Avinger, Texas

Seventeen guilty pleas were heard in 115th District Court in Gilmer last week. Those entering guilty pleas included: a Timothy M Craver, 24, Avinger, driving while intoxicated with a child, a state jail felony.

An Avinger man was sentenced to 18 months in state jail on four counts of driving while intoxicated with a child passenger.

David Simpson beckoned a crowd nearing 60 people to come closer as he prepared to speak at dedication services Sunday for the 132-year-old cemetery that holds the town's history.

The Avinger Cemetery has been recorded as a Historic Texas Cemetery by the Texas Historical Commission.

Phi Theta Kappa Gamma Omicron, Kilgore College's chapter of the international honor society for two-year colleges, inducted new members and officers at the end of September.

Copeland also was held without bond on a charge of burglary of a building that was leveled when he was arrested by Longview police at 5:20 a.m. Tuesday.

It was a lazy afternoon at the DQ, in the lull between the after-school crowd and the dinner crowd.

The deputy met with a woman who said her brother, Howard, returned home intoxicated and verbally abused her before throwing a full beer can at her, hitting her in the mouth, according to an arrest report.

According to a police report, an officer saw a white car leave a suspected narcotic area and fail to stop at the intersection of Melton and Mobberly streets.

A second woman is accused of helping a suspect evade authorities after the April 29 shooting death of a state trooper in Cass County.

Marion County commissioners voted on Monday morning to eliminate one of two ambulances that provide emergency medical services in the county.

According to arrest reports, a woman told police she and Smith had been arguing over the phone early Thursday when he jumped over a fence onto her back porch, forced his way through a sliding glass door, began ...

The Texas Forest Service has recently confirmed the dimensions of the largest known willow oak tree in Texas.

Kilgore College opens registration for the fall 2008 semester on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Northeast Texas Community College in Mount Pleasant announced the list of spring 2008 graduates who received associate degrees and certificates of competency.

"They were relieved yesterday when the combined efforts of law enforcement ended the search for Scott's killer."

Law officers on Friday say they aren't certain whether Jennifer Lynne Petrick played a role in Tuesday's shooting death of DPS Trooper James Scott Burns. via News-journal.com

"We're going to dress as circus performers"

Blossoms of a tamer variety will stand out in the midst of the three-city Wildflower Trails of Texas celebration that begins Thursday in Linden, Hughes Springs and Avinger. via Longview News-Journal