“It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.”

Beginning yesterday, Kilgore College Risk Management Institute will distribute safety supplies, including hand sanitizer and face coverings, to students and faculty as a demonstration of the college’s commitment to helping East Texas employees stay safe.

Houston St. just west of Willow Springs Rd will be closed today, said Mat Kronner, City of Kilgore Assistant Director of Public Works, on Monday. The road closure began Tuesday, as a utility contractor makes repairs to the sanitary sewer line. The easiest route for traffic to avoid this clos…

“Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.”

The City of Kilgore will conduct its normal monthly siren test Wednesday, Oct 14 at noon. If you hear the siren on that day, there is no emergency unless otherwise indicated by the city.

Kilgoreites and their furry friends gathered at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church Saturday for the annual Blessing of the Animals ceremony.

“Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall.”

Arbor Grace of Kilgore hosted an open house event this week to invite members of the community to tour a recently-completed 20,000 square-foot expansion at the facility.

“He that can have patience can have what he will.”

Some people just do good things, and there are no strings attached – they just help.

Noted local philanthropist and Kilgore College alum Mike Clements has a motto that he distinctly stands by: “When life becomes about everyone else and not about you, great things can be accomplished.”

It seems there will one day be another bridge over U.S. Highway 259 connecting the Kilgore College campus.

“Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost.”

Intermittent rain showers for a second straight year during the Kilgore High School homecoming parade didn’t dampen the spirits of KHS band members, athletes and the 2020 homecoming court as they marched through downtown Kilgore Thursday.

Kilgore College trustees voted to adopt a leaner budget and an unchanged tax rate at a regular board meeting Monday night.

“Friendship improves happiness and abates misery, by the doubling of our joy and the dividing of our grief.”

The Kilgore City Council voted unanimously at Tuesday's meeting to nominate Jeff Stone, General Manager of Skeeter Boats, to the Kilgore Economic Development Corporation board of directors.

“Take care of all your memories. For you cannot relive them.”

The Kilgore Police Department, in coordination with multiple law enforcement agencies, conducted a major operation locally this week, netting several arrests related to organized criminal activity.

Lordy, lordy, look who’s 40: it’s the East Texas Oil Museum at Kilgore College, believe it or not.

“In the realm of ideas everything depends on enthusiasm... in the real world all rests on perseverance.”

Classes at Kilgore ISD have now been back in session for just over a week and, at a Monday night school board meeting, district faculty and staff discussed how things are going across campuses in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The East Texas Police Academy (ETPA) at Kilgore College will offer highly specialized training courses at no cost to local law enforcement officers to improve gas pump skimmer enforcement and prevention of stolen credit/debit card information caused by the compromised devices.

“Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there some day.”