Gary News

I was 8 years old, give or take a year, and my sister. Dee, was three years younger.

Memorial services for Frances J. "Janice" Linker, 85, of Lubbock will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday in W.W. Rix Chapel at 1901 Broadway, Lubbock Texas.

The rain and wind from last Thursday's storm had plenty of potential to generate a tornado, and although the National Weather Service issued a warning for communities in eastern Nacogdoches County, the evidence was not found to substantiate it.

The National Weather Service office in Shreveport issued a tornado warning for northwestern Shelby County and most of Panola County at 4:32 p.m. The warning extends through 5 p.m. According to the NWS, meteorologists detected a storm 16 miles southwest of Carthage capable of producing a tornado.

Two area men died hours apart after motorcycle wrecks Thursday and Friday. Matthew Dillon Abshire, 18, of Gary was pronounced dead about 11:15 p.m. Thursday after his motorcycle hit a cow in Panola County, according to a Texas Department of Public Safety report.

An 18-year-old Gary student died Thursday night after his motorcycle struck a cow in Panola County, according to a Texas Department of Public Safety report.

First Church On The Hill of Rusk has announced the opening of its first campus-church ministry in Nacogdoches.