{"id":277703,"date":"2026-05-04T01:40:20","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T01:40:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/277703\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T01:40:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T01:40:20","slug":"east-texas-officer-completes-46-mile-run-to-support-local-students-graduation-celebrations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/277703\/","title":{"rendered":"East Texas officer completes 46-mile run to support local students&#8217; graduation celebrations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">One Palestine police officer took on a unique 46-mile challenge on Sunday to support local students and their graduation celebration.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Officer Miguel Varnado ran from the Palestine Police Department to the Tyler Police Department South Substation as part of an effort called \u201cRun for a Reason.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The run was aimed at raising funds for the Palestine Independent School District\u2019s Project Graduation program.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">According to a post from the department, Varnado undertook the run not for recognition but to benefit local students. Project Graduation helps provide high school seniors with a safe and memorable celebration as they reach a major milestone.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cWe are proud to stand behind Officer Varnado for his dedication, his heart, and his commitment to this community \u2014 on and off duty,\u201d the department said in its announcement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Community members were encouraged to show support along the route by waving, honking or offering words of encouragement. Donations to the cause were also accepted through <a data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo?fbid=1498592445644269&amp;set=a.222448219925371\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:digital payment platforms promoted by the department.;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">digital payment platforms promoted by the department.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Organizers said every mile of the run was dedicated to local students and their future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One Palestine police officer took on a unique 46-mile challenge on Sunday to support local students and their&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":277704,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[102630,102632,102631,102633,27,29,28,102629],"class_list":["post-277703","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-miguel-varnado","tag-palestine-independent-school-district","tag-palestine-police","tag-project-graduation","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news","tag-tyler-police-department-south-substation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277703","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=277703"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277703\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/277704"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=277703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=277703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=277703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}