Allie Abel

Investigators arrested two men including a former University student accused of burning a Smith country church and believe they may be responsible for the series of church fires and burglaries across East Texas.

Jason Robert Bourque, a 20-year-old former business management major and Daniel George McAllister, 21, of Ben Wheeler remain in the Smith County Jail each on a $10 million bond.

“To God be the glory,” Lt. Tony Dana, of the Smith County Sheriff Department said. “We could not have done it with out Him.”

Heavy snowfall covered Tyler last week leaving behind more than 6 inches of snow. The University cancelled night classes Thursday and all classes on Friday. However, this did not keep students from being on campus. They built snowmen and played in the snow both days.

All the activity kept the University Police Department busy with noise complaints and snowmen duty. Various sources reported several snowmen had to be destroyed because of the sexually explicit nature in which they were created. Mounds of snow blocking pathways also had to be removed.

The ending of World War II in 1945 left behind many Holocaust survivors with historic life experiences and memories that have been preserved through the work of foundations, schools, and museums.

The Echos and Reflections Holocaust Study Tour brings professors from across the United States to educate and provide them with a curriculum they can use in their classrooms. The hope is these educators use the curriculum to teach perspective teachers how to incorporate Holocaust studies into their own curriculum.