Kilgore News

Five loft apartments in downtown Kilgore will open for tours Saturday night. Tours begin at 6 p.m. at three addresses \ - 111, 206 and 325 North Kilgore Street \ - on North Kilgore Street, where five homes have been built in the historic World's Richest Acre.

The Gregg County Historical Commission is making local history easier to access for county residents.

Nearly 500 East Texans raked, painted, cleaned cookie boxes or found other ways to pitch in Saturday during the fourth annual National Family Volunteer Day in Longview.

Kilgore College will soon be offering courses in a satellite program in Gilmer. Thata s the outcome of a recent survey of interests in educational services taken by the Upshur County Economic Development Office .

Orellana forced his estranged wife to leave her place of employment with him at knifepoint, refusing to allow her to call 911, and assaulted in her in the vehicle, a sheriff's department spokesman said.

The Kilgore College Theatre Department will perform the comedy "Steel Magnolias" by Robert Harling, Nov.

The Kilgore Police Department's investigation into the last two fatality traffic accidents confirmed alcohol to be a factor in both.

Kilgore Historical Preservation Foundation is slated to hold its annual Christmas in the Patch oil derrick lighting at 6 p.m. Thursday.

Preschoolers are having fun learning letters, numbers, shapes and how to write their names.

It was a tad warm for November, but no worries. At least the sun was shining, the wind blowing.

The days are getting shorter, but the deals are getting better. I covered quite a bit of territory to find lunches and a non water drink for $5 or - including tax.

Skateboard enthusiasts will have to find another place to skate besides downtown Kilgore.

By BETTY WATERS Staff Writer HENDERSON -- A Rusk County Grand Jury indicted a defendant in three bombing threats at Henderson High School and also handed up 47 other indictments this week, including some for gambling.

Kilgore police are searching for a man they believe robbed a bowling lane manager as she made her way to the bank to make a deposit.

According to an arrest report, they were arrested Friday in the 2801 block of Bill Owens Parkway and jailed on charges of possession of a chemical with intent to manufacture.

A Gregg County Grand jury indicted 15 people this week, including two men charged with murder.

Longview News-Journal business editor Mike Elswick, fickle fleeting fingers racing across his keyboard, updates East Texans on business and consumer issues affecting them and the region in his blog -- BizBuzz.

According to an arrest report, the store manager at the Walgreens on East Marshall Avenue said Spearman took several items and tried to leave without paying.

Several businesses in downtown Kilgore may get a face lift after the city's Main Street Design Committee divvied up funds for its Facade Improvement Grant program.

Winona residents go to polls again Tuesday to decide whether spirits can be sold inside the city limits.