Ore City News

It might not have the name recognition of the Gilmer Yamboree or the Tyler Rose Festival, but for 37 years, Ore City residents have flocked to their own community homecoming every Fourth of July.

Skies will light up above Northeast Texas throughout this Independence Day weekend.

Jeff Martin lost his job in February. He's been looking for a new one since. Martin, 48, drove to Longview from Ore City on Monday to attend a job fair organized by U.S. Rep.

Hundreds of Longview ISD parents, students, and teachers say farewell to their band director.

A Marion County justice of the peace granted custody of 140 small, mixed-breed dogs and an exotic bird to an animal rescue group following a hearing Wednesday afternoon.

After 33 years teaching in Texas public schools, Longview High School Band Director Harvey Durham has put down his baton.

The Marion County Sheriff's Office and an animal rescue group seized 131 dogs and a parrot Friday from a Marion County home near Ore City.

More than 130 dogs living in filthy conditions without sufficient water have been seized from an elderly East Texas couple.

Ore City's annual Independence Day Celebration has been set for Friday and Saturday, July 3 and 4. The 37th Annual July 4 Fun Festival kicks off with the introduction of the 2009 Miss Ore City Fun Festival Queens at 7:30 p.m. Friday.

The Upshur County Grand Jury returned 18 indictments, two of them sealed, when it met Tuesday.

All children are invited to come learn to pull out lunkers Saturday during the KidFish at Lake O' the Pines.

An Upshur County jury indicted a Gilmer man this week on a charge of endangering a child.

The Court of Criminal Appeals today sent back to a trial court the case of an East Texan condemned for a cross-state murder spree that left two men dead.

The Ore City Volunteer Fire Department recently hosted its sixth annual Rescue School.

Because an elementary school bid came in more than $1 million less than expected, school district trustees on Monday approved adding six extra projects to the campus.

Local school officials said they aimed to improve math testing scores during the past few years.

The Ore City VFD is hosting its 6th annual vehicle extrication school in Ore City.

A 34-year-old Ore City woman was indicted Wednesday on a charge of embezzlement by a bank employee.

Ore City Middle School Principal Neal Hinson won't return to the campus in the fall.

East Texas school districts plan to work intensively with students during the next month to improve passing rates for the reading portion of the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills, officials say.