March 10, 2010 RSS feed / Front Page

Annual KIBA banquet to cite top ‘beautifiers’

And the winner is … The Kilgore Improvement and Beautification Association. KIBA will hold its own Oscars April 13. The public is invited to the 2010 KIBA awards banquet. Tickets are available at the Kilgore Chamber of Commerce. More...

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Sports

Anahuac upsets Sabine

For the second straight season, the Sabine High School basketball team ended its season in the regional tournament, falling 63-59 to Anahuac last Friday night at Floyd Wagstaff Gymnasium, on the campus of Tyler Junior College. More...

Tourney helps KHS improve, coach says

Kilgore High School softball coach Cassie Newell will be the first to admit the young season has not been a cakewalk. More...

Ladies lose to Paris

A third game against Paris Junior College came right down to the wire again, but another close loss to Paris had its consequences, this time ending the 2009-10 season for the Kilgore College Lady Rangers. More...

School news

Sabine ISD set to award contract for construction manager on field house

Sabine ISD is about to choose a construction manager for the new field house. More...

NEW: 5-year-old dies after being hit by pickup early Thursday

A second youngster suffered minor injuries; a third was not hit

 Kilgore police department issued the following peress release this morning.   More...

Primo renews objection to funding

Commissioner, judge at odds over handling of inter-local agreement

With over $3.5 million worth of road-building equipment in the county’s parking lot, Pct. 2 Gregg County Commissioner Darryl Primo finds it downright weird that the county gives the city of Longview a check for road maintenance each year. More...

Ballots set for school, city voting

Kilgore almost made it through the election season without an election. Local businessman Ronnie Spradlin, a member of the city council, drew a challenger Monday afternoon in his bid to fill the unexpired term of Mayor Joe T. Parker. More...

KILGOROUND

SOME OF YOU won’t get around to reading your Saturday paper until Sunday. FOR your benefit, this reminder: Most of the nation goes back to Daylight Saving Time at 2 a.m. Sunday. More...

News

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

It’s time now for health care reform Editor, Today, the United States faces a health care crisis. It is not new, but it is real. And it is growing More...

DPS awaiting blood tests in Hwy 31 fatality

An Overton woman struck and killed by a passing motorist in front of a club on Highway 31 may have intended to end her life. More...

KC Wind Symphony concert is 7:30 p.m. Thursday night

The Kilgore College Department of Music and Dance will present the KC Wind Symphony in its first major concert of the spring semester. The free concert is set for 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 11, in Dodson Auditorium on the Kilgore campus. More...

Obituaries

GRACE ANN ROSE SHORE

Memorial services for Grace Ann Rose Shore will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Friday, March 12, 2010, at Longview’s First United Methodist Church with Rev. David Lindwall and Rev. Steve Ditmore officiating. More...

ELIZABETH ANN BROWN

Graveside services for Elizabeth Brown, 68, of Kilgore, formerly of Longview were held Tuesday, March 9, 2010 at White Cemetery, Longview. Mrs. Brown died Saturday, March 6, 2010 in Longview. More...

DEBBIE MANKER

Visitation services for Debbie Manker, 58, of Kilgore will be Thursday, March 11, 2010 from 6 to 7 p.m. at Rader Funeral Home in Kilgore. Mrs. Manker passed away Sunday, March 7, 2010 in Longview. Debbie was born June 16, 1951 in Kilgore. More...