Kempner turns 25: Officials, residents celebrate their town

  • CHRIS MILES | DISPATCH RECORDGene Isenhour, Hayleigh Talasek and former mayor Carolyn Crane hold the new Kempner City Flag as Mayor Wilkerson reads the decree establishing the flag.
    CHRIS MILES | DISPATCH RECORDGene Isenhour, Hayleigh Talasek and former mayor Carolyn Crane hold the new Kempner City Flag as Mayor Wilkerson reads the decree establishing the flag.
DISPATCH RECORD More than 40 gathered at Kempner City Hall Saturday to celebrate 25 years as an incorporated city. Amy Dianors has lived in Kempner for five years with husband Jeremy and their three “fur babies.” The couple moved to the small town from Killeen to “get away from the craziness and go somewhere serene,” she said. “Kempner has its problems, but it outbeats Killeen…

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