Don and Jan Maxwell often celebrate the safe return of East Texas military personnel. They even helped organize a support group, East Texas Military Families. More...
Kilgore Economic Development Corporation directors voted Monday to reward an existing company with almost $600,000 in incentives for a multi-million investment here. KEDC will pay Halliburton Energy Services $300,000 for investing a total of $85. More...
TUESDAY THE WHITE ELEPHANT resale shop at the train depot on Commerce Street is open from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. every Tuesday. Proceeds benefit the Kilgore Improvement & Beautification Association. Donations welcomed. More...
LONGVIEW — A total of 72 indictments were returned by the Grand Jury of the 188th District Court in Gregg County during its session of Aug. 26-27. Twentyfour of the indictments were sealed because there were no arrests at the time of the indictments. More...
CIVIC GARDEN CLUB will meet 9:30 a.m. Sept. 9 at the Community House. Yearbooks will be distributed and an overview of the club's programs for the coming year will be presented. More...
DEAR ABBY: My husband, "Adam," and I bought a lovely, secluded home in the country. We have no children, and our nearest neighbor is a half-mile away. Now it seems like my husband plans to spend the rest of his life in the nude. He loves it and often tells me how "relaxing" it feels. I must admit his temperament has improved. More...
JUNIOR COLLEGE FOOTBALL / TEXAS' SWJCFC VS. THE KANSAS JAYHAWK CONFERENCE
Kilgore College came up on the short end of its 2009 opener, but came within one or two plays of knocking off the No. 15 team in the nation in their own stadium. And now, they'll take an early break. Coach J.J. Eckert and the Rangers opened the '09 season at 15th-ranked Fort Scott (Kan. More...
Glenn Wilburn Johnson, 65, passed away August 27, 2009. He was born in Kilgore, Texas, on July 18, 1944. Glenn graduated from Kilgore College and moved to Houston to start his engineering career. He worked in engineering for 44 years in Houston. More...
Ten GED students will receive laptop computers Friday from state grant Ten General Education Degree (GED) graduates will receive a laptop computer thanks to a grant from the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. The laptop presentation is set for 1 p.m. Friday, Sept. 4, in the Learning Center at Kilgore College-Longview. More...
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