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CHRISTUS Good Shepherd Hosts Ribbon-Cutting and Blessing to Unveil New NorthPark Hospital
1/10/2024 CHRISTUS Good Shepherd Health System unveiled its new NorthPark Hospital today with a ribbon-cutting event and blessing. CHRISTUS Associates, along with Gregg County and City of Longview representatives, gathered for the celebration of the new facility, located at 323 E. Hawkins Parkway. “This has been a long-time in the making, several years in fact,”…
Read MoreTexas Weekly Gas Price Update
January 8, 2024 Average gasoline prices in Texas have fallen 0.7 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $2.63/g today, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 13,114 stations in Texas. Prices in Texas are 3.2 cents per gallon higher than a month ago and stand 20.1 cents per gallon lower than a year ago. The…
Read MoreJIM “PAPPY” MOORE: Your New Year’s Revolution
By Jim “Pappy” Moore Tired of making resolutions you cannot keep? Starting out strong and fading by February? Focus on what you want to change, and make it fairly easy to achieve. What must you do to live? You have to sleep. You have to drink water. You have to breath. You have to eat.…
Read MoreGHS Cheerleaders place 6th in 4A D2 at 2024 UIL Spirit State Championships
Congratulations! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 pic.twitter.com/NWMfCO8B6H — Gilmer ISD (@GilmerISDProud) January 6, 2024 Add another one to the trophy case! Lago Vista wins its fourth-consecutive and fifth-overall #UILState Spirit Championship. The Vikings are crowned Conference 4A-D2 Champions. 🥇 Lago Vista🥈 Aubrey🥉 Farmersville Full Results ➡️ https://t.co/REll0dqllg pic.twitter.com/c7wjz5ufws — Texas UIL (@uiltexas) January 6, 2024 https://fb.watch/prOX2–7j4/
Read MoreJIM “PAPPY” MOORE: Cell Phones and Pineapple Freaks!
By Jim “Pappy” Moore A quarter of this 21st century is behind us and we are entering the second quarter of the century. Cell phones have evolved. They are now more important to several generations than their family, friends, or associates. Many are addicted to their cellphone in ways we hardly understand, and most of…
Read MoreTexas Weekly Gas Price Update
January 2, 2024 Average gasoline prices in Texas have fallen 1.7 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $2.63/g today, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 13,114 stations in Texas. Prices in Texas are 8.4 cents per gallon lower than a month ago and stand 20.6 cents per gallon lower than a year ago. The…
Read MoreJIM “PAPPY” MOORE: Sell it, Give it Away, Throw it Away
By Jim “Pappy” Moore Now is the time for all good men and women to come to their own aid. Christmas is over. Start the year with a resolution you can keep: Get rid of things you don’t need. Here are the steps of divorcing your unneeded items: Sell it. Give it away.…
Read MoreKris Boyd of the Houston Texans speaks with Elwyn Henderson about being back in Texas and about the Buckeyes’ latest title
By Elwyn Henderson It’s been a bit of a crazy NFL season for Gilmer’s Kris Boyd. After having spent his entire career with the Minnesota Vikings he moved on to the Arizona Cardinals to begin the 2023 season and things didn’t work out there. He was cut about early in the regular season and…
Read MoreTEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY – Smith County Fatal Crash – 12/27/2023
Number of Vehicles in Crash: 1 Number of Injured: 0 Number killed: 1 Date & Time: 12/27/2023 & 3:24 A.M. County: Smith Location: County Road 220, 6 miles east of Tyler, Texas. Posted Speed Limit: 40 mph Vehicle 1: 2020 Hyundai Tucson Driver 1: Deceased (Minor), male, 11 YOA of Tyler, Texas. Seatbelt: No Pronounced By: JP James Meredith, on scene Description: Preliminary investigation indicates…
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