On a recent frigid day in February as I was entering Target to defrost my nose hairs and purchase a designer toilet brush, I noticed that they already had an array of skimpy women’s swimsuits on display, which dredged up some disturbing memories for me.

It turns out there are over 2000 species of lightning bugs, beetles that produce yellow, green or pale red light. As I remember it, those in central Kansas flashed yellow.

Marshall, TX- The Celtics Angels are returning to Marshall for a special St. Patrick’s Day concert!! If you missed the sold-out Christmas show, here’s your chance to see them again. This special engagement is Friday March 20 at 7:30pm at Memorial City Hall, 110 East Houston St. on the square…

Like many Americans allergic to adulting, I often zone out on Facebook when I should be doing something more useful — like scooping the litter box or lecturing my children about the dangers of social media. Inevitably, I come across one of those surveys posted by Facebook users who are probably planning to hack into my account and steal my pet selfies.

Today I’m reading ‘This Tender Land,’ a deliberative story of four orphans — three teenaged boys and a five-year-old girl — who escaped (barely) from an Indian School in South Dakota. It’s a touching story, poignant, sometimes harrowing. It’s about faith in God, faith in friends and faith in…

A long time ago in a toy box far, far away ...

Every now and then, my wife encourages me — REALLY encourages me — to put on pants, get out of the house and go hang out with friends for some “boy” time. After all, I serve as the sole representative of semi-masculinity in a family that includes my wife, three teen daughters, and various female pets who still haven’t forgiven me for having them fixed — the pets, I mean.

Kilgore High School graduate and acclaimed blues guitarist Ally Venable’s 2019 album “Texas Honey” has been named one the of top 20 blues albums of 2019 by an internet blues radio station.

Stroll under the crape myrtles at the World’s Richest Acre Park and you’ll find a cluster of bricks engraved with the names of Kilgore women who’ve been honored through the years as First Lady of Kilgore.

She Who Generally Knows Best calls it The Kilgore U-turn.

Yes, I am one of “those” people.  About thirty minutes after Labor Day has officially ended, I feel a strange compulsion to binge on my mother’s iced sugar cookies shaped like snowmen while listening to Nat King Cole croon about chestnuts.  I usually resist breaking out my collection of “international” Santa figurines–including Las Vegas Santa indulging his gambling addiction on the slots–until after Halloween.  But once I’ve polished off my kids’ trick-or-treat candy, I go into full-out Christmas-prep beast mode.

The Kilgore News Herald has announced the winners of the annual Christmas card contest. Winners are pictured here with representatives from local businesses.

Every day, it seems, the world wide web delivers up a new list of the 25 best gift ideas under $30 or the 50 best tech gifts – priced under $50 – I can still have delivered before Christmas.

Kilgore Improvement & Beautification Association has announced the winners of its 2019 Christmas Lighting contest.

As a child growing up in a small town in Oklahoma, I will never forget the Thanksgiving when my father walked in with complete strangers to join us in a meager Thanksgiving meal.  He announced their incoming as if they were part of the family and after the surprised look on my mother’s face, she quietly started setting the table for the extra guests and trying to figure out if she needed to put one more potato in the pot. We knew nothing about the family other than they needed a place to eat.

East Texas Pipe Organ Festival is announcing a special End-Of-The-Year sale.

Kilgore Public Library hosted an Open House event Friday, Dec. 6. Guests were able to partake in Christmas activities, such as making ornaments and entering a gingerbread house contest.

As a child growing up in a small town in Oklahoma, I will never forget the Thanksgiving when my father walked in with complete strangers to join us in a meager Thanksgiving meal.  He announced their incoming as if they were part of the family and after the surprised look on my mother’s face, she quietly started setting the table for the extra guests and trying to figure out if she needed to put one more potato in the pot. We knew nothing about the family other than they needed a place to eat.

Yes, I am one of “those” people.  About thirty minutes after Labor Day has officially ended, I feel a strange compulsion to binge on my mother’s iced sugar cookies shaped like snowmen while listening to Nat King Cole croon about chestnuts.  I usually resist breaking out my collection of “international” Santa figurines–including Las Vegas Santa indulging his gambling addiction on the slots–until after Halloween.  But once I’ve polished off my kids’ trick-or-treat candy, I go into full-out Christmas-prep beast mode.

Forest Home Baptist Church hosted its annual Drive-Thru Nativity this week, adding new scenes and decorations to the event, which has continued for more than two decades.

There was no heat in the Texan Theater during its first Christmas Movie Marathon two years back but last year, the newly-heated venue was snug and warm during the holiday film fest.

Kilgore Chamber of Commerce presented awards Friday morning to several groups who entered floats in the 2019 annual Kilgore Christmas Parade.

Most of you remember 1986 — Texas Sesquicentennial, the 150th birthday of the Great State of Texas.