Whitehouse News

By KENNETH DEAN Staff Writer Police believe an altercation between two motorcyclists and the occupants of a passenger car resulted in the deaths of the bikers when they crashed at 12:15 a.m. Tyler Police Department Public Information Officer Don Martin said the two bikers were killed when they crashed into each other while traveling at a high rate ...

The beads of sweat trickling down Mike Durbin's face shined like disco balls under the midday sun.

A career in the Navy has made for a pretty exciting and busy life for an East Texas sailor and his family.

By Sarah Stewart American flags waving in the breeze, the band walks out with brisk precision under the blazing June sun towards the center steps of the World War II memorial.

By KELLY GOOCH Staff Writer WHITEHOUSE -- During a regular meeting Tuesday night, Whitehouse City Council members discussed Gardenview Park, acquiring land to build a new gravity sewer line and a potential city animal shelter.

By KELLY GOOCH Staff Writer WHITEHOUSE -- The Whitehouse ISD Board of Trustees hired new assistant principals for Holloway Sixth Grade School and Higgins Elementary School at a special meeting Monday.

We're adding three new faces to the wanted board, including two from Whitehouse.

Wednesday night, the Dancing Horse Saloon hosted a private birthday party for one of its share holders.

For those living in rural parts of East Texas we have some good news. More physicians may be setting up a practice closer to you.

New construction in Smith County dipped 16 percent countywide in 2009 according to preliminary numbers released by the Smith County Appraisal District.

After running around chasing chickens in the heat, Hayden Allred, 7, of Overton didn't grab a glass of water.

By JOYCE TURNER Community Editor Jamie Carnes, of Whitehouse, and her two sons, Justin, 11, and Jarret, 8, were celebrating life Friday night at the Li'l Wranglers' Roundup at Harry Leatherwood's Rio Neches Ranch.

Tamara R. Bradford, a 2001 Chapel Hill High School graduate, recently received her Master of Science in Social Work with an emphasis of children and families from the University of Texas at Austin.

Art students at The University of Texas at Tyler were recognized for their work during the 2009 UT Tyler Meadows Gallery Juried Student Exhibition, Ray Sikes, Meadows Gallery coordinator, announced.

By KELLY GOOCH Staff Writer WHITEHOUSE -- Whitehouse residents have the opportunity to give their input on future city economic development at a town hall meeting Tuesday.

We start in Longview at Panaderia Cardenas on Pine Tree Road. The sweetest sight for the inspector? Sugar ants were in the baking flour.

By MARGO FRITZ Staff Writer When servicemen and women return home to East Texas from overseas, the Welcome Home Soldiers and Patriot Guard Riders are usually there as well.

As the school year ends and summer begins, Whitehouse ISD has made two administrative changes.

The groups included EnHisDay, Everglow, and Makeshift. Photos by Spotted freelance photographer Richard Hall.

By MARGO FRITZ More than 300 elementary school students lined the halls of Stanton-Smith Elementary in Whitehouse this morning to welcome home an East Texas soldier.