OHS orientation on tap for parents Overton High School will host the annual orientation/scheduling meeting for parents and students at 6 p.m. on Monday, April 18, in the OISD auditorium.  Parents will be given transcripts with the class rank of their child as well as information on schedules for the 2011-2012 school year.  The new […]

   After she misspoke during an interview with staff writer J. M. Jones, Paulette Guinn Duncan discovered how carefully many people read The Overton Press. The 1964 graduate of London High School mistakenly told him she was in the last graduating class there; once the paper came out she received a call from someone who […]

ARP – Services for Robert L. Whitaker, 81, Arp, were scheduled Friday, March 18, at Lake Tyler Baptist Church in Chapel Hill with Rev. Sherman Mayfield and Reverend Doctor Ron Klingsick officiating. Burial followed at Williams Cemetery under direction of Cottle-Pearson Funeral Home. Mr. Whitaker died on March 16, 2011. He was born Jan. 7, […]

Private services for Anne E. Kueber, 93, Overton, were under direction of Cottle-Pearson Funeral Home. Mrs. Kueber died Saturday, March 5, 2011 in a Longview hospital. She was born March 12, 1917 in Ashland, Neb. to the late Bert Vincent and Lena Victoria Patton Masten.

Soup’s on today Those who forget to eat at the annual soup luncheon of the Queen Price Garden Club on St. Patrick’s Day will be green with envy. The event – which is slated for 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday  – will be at the Queen Price Garden Club House on Garden Club Drive […]

From Feb. 1 to Feb. 28, the Overton Police Department responded to these reports and made the following arrests: REPORTS 563 calls for service, 1 injury to a child, 1 burglary of a building, 2 assaults, 2 forgeries ACCIDENTS FM 3053, Feb. 24 ARRESTS Shayne Thompson, 44, Troup, possession of controlled substance, Feb. 7; Taiwana […]