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JIM “PAPPY” MOORE: Mrs. Bradford – Typing Teacher Extraordinaire!
By Jim “Pappy” Moore I was having lunch with long time friend Mike Capps in a Lufkin drive-in burger joint which has been in the same location for over sixty years. An affable, slender man close to our age walked past and nodded hello to Mike. Looking at the lean fellow I immediately said “that’s…
Read MoreSpring Vocal Recital set for April 2
The Kilgore College Department of Music and Dance will present the annual Spring Vocal Recital featuring student vocalists. The recital is set for 7 p.m. Saturday, April 2, in Van Cliburn Auditorium on the Kilgore campus. Vocal students will present scenes and music from musicals including Mame, The Fantasticks, South Pacific and A Funny Thing…
Read MoreGovernor Abbott, HHSC Announce Extension Of Emergency SNAP Benefits For April 2022
AUSTIN – Governor Greg Abbott today announced that the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) is providing more than $318 million in emergency Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) food benefits for the month of April 2022. The allotments are expected to help more than 1.5 million Texas households. HHSC received federal approval from the…
Read MoreAAA Texas: Statewide Average Gas Price Falls Another Four Cents as Demand Falls from Last Week
The statewide gas price average in Texas is $3.85 for a gallon of regular unleaded fuel, according to the AAA Texas Weekend Gas Watch. That price is four cents less than on this day last week and is $1.24 more per gallon compared to this day last year. Of the major metropolitan areas surveyed in Texas,…
Read MoreTornado Disaster Relief
Disaster relief resources are available to anyone who was impacted by the tornado on Monday, March 21, 2022, at the Yamboree Event Center (181 Bob Glaze Rd., Gilmer), 9 am – 6 pm, seven days a week. Organizations providing assistance are The Salvation Army, American Red Cross and Emergency Relief Supplies.
Read MoreNigerian “Prince” Sentenced for Federal Fraud Violations
SHERMAN, Texas – A Nigerian man has been sentenced to federal prison for federal fraud violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today. Sobanke Idris Sunday Adereti, 24, pleaded guilty on Oct. 25, 2021, to passport fraud and attempted bank fraud, and was sentenced to 33 months in federal prison today by U.S. District…
Read MoreSmith County Man Guilty of Federal Income Tax Violation
TYLER, Texas – A Whitehouse, Texas, man has pleaded guilty to federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today. Anthony D. Klein, 47, pleaded guilty to attempting to evade or defeat tax today before U.S. Magistrate Judge John D. Love. According to information presented in court, for tax year 2016, Klein filed…
Read MoreBrookshire’s Giving Away Free Meals Tomorrow in Gilmer
Brookshire Grocery Company is deploying its “Community Kitchen” and a team of employee-partners again tomorrow to serve free hot meals to people who are still recovering from the tornado last week. In the Yamboree Event Center parking lot, a team will be serving free hamburger dinners starting at 5 p.m. Tuesday, March 29, at 181…
Read MoreJIM “PAPPY” MOORE: Take Time to be a Dad Today
By Jim “Pappy” Moore THERE IS an ad campaign on television which shows fathers having fun times with their child. It ends with the admonition “take time to be a dad today.” That’s great advice, and a worthy topic for any day. America needs more men to spend more time being dads. Kids need their…
Read MoreDisaster Relief Volunteers Serve Tornado Survivors in Gilmer
Gilmer, TX — March 26, 2022 — Volunteers with the Southern Baptists of Texas Convention Disaster Relief<http://sbtexas.com/evangelism/disaster-relief/> (SBTC Disaster Relief) continue to respond in the aftermath of the tornado in Gilmer. Volunteers are managing a shower unit at Yamboree Event Center (181 Bob Glaze Drive; Gilmer, TX 75644) to provide showers for the community and…
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