October 11, 2006 RSS feed / News

Bell asks Friedman to quit governor's race

By KELLEY SHANNON

AUSTIN (AP) - Democrat Chris Bell made a public plea to independent gubernatorial candidate Kinky Friedman on Tuesday night asking that he drop out of the race and help him defeat Republican Gov. Rick Perry. More...

Sensing high stakes, voter excitement is high

By WILL LESTER

WASHINGTON (AP) - Politics is a water-cooler topic, a dinner-table subject, an issue to discuss after Sunday services, and this year the interest of American voters is at its highest level in more than a decade. More...

RRC plus record number of old wells in 2006

AUSTIN - The three Railroad Commissioners announced today that the Texas Railroad Commission (RRC) has plugged a record number of abandoned oil and gas wells - a total of 1,824 in Fiscal Year 2006 - the highest number of wells plugged by the RRC in o More...

OPEC will cut production 1 million barrels

Crude prices here up slightly
By BASHIR ADIGUN

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) - OPEC has agreed to trim global oil production by 1 million barrels a day to boost prices, and its members were discussing how to share the cut, the cartel's president said Wednesday. More...

County resolution honors 'Miss Davis' on birthday

By KATHRYN MARTINEZ news1@kilgorenewsherald.com

Gregg County Commissioners, yesterday, adopted a resolution recognizing the 100 birthday of Gussie Nell Davis originator and premiere director of the Kilgore College Rangerettes. More...

Commissioner sponsors TV show on preparedness

'Are you ready?' - a guide to personal and family disaster preparedness presented by Robert D. Hurst, homeland security director for Nacogdoches County, will air this month on Access Channel 26, Longview/Kilgore Cable Television. More...

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