It was 75 years ago that a group of parents came together out of concern for their children and others like them. They wanted quality therapy for the kids and they wanted it here, in East Texas. Soon after, East Texas Treatment Center found its first home in a small house in Longview in Fall […]
East Texas Treatment Center celebrates decades of success stories Saturday Read More »
The highest rating from an AICPA Peer Review is ‘Pass,’ and in two rounds of rigorous examinations, it’s the only designation Selleck Accounting & Financing has experienced. “To receive a report of PASS for the second-ever time in a row,” Kilgore-based CPA Elsa Selleck says, “it means that not only am I doing my job
Selleck Accounting & Finance nets highest peer review rating – again Read More »
Texas Shakespeare Festival marks 40 years with return of first play… “We wouldn’t exist if it wasn’t for the Daisy Bradford 3,” says Texas Shakespeare Festival’s Val Winkelman. The first discovery well of the East Texas Oilfield was brought in Sept. 3, 1930, and changed the world. It was Columbus Marion “Dad” Joiner’s third attempt
‘Daisy Bradford No. 3’ gets ready to blow, again, in TSF spotlight Read More »
(AUSTIN) —Acting Texas Comptroller Kelly Hancock today said state sales tax revenue totaled $4.04 billion in June, 2.5 percent more than in June 2024. The majority of June sales tax revenue is based on sales made in May and remitted to the agency in June. “State sales tax collections exhibited moderate growth compared with June 2024,” Hancock
Comptroller: State sales tax revenue hit $4 billion last month Read More »
From RADER FUNERAL HOME — Jo Ann Whiteside was born on August 22, 1934, in a small, frame house in Chandler, TX to Earl Jester Youngblood and Alvina Youngblood (nee Dockery). Their lives, as well as the lives of their extended family in east Texas revolved around the activities of the Baptist Church. Before Jo
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From NASA.GOV On July 1, the NASA-funded ATLAS (Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System) survey telescope in Rio Hurtado, Chile, first reported observations of a comet that originated from interstellar space. Arriving from the direction of the constellation Sagittarius, the interstellar comet has been officially named 3I/ATLAS. It is currently located about 420 million miles (670 million kilometers)
Interstellar object (the nice kind) passes through Solar System Read More »
Kilgore’s Zen Kitchen will tee up a fresh menu for golfers and guests in the 19th Hole at Meadowbrook Golf Course. With the departure of vendor Twozie’s Food in the past month, City of Kilgore leaders went in search of another option for food service at the public course. They didn’t have to look far
Zen Kitchen swings into new space at Meadowbrook Golf Course Read More »
The years haven’t been kind to the century-old two-story at 201 N. Longview Street. The grounds have been overrun with vines, dotted with rogue saplings, and choked with wisteria. Frozen pumpjacks languish under three rusting derricks. There are gaping holes in the roof and in the floors, and graffiti’s scrawled on the walls and windows
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
KC enrollment shows 31 percent year-to-year gain for Spring ’25 Read More »
There will be fireworks over Kilgore Thursday night – an echo of the celebrations that followed June 19, 1865, the day slaves in Texas finally learned they had been freed. “It’s celebrating freedom,” Victor Boyd says. “Freedom from slavery, freedom for a new life.” That’s pretty much it, according to the Kilgore City Council member.
Juneteenth fireworks show blasts off Thursday evening Read More »
