AUSTIN (AP) As House tax writers worked on a collection of bills designed to lower property tax rates, a chorus of voices at the Capitol on Thursday urged improvements for schools and more money for teachers. More...

The 15th annual Celtic Festival begins at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, April 22, at the Kilgore Intermediate School campus on Chandler Street. More...

DEAR ABBY: I am 21 and have been going out with an older man (17 years older) I'll call "Sherman" for about a year. He and I are having a baby together in three months. More...

If it were possible to hit a home run with a coaching hire, then the Kilgore College administration and athletic director David Castles just hit a 530-footer over the center field fence. More...

INCIDENTS THURSDAY Criminal Mischief $500 to $1500, 1003 Longview St., Christal Shanta Sheppard reported same. Reported at 11:34 a.m. by Officer Jason Brannon. More...

Funeral services for Evelyn Kennedy Smith of Inglewood CA. are set for Tuesday April 25, 2006 at 9:00 a.m. in the Chapel of Manchester Blvd. Inglewood Funeral home in Inglewood, CA., with the Rev. Willis Agusta Kennedy officiating. Burial will follow in the Inglewood Memorial Park in CA. More...