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Air strike claims terrorist al-Zarqawi

By PATRICK QUINN
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the most-wanted terrorist in Iraq who waged a bloody campaign of beheadings and suicide bombings, was killed when U.S. warplanes dropped 500-pound bombs on his isolated safehouse, officials said Thursday. More...

Consultant says runway is too long

By BRENDA ALLUMS

Only 10 Gregg County residents turned out for the public hearing on East Texas Regional Airport's master plan, but those present learned that county and airport officials are looking 20 years ahead. More...

Scandal rocks human tissue industry

By TOM HAYS

A New Jersey company found a profitable niche harvesting human parts from More...

News

Locals earn college honors

RUSTON, La. - Eric Collins of Kilgore was named an honor student at Louisiana Tech University in Ruston, LA. More...

East Texas standoff ends with officer and suspect dead

TYLER (AP) A man shot and killed an East Texas constable and injured a deputy responding to a domestic disturbance call Wednesday before officers fat/ally shot him, authorities said. More...

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Sports

D'backs draft Whitmer

By MITCH LUCAS

Well, the Arizona Diamondbacks baseball organization has given former Kilgore High School player Casey Whitmer something to think about. More...

Rangers get by KC again, 4-2

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Gary Matthews' two-run double capped a four-run ninth inning and lifted the Texas Rangers to a 4-2 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Wednesday night. More...

Game 1 tonight

NBA FINALS/ DALLAS VS. MIAMI

DALLAS (AP) - Regrets are a terrible souvenir of the NBA Finals, and Shaquille O'Neal had a few after his most recent trip. A decade earlier, so did Pat Riley. More...

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From street thug to slaughtering sheik

By PATRICK QUINN

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) Abu Musab alZarqawi rose from the life of a street thug in Jordan to become the symbol of "holy war" in Iraq, masterminding the bloodiest suicide bombings of the insurgency, beheading hostages and helping push Iraq into a spiral of More...

HOW'D HE DO THAT?

Summer Fun is in full swing at the Kilgore Public Library and events are planned for all of June and More...

'Poster child' returns for golf tourney

By BRENDA ALLUMS

For more than 60 years the East Texas Treatment Center Golf Classic has been special. More...

KILGOROUND

BRENDA ALLUMS

THE EAST Texas Oilmen's Golf Classic will tee off this tomorrow. More...

Lifestyles

DAILY DIGEST

SATURDAY KILGORE BAPTIST CHURCH will hold their Annual Men's Day on Sunday, June 10, at 3 p.m. Special guest will be the Rev. Marvin Taylor and the Shady Grove Baptist Church of Tyler. Kilgore Baptist is located at 1310 S. Commerce St. More...

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Advice & Entertainment

DEAR ABBY

Woman who sleepwalks has mom's suicide on her mind
JEANNE PHILLIPS

DEAR ABBY: I am a 37year-old married woman with a problem. My mother committed suicide when I was 18, and I have never dealt with my loss. The day after she died, my father bagged up all of her possessions and gave them to charity. More...

YOUR HEALTH

Multiple myeloma is a cancer of bone marrow
DR. DONOHUE

DEAR DR. DONOHUE: My husband is 64 and has just learned that he has multiple myeloma. No treatment has been discussed as yet. We wonder what that might entail and would appreciate anything you can tell us to help us understand this illness. More...

HOROSCOPE

JACQUELINE BIGAR

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Obituaries

BETI MONK

Services for Beti Monk, 72, of Kilgore were two p.m., Tuesday, June 6, 2006 at the Rader Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Wayne McKay officiating. Mrs. Monk went to be with her Lord Saturday, June 3, 2006 at her home surrounded by her family. More...

FLORINE PETERSEN

Florine Petersen, of Tyler, passed away June 5, 2006, in Tyler on her 90th birthday. More...

CHARLES A. RINGLER

Services for Mr. Charles A. Ringler, 82, of Kilgore will be two p.m., Friday, June 9, 2006 at the Rader Funeral Home Chapel with Chaplain Newt Cole officiating. Burial will follow in Algoma Cemetery, Marshall. More...

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