Rotary Club of Kilgore’s 2026 sole train is on track to shoe 400-plus students before they head back to class next month. Club members are putting the finishing touches on this year’s inventory ahead of the annual shoe-and-sock distribution Friday and Saturday. “We have 406 pairs of shoes,” Rotarian Linda Sartor said Sunday. “All of […]
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Before a U.S. flag is respectfully consigned to the flames, it’s painstakingly prepared. It’s an ongoing task around here: Rotary Club of Kilgore’s year-round flag program sees hundreds of shining examples of Old Glory raised for every patriotic holiday, and on each outing, the weather takes its toll. Local Rotarians regularly entrust the frayed stars
In case you missed all the red, white and blue, there’s a bit of a to-do this weekend in Kilgore and across the US of A. Saturday marks America’s Semiquincentennial (that’s 250 years, for the rest of us) and the local Daughters of the American Revolution weren’t going to let it pass without due honors
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Every first Sunday in June, families with ties to the Rock Springs Schoolhouse and Cemetery find their way back, and this year’s gathering is set for June 7. The covered dish luncheon begins at noon at 1177 Old Hwy. 135 North, as descendants, supporters and neighbors gather on the grounds of one of Gregg County’s
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The ninth year for SkillsUSA at Kilgore High School was a big one, and it’s not over for the district’s Health Science students with members bound for their National Leadership & Skills Conference this week. They locked up district- and state-level accolades, earning a trip to nationals in Atlanta, Georgia, alongside advisor Cheyenne Kirkpatrick –
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Veterans Day salutes our living service members; Memorial Day honors those who made the ultimate sacrifice for the United States of America. Members of the Kilgore War Veterans Association will gather with community members at 9 a.m. Monday for the annual Memorial Day remembrance at Harris Street Park. As ever, the ceremony at the U.S.
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Kilgore Rotary Club’s preparing for an ‘epic’ outreach Saturday, calling on locals to pitch in a pint and support the local blood supply. Rotary International’s 2026 Epic Day of Service is set for Saturday, May 16, and Kilgore Rotarians have partnered with Carter BloodCare to do their part in the international effort. Clubs around the
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Kilgore Improvement & Beautification Association’s Gwen Winters recently announced the nonprofit’s Yard of the Month winners for the month of May. America’s Semiquincentennial Celebration (that’s 250 years to you and me) is coming up soon, with the nationwide ‘America250’ effort celebrating the anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. It’s all set for
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Press Release | Kilgore College will host a variety of camps for children and youth this summer, offering opportunities in athletics, fine arts and recreational activities. Camps scheduled this summer include pickleball, football, dance, softball, basketball and acting. For more information and registration links, visit www.kilgore.edu/summer-camps. Camps offered this summer: Pickleball Youth Camp: Football Youth Skills
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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 working on a key goal, finishing her Masters, when the idea struck last semester. “One of the pieces I had been studying was Schubert’s Unfinished Symphony,” she said. “It just
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