To traffic engineers and Main Street planners, those new corner-crowding curbs downtown are "neck downs." To the Chamber of Commerce, they represent the horns of a dilemma and the chamber is standing right on top of them. More...
Music from the Golden Age of Radio, followed by Southern gospel and contemporary Christian music, will highlight this month's "Thursday in the Patch" program Sept. 17 in downtown Kilgore. The popular show, which is open to the public free of charge, is sponsored by Kilgore Historical Preservation Foundation. Performance will begin at 7:30 p.m. More...
Suzie Humphreys, Texas humorist and longtime Dallas radio personality, now retired, will bring her own brand of humor to town on Saturday to raise money for the Kilgore Community Crisis Center. "Lipstick, Laughter and Life: Women's Day in Kilgore" kicks off Saturday at 1 p.m. in Dodson Auditorium. Doors open at noon. More...
THURSDAY THURSDAY IN THE PATCH on Sept. 17 will feature Debbie Dane, John Whitehead and Mark Fried in concert at the World's Richest Acre, downtown Kilgore. Sponsored by the Kilgore Historical Preservation Foundation, the concert is free. Bring your lawn chairs. From 7:30-8 p.m. John and Debbie will sing a variety of favorite tunes. More...
Kilgore Acro Flyers gymnastics group and friends got together at City Park Saturday morning in an attempt to make it into the Guinness Book of World Records. The record was to do three consecutive cartwheels by a group, which consisted of 25 participants. After completion, each participant received a certificate. More...
It was something of a hybrid event, partly "connived" by loving relatives and the rest perhaps attributable to a perfect alignment of the stars--or at least a coincidence of the calendar. Now, several days removed from Labor Day, on which fell my 72nd birthday, I can better objectify the observance. More...
Defending champ Crouch won last title back in 1942
Meadowbrook Country Club has always embraced its rich history, which dates back to the early days of the city of Kilgore itself. So perhaps it's only fitting that the club's new idea for a tournament is actually an old one. More...
Kilgore police worked 83 calls and made 10 arrests between 12:01 a.m. Friday and midnight Sunday. Friday's calls included: one DWI; two suspicious activities; one for unauthorized use of a motor vehicle; one theft; one suspicious vehicle; one for indecency with a child; one motor vehicle accident with no reported injuries; one disturbance; one for telephone harassment; More...
Graveside services for Mr. Charles Ervin Osborne, Sr., 79, of Kilgore will be held Friday, September 18, 2009, at 2 p.m. at Kilgore Cemetery with Reverend Darwood Galaway officiating. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Thursday from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. Mr. Osborne passed away Sunday in a Longview hospital. More...
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