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March 29th, 2007
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Sgt. Waymon Stewart serves as grand marshal of a parade held in his honor Saturday. Stewart's church held the event to recognize area veterans. "I want to thank them for doing this, even though I tried to talk them out of it," said Stewart. See related story and photos, page 1B. More...

Whitehouse city council returned from a lengthy executive session and extended City Manager Ronny Fite's contract by two years Tuesday night. The annual evaluation of the city manager was the focus of the second executive session of the meeting, as members earlier met privately to discuss a conflic... More...

With only one candidate per place, the Troup city council was able to cancel the May election for places one, three and four. Jeff Hale, Nancy Boothe and Chip Richardson will be sworn in to their council places at the May 22 council meeting. The only other action item on the special council agend... More...

Members of the Texas Society for Respiratory Care in Washington, D.C., visit the office of Rep. Louie Gohmert. Pictured, left to right, are Tony Flores, TSRC past-president (Austin), Rep. More...
The following students have successfully completed degree requirements at Texas Christian University (TCU) in Fort Worth: Arthur Alan Pierce of Tyler majored in entrepreneurial management, and received a Bachelor of Business Administration degree. Blythe Rae Loggins of Tyler majored in communicat... More...
Community Activities Giving Hope support group to meet Giving Hope Ministries will host a support group meeting for single moms on Monday, April 2 at 6 p.m. Childcare is available by reservation only. The meeting will be held at their building located at 111 Hwy. 110 North, one block north of FM... More...
The Lady Cats traveled to Huntsville on Tuesday and these girls came to play soccer! Whitehouse met Port Neches Grove on the Sam Houston College Soccer field at 5:30. Whitehouse scored first on a bobble by the Port Neches Grove goalie. Lindsay Pritchard took advantage of this and fired the ball in... More...
Memorial services for Jack Gillis will be held at 10 a.m. Friday at Southern Oaks Baptist Church with Tony Garrett officiating. Mr. Gillis died March 25, 2007 in Tyler. He was born Aug. 7, 1950 in California to Francis and Helen Gillis, and had lived in Whitehouse and Tyler. He was a member of Sou... More...
Tonya Kay Porter and Matthew Blake Brandon-Langley were married March 24 at Lanes Chapel United Methodist Church in Tyler with Bro. Lou Gary officiating the ceremony. The bride is the daughter of Gary and Teresa Watson of Sweetwater and the late Sidney Porter of Roscoe. More...