A pontoon boat rests on dry ground at Lake Cherokee. All of East Texas finished 2005 twenty or more inches below normal annual rainfall and, as a result, lakes and farm ponds are lower than they’ve been in years. State water officials have asked rural water supply corporations to begin looking to th More...
The possibility of constructing a railroad spur in Synergy Park to help entice an industrial prospect to Kilgore tops the agenda for Tuesday’s city commission meeting. More...
Think back to that first new car and remember the excitement of owning a new vehicle. Remember the smell of the interior, the first drive on the road home and the pride you felt as you pulled it into the garage for the first time? More...
WASHINGTON (AP) Dissatisfied with the nation's direction, Americans are leaning toward wanting a change in which political party leads Congress – preferring that Democrats take control, an AP-Ipsos poll found. Democrats are favored over Republicans 49 percent to 36 percent. More...
YOU READ that right... WHEN you report for duty on Monday postage for a first class letter will be 39 cents, up from 37. And postage on postcards — does anyone still use postcards for personal correspondence anymore? — will be up also. More...
Amanda Nobles, director of Kilgore Economic Development Corporation, told Kilgore Lions Club members this week that SuperGen could provide a significant boost to the East Texas economy. More...
Except for fans who love to hate the University of Texas Longhorns, the 2006 Rose Bowl game was perhaps the most exciting collegiate game ever played on the national stage. More...
DEVELOPMENTAL Cherokee County In a lease 23.6 miles north from Rusk, Windsor Energy Group LLC is preparing to drill the McElroy A Well No. 4. The well will bottom at a depth of 12,050-feet in a Wildcat Field. The well will lie in the Gee, E Survey, A-20. This well may also be drilled in the Overto More...
DETROIT (AP) — Automakers are rolling out several new hybrids at this year's North American International Auto Show as hybrid sales continue to grow at a phenomenal pace. But consumers are finding out that hybrids are more expensive and may save less fuel than they thought, which could put the bra More...
New Year’s Eve celebrations around the world were marked with firework displays, laughing, yelling, kissing and dancing. As I watched the news coverage I wondered, “Why are all these different cultures from around the world celebrating the same thing?” The only thing I could conclude is “hope.” Eve More...
The Kilgore Garden Club held the "Beauty of Christmas" luncheon on Dec. 1, at the home of Peggy Bowne. Kalynn Harrison was cohostess for the day. The regular business meeting was dispensed with . More...
It was another disappointing night on Friday for the Kilgore High School basketball program, with both teams falling to Marshall, the Lady Bulldogs falling on the road and the boys losing at home. More...
Funeral services for Oliva “Mama” Spain, 96, of Kilgore were 2 p.m. Saturday at the chapel of Rader Funeral Home Kilgore, with Rev. Rusty Silvertooth officiating. Burial followed in Kilgore Memorial Gardens. Mrs. Spain passed away Thursday, Jan.5, 2006 in a local nursing center. More...
Livestock producers have been following the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Animal Identification System evolve over the last several months. The Texas Animal Health Commission will be in charge of the national program in the state of Texas. During the recent legislative session, the Tex More...
Tiffany Crutcher, 25, of Kilgore graduated from U.T. Southwestern Medical School in Dallas on Dec. 11 as a physicians assistant. Crutcher is married to Jason Crutcher of Kilgore and the daughter of Ron and Cindy Owen of Kilgore. Crutcher was a graduate of Kilgore HIgh School in 1998 and went on to a More...
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