A career and technical student from Kilgore won one of the nation’s highest awards at the 2022 SkillsUSA Championships, held in Atlanta, on June 22-23.
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“The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.”
Community members are organizing a benefit run later this month to support a Sabine High School student who is battling cancer.
KILGORE — Dreams came true on Thursday for a few recent Kilgore High School graduates as they made the team for the 83rd line of the Kilgore College Rangerettes.
Dale Hedrick, a Kilgore man who has worked for years to repeal a Rusk County school tax he describes as unfair, asked KISD school board members to use revenue from the tax to create a scholarship fund for students who live in Rusk County and graduate from Kilgore High School.
A local alliance of clergy and police officers has pledged their support to Kilgore ISD to help make students, teachers, school staff and campuses safer in the event of an emergency.
“Without deep reflection one knows from daily life that one exists for other people.”
Laird Memorial Hospital was one of the most recognizable Kilgore landmarks for decades and is now being transformed into the Roy H. Laird Regional Medical Health Sciences Education Center, called by city officials the most significant local building project in the city’s history.
“Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.”
The Texas Education Agency has released spring 2022 State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness results for end-of-course (EOC) assessments. The results include assessments in Algebra I, English I, English II, Biology and U.S History.
Kilgore High School students, staff, friends and family of student Karlee Menges gathered at the high school campus early Monday morning to give Menges a send-off in style.
Kilgore is the site of Gov. Greg Abbott's next Governor’s Small Business Series.
“Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything beautiful, for beauty is God’s handwriting.”
“Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive.”
For the second time in its history, Sabine High School has won the 3A UIL Academic State Championship.
To continue celebrating local history this summer, the Kilgore College East Texas Oil Museum is hosting an art exhibit by seventh-graders from the UT Tyler University Academy (UTTUA).
“If the path be beautiful, let us not ask where it leads.”
To continue celebrating local history this summer, the Kilgore College East Texas Oil Museum is hosting an art exhibit by seventh-graders from the UT Tyler University Academy (UTTUA).
Kilgore ISD’s summer meal program takes place all June.
“Well done is better than well said.”
The last of the old turf at R.E. St. John Memorial Stadium was rolled up Monday as the surface is being prepped for continued renovations. The resurfacing of the playing field and new turf is part of scheduled maintenance that was not included in the 2021 bond renovations, but was scheduled …
Kilgore College has named 587 students to its spring 2022 president’s and dean’s lists.
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“Zeal is a volcano, the peak of which the grass of indecisiveness does not grow.”
The Kilgore Lions Club honored two Kilgore High School students at a recent meeting for earning recognition as Students of the Month for May. Students receive the awards based on their academic performance, extracurricular activities and individual achievements.
Kilgore College will host two technology camps this summer for middle school and high school-age students: the KC Coding Camp and the KC Streaming Media Camp.
Alex Chavez has the physical tools to make football coaches take notice, and they did.
“Give light and people will find the way.”
Kilgore ISD board member Joe Parker was honored at last Monday’s school board meeting for his years of service to the school district.
Kilgore ISD school board members applauded and recognized the top 10 honor graduates of the class of 2022 in front of friends, family and fellow students at an end-of-the-year meeting last week.
Seniors of West Rusk High School celebrated the end of an era last Friday during the schools 2022 graduation ceremony.
Leverett’s Chapel Class of 2022 picked up their diplomas at commencement exercises held in the campus auditorium Tuesday evening.
“Small things, done consistently, add up to big things in the long run.”
The Kilgore High School Class of 2022 had a busy end to their school career, first taking part in the annual Senior Walk across the district's campuses and then the annual Senior Breakfast.
Students at Chandler Elementary School were greeted with a last day surprise at the morning drop-off: Their teachers dressed up in inflatable costumes.
The Kilgore High School graduating class of 2022 received their diplomas at R.E. St. John Stadium Friday night, embarking on the next journey in their lives with fanfare, cheering crowds and a small return to normalcy after years of socially distanced commencement exercises.
Kilgore ISD school board members swore in three trustees at Monday’s meeting, two of them returning for another term and another joining the board for the first time.
“Every day brings new choices.”
Sabine Middle School has announced its students of the month. They are, back row, Cora Cline, Bailey Pierce, Madison Pierce, Gaby Resendiz, Dakota Wick, Marley Matthews, Hannah Hampton, Cooper Sampson, Heather Phelps, Adam Loftis, front row, Breanna Hill, Sadie Loftis and Emma Gummear.
A diaper fairy might not be something many students get excited about, but for Hannah Hudson, it's one of the many methods of support from Sabine High School that she came to appreciate.
The Kilgore High School yearbook staff is trying to reach students from the past decade who paid for but never picked up their yearbooks.
Christ the King Catholic Church recognized and congratulated graduating high school seniors on Sunday, May 15.
Sabine High School held its commencement ceremony for the graduating class of 2022 at the Belcher Center at LeTourneau University in Longview on Saturday evening.
“There is no influence like the influence of habit.”
To help promote literacy across East Texas, the Greater Longview United Way unveiled the first of six new book vending machines Thursday at Kilgore ISD’s Chandler Elementary School.
The Overton Independent School District’s Board of Trustees met in their regularly monthly meeting at 6 p.m. on May 9 at the district’s Administrative Annex.
Kilgore College held three commencements to honor its spring graduates May 13.
“Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.”
Kilgore High School seniors took part in a senior parade on Sunday in downtown Kilgore.
“The sun, the earth, love, friends, our very breath are parts of the banquet.”
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