New London News

Texas Department of Transportation maintenance crews on Monday are scheduled to continue several days of pavement repair operations on FM 3272 in White Oak in various locations between U.S. 80 and George Richey Road, according to a TxDOT news release.

In honor of the lives lost on September 11, 2001, East Texans are donating food, clothes, field-supplies and other items for the troops serving overseas.

By Charles McClure news@ltview.com Not so long ago I was sitting in a journalism workshop when I heard a young upstart spouting off a notion concerning the Internet that I considered to be way out of the bounds of traditional news ethics.

It might not have the name recognition of the Gilmer Yamboree or the Tyler Rose Festival, but for 37 years, Ore City residents have flocked to their own community homecoming every Fourth of July.

Overton - New London Area Chamber of Commerce will host the Stars and Stripes Festival Saturday at Overton Community Building and City Park.

A free lunch for all seniors age 65 and older is among the highlights of the Tyler Museum of Art's next Seniors Day celebration on Monday.

Students will learn the art of the centerpiece step by step Saturday during a daylong workshop in Overton.

LEVERETT'S CHAPEL - The peaceful community nestled between Kilgore and New London was devastated Monday when 10-year-old Justin Clinton was mauled to death by two pit bulls as he played near a friend's house.

Editor's note: Barney Bigbie of New London served more than five years in the U.S. Marine Corps and was injured in the Battle of Iwo Jima.

By BETTY WATERS Staff Writer HENDERSON -- A volley of rifle fire in salute, a bagpipe playing, a riderless horse, then "Taps" punctuated a moving Rusk County ceremony commemorating National Law Enforcement Memorial Day.

Load up the kids, Mom and Dad. It's time for an old-fashioned Sunday drive. Though the once-common weekend outing seems to have fallen from favor in recent years, the East Texas countryside is ripe for a roadway renaissance.