RUSK COUNTY, Texas (KETK)– As we continue to celebrate 250 years of America, KETK News is learning more about the science that has protected the United States from tragedy. Nearly 100 years ago, in ...

NEW LONDON, Texas (KETK) — Members of the New London community will gather Wednesday to honor the nearly 300 lives lost in one of the deadliest school disasters in U.S. history. On March 18, 1937, an ...

NEW LONDON, Texas — Wednesday marks the anniversary of the 1937 New London School explosion, one of the deadliest school disasters in U.S. history, remembering the nearly 300 students and teachers who ...

89 years since New London school explosion |The Backstory A gas explosion ripped through the school in New London, killing nearly 300 children and their teachers.

RUSK COUNTY, Texas (KLTV) - March 18, 1937 started as a normal school day for students of New London. As the day winded down, a shop teacher, Lemmie Butler, went to turn on an electric sander in his ...