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State Sales Tax Revenue Totaled $4.7 Billion in April
AUSTIN — Acting Texas Comptroller Kelly Hancock today said state sales tax revenue totaled $4.7 billion in April, 9.8 percent more than in April 2025. The majority of ...
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Kilgore voters return Gantt for second term in Place 3
Kilgore City Council Place 3 incumbent Daniel Gantt secured a second term Saturday night with just shy of 51 percent of the vote according to ...
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Community orchestra tackles ‘Famous Last Works’ in free concert Friday at KC
Shubert’s last is just the beginning for the East Texas Community Philharmonic Orchestra Friday night. The Studio Kilgore’s Shannon Roberts was in the midst of ...
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Early voting continues with 150-plus ballots cast so far before Election Day, May 2
Early voting continues today and wraps up Tuesday before Saturday’s Election Day polling for one contested race on the City of Kilgore’s Spring 2026 ballot. ...
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Obituary | Justin Dupont
Obituary from RaderFuneralHome.com | Justin Christopher DuPont, a man whose gentle spirit and boundless creativity touched the lives of many, passed away peacefully on April ...
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Nominations open for 2026 ‘Doc’ Ballard Award
Press Release | Nominations are now being accepted for the 2026 W.T. “Doc” Ballard Award for Excellence in Public Health, NET Health’s highest award. Services provided ...
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Obituary | Sue Clements
Obituary from RaderFuneralHome.com | Linda Sue Clements, lovingly known as “Sue,” passed away on April 23, 2026, at the age of 86. Born on January ...
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Community orchestra tackles ‘Famous Last Works’ in free concert Friday at KC
Shubert’s last is just the beginning for the East Texas Community Philharmonic Orchestra Friday night. The Studio Kilgore’s Shannon Roberts was in the midst of ...
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City of Kilgore
Early voting continues with 150-plus ballots cast so far before Election Day, May 2
Early voting continues today and wraps up Tuesday before Saturday’s Election Day polling for one contested race on the City of Kilgore’s Spring 2026 ballot. ...
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Windridge trots out fourth annual golf fundraiser next month
Four years back, a golf tournament was an entirely new venture for Windridge Therapeutic Equestrian Center of East Texas. Nowadays, the fundraiser’s ‘Par for the ...
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City of Kilgore
Young Kilgore bull rider vies for champion’s buckle today in Decatur
Eight seconds isn’t much of a run on a dirt bike, but it’s victory on the back of a bull. Caisen Sims enjoys both, but ...
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State Sales Tax Revenue Totaled $4.7 Billion in April
AUSTIN — Acting Texas Comptroller Kelly Hancock today said state sales tax revenue totaled $4.7 billion in April, 9.8 percent more than in April 2025. The majority of ...
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Capital Highlights
CH | Vouchers go out, hemp’s still in, STAAR ends
Texas Press Association Capital Highlights by Gary Borders Texas awards first $400 million in school vouchers State officials began sending out the first notices to families awarded ...
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Community orchestra tackles ‘Famous Last Works’ in free concert Friday at KC
Shubert’s last is just the beginning for the East Texas Community Philharmonic Orchestra Friday night. The Studio Kilgore’s Shannon Roberts was in the midst of ...
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Education
Kilgore College biology instructor named CCPI-STEM Fellow
Kilgore College Press Release | Kilgore College biology instructor Curtis Ivory has been selected as a member of the 2025–26 cohort of CCPI-STEM Fellows, a ...
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