Creative Candies owners hope new WH location will lead to sweet success
      Feeling like a "kid in a candy store" isn't hard to do when you enter Creative Candies. Even those who are more "young at heart" than young can recapture that feeling by sampling the store's vintage candy selection. Owners Katie and Keith Tijerina opened their store last week at 428 Hwy. 110 North...
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Rabies vaccination clinics scheduled
      The Smith County Extension office, area veterinarians and community volunteer groups will be conducting the annual Smith County dog and cat rabies vaccination clinics at 22 locations from April 23-28. The clinics are conducted during the time of year when the spread of rabies through skunk activit...
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Kilgore Film Festival opens with 'Miss Potter' April 18
      The 4 Star Cinema will be hosting its Spring Film Festival starting April 18 with the Renee Zellweger film "Miss Potter." This film is based on the life of author Beatrix Potter. Opening night will include a wine-and-cheese reception and a brief discussion of the film.
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      The Whitehouse Community Library celebrated Easter with a "basket" project and then an egg hunt. It started with the Story Time children making white bunnies after listening to several books about bunnies.
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