AUSTIN (AP) The Texas Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that local property taxes used to pay for public schools amount to an unconstitutional statewide tax and has given the state until June 1 to fix the system. More...
As demonstrated by the fierce White House counterattack in recent days on critics of the Iraq war, no one has more riding on the outcome of that war than President Bush, the man who sent U.S. forces into Baghdad. More...
DEAR ABBY: I%27m writing about cell phone conversations in a public eatery. Granted, most of the time it can be avoided and should be. However, there are exceptions, and bystanders should not be so judgmental. I%27m a hospice nurse and am often on call, yet not at the office. I must take the calls I More...
LUFKIN -- Early on in Saturday afternoon's Class 4A Division II area playoff game between Kilgore and Nederland, Nederland's defensive strategy was obvious: try to slow Kilgore's running attack and make the Ragin' Red throw the football.
Let's just say that things didn't work out as planned.
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INCIDENTS FRIDAY Animal Bite, 1217 Oak Dr., Laird Memorial Hospital-ER, Sandra Degeurin reported same. Reported at 4:58 p.m. by Officer Dee Brown. More...
Funeral services for Dorris M. Reese, 92, of Mt. Enterprise are pending with Southern Funeral Home of Henderson. Mrs. Reese passed away Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2005 at Nacogdoches Memorial Hospital. More...
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