April 7, 2010 RSS feed / Front Page

USPS mum on leads to suspect

Mail carriers are ‘on guard’

No comment. As the number of pipe bombs left in East Texas postal collection boxes and other places trickled to a halt this week, authorities remain tightlipped about who they were looking for. More...

Kilgore’s football coach and AD Vallery departs

The Mike Vallery era, which included 14 playoff trips in 15 seasons and a UIL Class 4A state championship, is coming to an end. More...

Daily Digest

DAILY DIGEST

MONDAY TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) meets 5:30-6:30 p.m. Mondays at St. Luke's United Methodist Church. For more info call Linda Myhand at 903-834-6794 or Linda Brotherton at 903-736-8837. TOPS people just love to lose. More...

Sports

’Dogs fall to Wakeland, 2-0

Class 4A’s elite eight included Kilgore High School for the first time, and while the Bulldogs didn’t win, they certainly made a heck of a statement this season. More...

Without question, an era ends

WHAT’S CAUSING ALL THIS?

“Blessed are the simple, for they shall move the ball.” More...

Reaction to Vallery’s departure

“Coach Val and (Vallery’s wife) Miss Wanda have been good friends of mine for a long time, and always will be. Really, my first involvement in the booster club came when he got here. More...

School news

West Rusk students fare well at Rusk project show

Several West Rusk High School FFA students participated in the Rusk County Youth Project Show in Henderson. Students had a chance to show their FFA project or animal, with a chance to sell at the end of the show. More...

'Person of interest' arrested in mail box bombings

TYLER -- A Rusk County man is being held in connection with destructive devices found in postal collection boxes over the past few weeks in East Texas. He was arrested today without incident in Tyler at approximately 11 a.m., according to an anno More...

THE BLUEBIRDS AND THE CONGA LINE

Robin and The Bluebirds were in town for a Friday After 5 performance at the World’s Richest Acre. threatening weather moved it inside, but the show went on. More...

Primo, Stoudt at odds over DPS chopper

Help is on the way in the form of a DPS helicopter to be based at East Texas Regional Airport. More...

KILGOROUND

FIRST THE GOOD news: It is not yet April 15. NOW the bad news: It’s pretty doggone close. +++ THE LOSS OF a child always seems such a tragedy. OUR hearts go out to the family of Jacovan Savoie. +++ More...

News

POLICE REPORT

The following arrests were made by the Kilgore Police Department. March 29 Devin Alexander Arthur, 22, of Tatum, on a charge of public intoxication. Travis Lee Bronner, 34, of Kilgore, on two local warrants. More...

QuickBooks course to be offered

Kilgore College Small Business Development Center (SBDC) will host two QuickBooks courses for small business owners and managers titled "Quick- Books for Small Business Owners and Managers” (Level One and Level Two). More...

Strait shepherding electronic calendar of events start-up

LOCAL MAN RIDES THE DIGITAL WAVE

The To-Do list on the desk is written in red ink and the page is full. Mark Strait is a busy man since the creation and launch of East Texas’ first local events search engine, www.theGOspot.com, last October. More...

Obituaries

JOYCE CLARK

Services for Joyce Clark, 73, of Kilgore are 10:00 a.m. Thursday, April 8, 2010 at Highland Park Baptist Church with Reverend Riley Pippen officiating. Burial will follow in Rusk County Memorial Gardens Cemetery. Mrs. More...

DORIS JANTZ

Graveside services for Doris Jantz, 87 of Kilgore, formerly of Mesquite, will be 3 p.m. Thursday, April 8, 2010 at Chapel Hill Cemetery in Clinton Oklahoma. Reverend Roland Youngberg will officiate. More...

JEREMIAH FORTSON

Funeral services for Jeremiah Fortson, 80, of Dallas, formerly of Kilgore, will be held Wednesday, April 7, 2010 at 11:00 a.m. at Mt. Moriah Baptist Church with Pastor Tomas Jones, Jr. officiating. More...