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KC enrollment shows 31 percent year-to-year gain for Spring ’25

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Kilgore College’s Spring 2025 enrollment snapshot showed strong growth across credit and continuing education programs, according to a press release this week. In Natalie Bryant’s June 9 report to KC trustees, the Director of Institutional Research noted the institution experienced significant enrollment growth in Spring 2025, with a total headcount of 8,802 students. According to […]

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KC welcomes applicants for open trustee post serving North Zone

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Press Release | Kilgore College is currently accepting applications to fill a vacancy on its Board of Trustees following the passing of longtime board member Jon Rowe in April.Rowe represented the North Zone, which includes the Gladewater, White Oak and Sabine independent school districts.The individual appointed to this position will serve through the next general

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KC honor student earns spot on All-Texas Academic Team

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Kilgore College Press Release | Kilgore College and Phi Theta Kappa honor student Shiva Heidari has been named to the 2025 All-Texas Academic Team and selected as a semifinalist for the prestigious Jack Kent Cooke Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship. Heidari, who serves as publicity chair for the Gamma Omicron Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa at KC,

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Kilgore College’s RangerPrint hosts community open house June 18

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Kilgore College invites the community to an open house event at RangerPrint, the college’s full-service print shop, on Wednesday, June 18, from 2 to 6 p.m. RangerPrint is located at 713 Houston St. in Kilgore. Attendees will have the opportunity to tour the facility, meet the RangerPrint team and learn about the wide range of

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Kilgore Chamber hosts May 13 CTE Signing Day for seniors

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Bulldogs seniors who have turned their sails toward college, the workforce, military service and other adventures will be in the spotlight Tuesday during another CTE Signing Day hosted here by the local business community. The event’s spearheaded by Kilgore Area Chamber of Commerce in partnership with Kilgore ISD, ready to fête the soon-to-be-graduates in the

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SPRING ELECTION ROUND-UP: City of Kilgore, KISD, Kilgore College

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Kilgore Mayor Ronnie Spradlin secured another term by a narrow 18-vote margin (18 votes) Saturday following Election Day polling at Kilgore City Hall. At Kilgore ISD, incumbent Dana Sneed also retained his Place 7 seat on the school board with a 2.66 percent lead while Johna Tritt locked down Place 5 with 74.38 percent of

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Johnson wins three-way race for KC Trustee Place 9

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Voters in Kilgore College’s Central Zone (Kilgore ISD) chose Jeanne Johnson as the Unit 3, Place 9 trustee per unofficial results released Saturday evening.Facing contenders Verenice Odorica and Ruth F. Williams, Johnson netted 654 votes in early voting and on Election Day at Kilgore City Hall. Williams collected 273, and Ordorica finished the season with

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Officials refresh finance reports, regulations ahead of Election Day

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It’s worth noting no cell phones, smart watches, cameras, tablets, laptops, sound recorders, drones or other wireless communication devices or recorders are permitted within 100 feet of a polling station as the Spring 2025 election cycle comes to a close Saturday. Polls will be open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. across the state tomorrow, May

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Spring 2025 election sprints past previous early turnout

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The 799 early votes cast in Kilgore in late April put the community on track to outpace recent years’ totals.There are multiple contested races on this year’s ballot including the Kilgore mayor’s seat as well as trustee positions at both Kilgore ISD and Kilgore College. Election Day runs 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday, May

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Turnout reaches 399 in first three days of early voting

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Almost 400 early voters in Kilgore cast ballots in the first three days of advance polling at Kilgore City Hall, including 272 Gregg County residents and 127 in Rusk County. Early voting in the Spring 2025 election continues today in the council chambers at 815 N. Kilgore St. with contested races on the ballot for

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