Shawn Spino, above, worked most of the day yesterday screwing in light bulbs. Spino was raised and lowered on a platform with the help of Kirk Jenkins. More...
Gregg County commissioners voted this week to delay any further decisions concerning the future of a proposed coliseum adjacent to the Maude Cobb Activity Center in Longview The decision came after Longview officials presented updated cost estimates on the project The venue is slated to seat more than 4,000 to 6,000 people for number of events, More...
Secret Service looking after Renegade, Renaissance
By NANCY BENAC Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) — Trailblazer and Tempo are making way for Renegade and Renaissance. Yes, there even is a presidential transition for Secret Service code names, which anyway are anything but secret in loose-lips Washington. More...
Texas Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst greets Pudge Griffin, left, and Jill and Reese Nichols, right. Dewhurst was in Kilgore last night to visit with supporters at the home of Amber and James Abel. More...
BOGALUSA, La. (AP) — Hattie Dillon got a first-hand taste of the racial hatred that gripped this city in the 1960s when a metal bolt flung by someone in an angry crowd gashed her head as she marched for civil rights. On Wednesday, sitting on her front porch just off Main Street, the 61-year-old who is black said Bogalusa is better now. More...
DEAR ABBY: I am a licensed psychologist and the director of a small counseling center at a liberal arts college. Part of my duties include answering emergency calls from students who are in crisis. A local coed apparently has been regularly giving out my cell phone number to young men she meets in bars whom she does not want to reject on the spot. More...
Kilgore travels to Marshall to face Mavericks in a winner-take-all contest
first playoff game of the 2008 season pits Kilgore High School against Marshall. After all, the two teams, former district rivals, have decided plenty of history and made plenty of it in the last five years, and often had to go around each other to do it. More...
Funeral Services for Mack D. Hartsell, 83, of Tyler will be held Friday, Nov. 14, 2008, at 9:30 a.m. at Glenwood Church of Christ in Tyler with Mr. Jeff Christian officiating. Family graveside services will follow at 3 p.m. in Smyrna Cemetery in Bloomburgwith Mr. Don Hartsell officiating. More...
Bamberg celebrates 100 years in Kilgore 