Command Sgt. Major Stephen Helton, who recently assumed responsibility of the U.S. Army Combined Arms Center at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, joined the Army in 1990 from Los Angeles. Like many young people his age, he enlisted because he liked the military and wanted to do something productive that wasn’t college. “I didn’t have the focus it would have taken to ...
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U.S. Army Veteran Recalls Korean War
Veteran to Veteran Once again, another Veteran friend recommended another local Veteran. City Councilman Bob Kellar, a former U.S. Army Green Beret and retired L.A. Police Officer, told me about Veteran John Coleman. I wasted little time contacting John, and we soon met at our iconic Route 66 restaurant in Canyon Country over a few beers. An excellent conversation ...
Read More »U.S. Army Veteran Recalls Traveling The World Before Calling Santa Clarita ‘Home’
Meeting Mario and Mercedes Recently, I was invited to attend Friendly Valley’s Veterans Club by Commander Chuck Morris to speak about my service in Vietnam and to discuss my role as Director of Veterans Affairs for KHTS Hometown Station. At that meeting, my friend Chuck introduced me to Mario and soon after he and I reviewed his honorable U.S. ...
Read More »Santa Clarita Resident, U.S. Army Veteran Shares Airborne Trooper Experience
Fellow Veteran Connection Thanks to my fellow veteran and good friend, Roy Hermann, who tipped me off about Gary’s service, I recently met him at George Thomas’ purely excellent Route 66 Restaurant to begin crafting Gary’s veteran page. Thank you Roy! Vietnam Veteran Bill Reynolds is our KHTS Director of Veteran’s Affairs. If you know a local veteran, please email us at Hometownheroes@hometownstation.com. ...
Read More »Local Girl Scout Troop To Send Cookie Care Package To U.S. Army Unit
Sending support to U.S. troops, a group of local Girl Scouts is gifting a U.S. Army unit with more than 150 boxes of cookies to their base in Germany. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. While selling Girl Scout cookies from their booths at storefronts, the scouts from Troop 7262, out of ...
Read More »Representative Knight Nominates Students For U.S. Service Academies
Ed. Note: The following is a news release provided by the office of Congressman Steve Knight. Students from the 25th Congressional District have been named by Representative Steve Knight, CA-25, as the principal nominees to four U.S. Service Academies. Nicholas Drinhaus of Palmdale was chosen for the U.S. Air Force Academy. Both Connor Lewis of Valencia and Delaney Marbach of ...
Read More »Santa Clarita Purple Heart Recipient Dies At The Age Of 96
Purple Heart recipient of the 17th Airborne Division in World War II and a Santa Clarita Valley military event supporter, Anthony Guy “Tony” Marincola died Friday at the age of 96.
Read More »More Than 500 People Still Missing In Colorado Floods
Authorities worked to track down residents in saturated Colorado mountain towns on Saturday, where authorities confirmed the death toll at four and feared that more may be stuck without food, water or power.
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