Arab group would arise and seek to form a nation within the nation of Israel.

Area firefighters from multiple departments were scrambling to respond to at least two church fires within three miles of each other in Smith County on Monday night - the latest in a rash of East Texas church fires, many of which have been ruled arsons.

The community of Edom received a special Christmas gift this year. Ambulance service will be available locally beginning February 1. This is a significant change for the people of the area, that have grown accustomed to lengthy waits due to the nearest ambulance being stationed 13 miles from downtown Edom, and several miles farther for the large ...

Janet Griffin, 63, a semi-retired businesswoman and grandmother of six, always voted Republican, always followed politics from a distance and felt she was informed about candidates and the political process.

Doug and Beth Brown will bring about 500 pottery pieces to the Randy Brodnax and Friends Christmas Show.

A motorcyclist died late last week as the result of a crash which happened November 4, 1.7 miles southeast of Edom on State Highway 64.

Plagued by snakes sent to punish them for their ceaseless complaining, the Israelites were told to look at a bronze statue of a snake to be saved from the serpents.

Van Zandt County sheriff's officials are trying to sort out details surrounding a woman and two married men she was allegedly dating after one of the men was fatally stabbed and the other jailed on murder charges.

A nationwide shortage of the influenza vaccine is behind the cancellation of several Texas Department of State Health Services' flu shot clinics.

Obadiah is a short little book, in fact the shortest in the Old Testament. It is twenty-one verses in one chapter.

The Texas Department of State Health Services Region 4/5 North will be conducting seasonal flu shot community clinics in Van Zandt County on the following dates and locations: Grand Saline: Oct.

Mary Heines of Tyler was honored with a certificate for 50 years of service to the Daughters of the Republic of Texas at the District IV meeting held in Hemphill on Aug.

Nekropole at Petra The site of Petra has been inhabited since very ancient times.

Terry Jones of Jewitt says it was boredom that drove him to the craft of metal arts.