Morris College News

KYTX CBS 19 Tyler Longview News Weather SportsTyler Junior College to reach out to Lon Morris students for summer study - Hundreds of seniors lined up for an academic awards ceremony Sunday morning at Booker T. Washington High School.

Proctor & Gamble says it will change the design of packaging for its miniature laundry detergent product to deter children from eating the brightly colored packets that look like candy.

Empty security vehicles sat in a parking lot, and students shuffled in and out of the Wilson Administration Building, some checking on transcripts, talking with employees or trying to get into their locked dorms, which they must be out of today.

Just weeks after the semester wrapped for an East Texas junior college, faculty and staff learned via email they had been laid off.

The Louisiana Department of Education will release the 2012 Spring test results Wednesday afternoon at a news conference in Jefferson Parish.

John Kroll, a Lon Morris trustee and economist with the firm Haley Romero Winick & Kroll Inc., said today that employees haven't been terminated, as has been reported in other media outlets, but "a great number of employees" have been furloughed as the school goes through reorganization over the next 30 to 60 days.

The Texas Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church is taking steps to help Lon Morris College amid its struggle for survival.

There's no turning back for the Rev. Richard Crump, pastor at both Little Beaver Dam and Renwick Grove Baptist churches.

By KELLY GOOCH Staff Writer Lon Morris College plans to seek assistance from a reorganization firm in order to secure long-term stability.

Smyrna-Vinings seniors will be graduating in the coming weeks and some of their best and brightest have accepted scholarships to help pave the way to college.

What: Tops In Texas Rodeo When: 7 p.m. May 16-19 Where: Rodeo arena off College Avenue behind Lon Morris College in Jacksonville Tickets are $9. Active military and veterans get in free May 16.