Mark Haslett
News DirectorMark Haslett has served at KETR since 2013. Since then, the station's news operation has enjoyed an increase in listener engagement and audience metrics, as well recognition in the Texas AP Broadcasters awards. Before coming to Northeast Texas, Haslett worked for High Plains Public Radio in Amarillo, where he worked as News Director and later as Director of Programming. His work has been broadcast on KERA, KCUR and other public radio stations, as well as the NPR Newscast. Haslett has also worked as an editor and reporter in both news and sports at newspapers in the Southwest and Midwest. Haslett developed a passion for radio as a youth, when he helped his father, a program host at (now-defunct) WRBC-AM in Jackson, Miss.
Haslett's other professional interests include teaching and massage therapy. He holds a master's degree from the Department of Literature and Languages at Texas A&M University-Commerce and has taught English as a Foreign Language in Campeche, Mexico. Haslett earned a B.A. in English from Tufts University in Medofrd, Mass. He is also a Licensed Massage Therapist and is a graduate of The Lauterstein-Conway Massage School in Austin.
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City Manager Howdy Lisenbee provides some updates on several city projects and also discusses housing developments. -
The Hunt County Sheriff's Office plans to file criminal charges.
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A new Texas A&M University System campus is coming to Fort Worth.
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Clinics across Texas have begun administering the pediatric version of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine.
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The Commerce High School Roaring Tiger Band is scheduled to compete in the 2021 UIL Class 3A State Marching Contest at the Alamodome in San Antonio Wednesday.
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Most of Hunt County moves into the Texas 3rd Congressional District under new maps drawn by the Texas Legislature and approved by Gov. Greg Abbott.
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Texas A&M University-Commerce athletics will begin competing in the Southland Conference in 2022. In football, the move means the Lions will compete in the NCAA Division 1 Football Championship Subdivision.
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Texas Republicans today unveiled a map of proposed congressional districts that would move Commerce and Greenville from the 4th Congressional District to the 3rd.
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