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By Phillip Williams GILMER–The No. 2-ranked Gilmer Buckeyes, whose arsenal of swiftness is sufficient to stultify Superman, totted up a 36-14 lead at Twirling Time in harrowing the Henderson Lions, 50-14, Friday night af Jeff Traylor Stadium. Gilmer quarterback Brandon Tennison lacerated the Lions by heaving a trio of touchdowns–two of them to Rohan Fluellen,

 The U.S. Department of Education announced that Kilgore College will receive a federal Educational Opportunities Center (EOC) grant of $1,160,250 to help unemployed workers, low-wage workers and returning high school and college students enter or continue a program of postsecondary education. This is the first Educational Opportunity Center grant awarded to KC and it will

  AUSTIN— With Labor Day weekend approaching, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) is reminding everyone to be safe this holiday by following basic boating and water safety precautions. In 2020, Texans took advantage of the outdoors and hit the waters in droves, driving recreational boating accidents to a 30 year high. Outreach efforts

COLLEGE STATION, Texas – Texas A&M Forest Service is accepting grant applications to offset the cost of prescribed burning on private lands for Central and East Texas landowners through September 30, 2021. $477,786 in grant funds are available for eligible landowners conducting prescribed burns on their property by certified and insured prescribed burn managers. Last

By Suzanne Bardwell GISD Supt. Dr. Sedric Clark announced a district wide school closure Monday afternoon beginning Tuesday, Aug. 31 due to rising numbers of COVID-related absences among both students and employees. School will resume for all campuses on Tuesday, Sept. 7. All extracurricular and athletic activities for the rest of this week are also

AUSTIN — September marks the start of dove season for almost 300,000 Texas hunters per year. After Winter Storm Uri hit the state in February, many hunters are wondering how the snowfall and below-freezing temperatures may have affected dove populations. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) biologists report that hunters can expect a good dove

    AUSTIN ­– Despite a decrease in traffic crashes in 2020, Texas saw a dramatic rise in the number of people killed walking and biking on our roadways. Last year, 731 people died in pedestrian-related crashes, an increase of 9% from 2019. Crashes involving bicyclists claimed the lives of 82 people, up from 68