Two of the most common concerns of parents - teen drug use and missing children - are being addressed through new Troup Police Department initiatives. More...
The investigation of an alleged kidnapping and gruesome murder of a Whitehouse woman continues by the Smith County Sheriff's Department along with other law enforcement agencies. Friends recount the events of Jan. More...
The January Troup City Council saw several agenda items but several drew no action. The council heard from Cherie Archer who owns property within the Pace-Hillcrest subdivision. She asked the council for a variance concerning the placement of a manufactured home on the lots she owns in the subdiv... More...
A memorial service for Jana Lauren Shearer, 21, is scheduled for 11 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 10 at Lloyd James Funeral Chapel, 1011 E. First St., Tyler, with Pastor Larry Reeves officiating. Ms. Shearer died over the weekend, allegedly by the hand of Christopher McCuin of Tyler, whom she was dating. More...
Editor: On or about the first of August, 2007, Phil Elledge, City Engineer, City of Whitehouse, Texas called me to request a topographic route survey across Donald Green's property located on Lilly Road. The request was to gather information across the Green property following a course as near as... More...
Students of the week at Whitehouse Junior High School are Kenzie Patterson, eighth grade, and Bryce Henning, seventh. Kenzie participates in sports and is in the NJHS. Her favorite class is theater arts and she enjoys playing Guitar Hero 3. Bryce's favorite class is science, and he plays tennis and ... More...
Quilter's Guild meeting set The Quilters' Guild of East Texas meets on the second Thursday of each month at Pollard United Methodist Church. Fellowship starts with coffee and goodies at 9:30 a.m. Night meetings are also held on the second Thursday of each month at 7 p.m. at Pollard United Methodi... More...
The Whitehouse Wildcats, ranked as the #5 team in class AAAA by the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches, downed a stubborn Pine Tree Pirate squad by a 60-43 score last Friday night in Wildcat Arena. The Cats are now 16-1 overall and 3-0 in District 12-AAAA. More...
The Whitehouse High School Fall Sports Banquet is scheduled Thursday, Jan. 24. Dinner will be served at 6:30 p.m. in the WHS cafeteria with the awards presentation to follow in the auditorium. Tickets are $10 and will be on sale Jan. 14-21. More...
Services for Loyce Juanita Marks, 82, of Troup were held Jan. 6, at the Union Grove Baptist Church Pavilion, near Troup with the Reverend Jim Norman officiating. Burial was in the Union Grove Cemetery under the direction of Cottle Funeral Home, Troup. More...
Tiffanie Lynn Skrobinski and Jeffrey Dwayne Beasley, both of Tyler, exchanged wedding vows on Dec. 8, 2007 at Calvary Baptist Church in Tyler. Dr. Fred Smith of Tyler and Rev. Mickey Rorex of Hughes Springs, uncle of the groom, officiated the doublering candlelight ceremony. More...
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