December 19, 2009 RSS feed / News

CodeRed Emergency Notification system coming to East Texas

EastTexas Council of Governments (ETCOG) has contracted with Emergency Communications Network to license its CodeRED high-speed notification solution for East Texas. More...

Jazz Singer Freda Payne gives Ella Fitzgerald tribute

R&B vocalist and jazz singer Freda Payne will perform her jazzy “Tribute to Ella Fitzgerald” on Friday, January 15 at 7:30 p.m. at LeTourneau University’s S.E. Belcher Jr. Chapel and Performance Center, 2100 S. More...

BEANE SPEAKS AT BAYLOR

Ashley Beane, a 1999 KHS graduate and a 2003 Baylor University graduate, will take part in the Baylor graduation exercises Saturday December 19th. Ms. More...

WALMART AND WALMART ASSOCIATES GIVE FOR CHRISTMAS

Misti Scudday, above, officer manager at the Kilgore Crisis Center receives a $1000 check from Walmart Resource Manager Michele kincaid on Thursday. More...

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Christ is the reason Editor, This Christmas season I have been bothered by Christmas being called Xmas and Holiday more than anytime in the past. First, you drive downtown and you see up on a derrick Merry Xmas. More...

KPD fire, police and community members help Crisis Center

Members of the Kilgore Police and Fire Departments donated toys and bicycles to the Kilgore Community Center Wednesday afternoon. More...

KPD REPORTS

Kilgore police department reports the following arrests within the past week: December 11: Richard Anthony Lacy II, 18, Kilgore, public intoxication; Billy John Mason, 51, Kilgore, public intoxication; Earnest Lynn Kenney, 52, Kilgore, warrants, o More...

LIONS SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS

The Kilgore Lions Club were busy working this week on their Annual Christmas project, “Spirit of Christmas”. More...

KHPF holiday book signing on Monday

“Echoes from Forgotten Streets,” the first Kilgore history-photo book by Caleb Pirtle and Terry Stembridge, has been revised, enhanced and reprinted. More...

Donations to the Salvation Army are running behind

Donations to the Salvation Army Red Kettles are running nearly $20,000 behind the amount raised last year in Longview. More...

Texas unemployment rate down in Nov. to 8 percent

The Texas seasonally adjusted unemployment rate declined to 8.0 percent in November, down from 8.3 percent a month ago, and continued to trend well below the U.S. seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for November at 10.0 percent. More...