July 25, 2006 RSS feed / Front Page

KILGOROUND

IT HIT ME over the weekend just how close football season is - and football preview season is, if you will - when I was speaking to area newspaper sports reporters and editors about our annual meeting to select the District 12-4A all-district team an More...

News

Texas now tops in wind energy production

DALLAS (AP) Long known as a top oiland natural gasproducing state, Texas has gained new energy acclaim by becoming the nation's top producer of wind energy. More...

PETS OF THE WEEK

Buzz has a sunset-orange tabby coat and a sociable More...

Assistant DA charged with DWI, enters rehab

LONGVIEW -Gregg County Assistant District Attorney Lance Larson is undergoing rehabilitation after being arrested last Saturday and charged with DWI and evading arrest. More...

Sports

11-12's ousted, winding up KBBA state tournament run

YOUTH BASEBALL/ KBBA ALL-STARS - STATE TOURNAMENTS

All-star tournament season ended Monday night for teams from the Kilgore Boys Baseball Association. More...

Dallas, Indiana trade again

NBA

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - A trade was completed Monday sending point guard Anthony Johnson to the Dallas Mavericks and veteran floor leader Darrell Armstrong and two young players to the Indiana Pacers. More...

Coach K working overtime to get U.S. ready

USA BASKETBALL

LAS VEGAS (AP) - Mike Krzyzewski's orange folder bulges with notes, diagrams, lists and more notes. He opens the folder and instantly snaps it shut, teasing a foreign reporter wondering whether the U.S. More...

County will rent jail space to Smith Co.

Some Smith County inmates will be looking out the windows of the Gregg County Jail in the future. More...

Burn ban will stay

Fire marshal recommends lifting prohibition

Gregg County Commissioners did not follow the recommendation of the county's fire marshal and end the county-wide burn ban. Instead the extended for 90 days. More...

Friends will gather to say "bye" to KTPB

Friends of Kilgore College's public radio station KTPB 88.7 FM will honor station staffers and its legacy in an open house planned for 3-6 p.m. this Thursday in KTPB offices located at 814 E. Main Street in Kilgore. More...

Advice & Entertainment

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DEAR ABBY

Alcohol is mom's solace for life going nowhere

DEAR ABBY: My mother is in her early 40s. She has four children, including me. I am married and have two children of my own. Still living at home are my brother, 17, a sister, 14, and the 1-year-old baby, "Michelle." Michelle is from another guy. More...

YOUR HEALTH

Illness that struck Dudley Moore is recognized

DEAR DR. DONOHUE: Will you enlighten me on my husband's latest diagnosis -progressive supranuclear palsy? Three years ago he was diagnosed with dementia. We recently changed to another neurologist, and he made this present diagnosis. More...

Obituaries

HARRY COLE

Funeral services for Mr. Harry Cole will be held Tuesday, July 25, 2006 at 10 a.m. at Spivey Funeral Home Chapel in Healdton, OK. Brother Phil Fox will be officiating the services. The burial will be at Mt. More...

CECIL McFARLAND

Services for Cecil Dale McFarland, 46, of Kilgore were 2:00 PM Monday, July 24, 2006 at the First Baptist Church fo Danville with Brother Freeman Pierce officiating. Burial followed in Danville Cemetery. More...

THELMA DANIELS

Funeral services for Thelma Daniels, 90. of Mt. Enterprise, are pending with Southern Funeral Home of Henderson. More...