May 28, 2006 RSS feed / Front Page

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KEEP YOUR EYE ON THE BALL

School is out and junior golfers take to the links at Meadowbrook Country Club for the summer program. Flint Nelson, club pro for Meadowbrook said children of all ages look forward to the program. More...

Commercial driver shortage creates feeding frenzy effect

By BRENDA ALLUMS

One Kilgore businessman says the shortage of qualified commercial truck drivers resembles a "feeding frenzy." More...

Appraisal district takes another look at ag exemption

Owner of Rabbit Creek real estate likely to see tax bill jump
By LESTER MURRAY

ATVs and property set aside for timber use don't mix, according to the Gregg County Appraisal District. More...

News

Stoudt talks on GC budget, improvements and more

By BRENDA ALLUMS

County Judge Bill Stoudt, who says he enjoys talking about Gregg County, did just that Friday morning at the Kilgore Oilpatch Breakfast Kiwanis Club. More...

Rotarians prepare to end year; hold club assembly

By GREG A. COLLINS

Kilgore Rotary Club prepared to end its fiscal year by holding a Club Assembly and Classification Talk on Wednesday. More...

Dean-Keener-Crim open house

The public is invited to visit the Dean-Keener-Crim House Museum, Tuesday, May 30, 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. More...

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Lifestyles

The Price of a long Holiday Week-End

By HUGO KUGIYA

(AP) Announced by the sharp crack of a backfiring engine, the caravan of old Pontiacs and Fords wended their way off the highway and into the gas station-restaurant, arriving, it seemed, from another time. More...

LIFESTYLES

Candice Nicole Rogers and Joshua Lee Watson are pleased to announce their engagement and approaching marriage. The bride-elect is the daughter of Diane and Ronnie Rogers of Hallsville. Grandmother of the bride-elect is Sue Lemons of Hallsville. More...

FINNEUS DRISCOL KENNEDY A.K.A. FINN

Amy Tyndall and Mark Driscol Kennedy of San Antonio, are the proud parents of a baby boy, Finneus Driscol, More...

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Obituaries

DORIS B. MELTON

Graveside services for Mrs. Doris B. Melton, 87, of Longview formerly of San Antonio were Saturday, May 27, 2006 at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery in San Antonio. She passed away Wednesday in Longview. More...

RUTH HENRY DICKSON

DICKSON Ruth Henry Dickson, age 79 of Henderson, passed away Monday, May 22, 2006, at her daughter's home in Plano. More...

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Sales tax surge benefits Kilgore and area cities

By BRENDA ALLUMS

The upward surged of sales taxes in Texas continues as Kilgore and other area cities reap the benefit. More...

United Fund of Kilgore allocates 100 percent

by BILL WOODALL

Directors of the United Fund of Kilgore Friday approved final distribution of last year's fund-raising campaign. And then they distributed unspent funds accumulated over recent years. More...

Kilgore College goes trucking

By LESTER MURRAY

Kilgore College heard the call from local industries that need truck drivers. More...

KILGOROUND

BILL WOODALL

EXPECT Pat McCrory to be down to about 60 pounds by Halloween. More...

Our World

Mountain ethics:

Exhausted and alone, a man dies on Everest as others pass by
By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA

KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) The story, an open secret in the crowded nylon city of Mount Everest base camp, trickled out from the high Himalayas: a British mountaineer desperate for oxygen had collapsed along a well-traveled route to the summit. More...

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Business

Lumber, mud and Lions

By LESTER MURRAY

Ronnie Spradlin, owner and operator of East Texas Lumber, talked to Lions about the business and how it has progressed over the years. More...

EAST TEXAS DRILLING REPORT DEVELOPMENTAL

Gregg County The Margaret Gunn GU 1 Well No.14 will be located 4.6 miles southwest from Longview in the Edwards, H Survey, A64. More...

FINANCIAL FOCUS

"Buy High and Sell Low": A Formula for Failure
WILBUR YATES

It's unfortunate but true: Many people are not particularly successful investors. Why? Part of the reason can be explained in these two words: Fear and greed. More...

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Advice & Entertainment

DEAR ABBY

Special children will need special dads and moms
JEANNE PHILLIPS

DEAR ABBY: Years ago you printed a poem that said God sends children with special needs to special parents because he knows that they will be well cared for. More...

HOROSCOPE

JACQUELINE BIGAR

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Sports

LOCAL SPORTS IN BRIEF

BY SPORTS EDITOR MITCH LUCAS

BASEBALL Harkrider's camp begins Tuesday Kilgore High School head baseball coach Tim Harkrider will conduct his annual baseball camp at Driller Park beginning this Tuesday, May 30 and concluding Friday, June 2. More...

Defense does it as Mavs tie series

DALLAS (AP) - When Steve Nash was running the offense in Dallas, the Mavericks didn't pay much attention to defense. More...

Kilgore's Whitmer, Savony are players of the year

By MITCH LUCAS

It would be difficult to imagine two players having better seasons on the diamond than Kilgore High School's Casey Whitmer and Shelby Savony did in 2006. More...

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