October 19, 2006 RSS feed / Front Page

2400 shoes to teach teens about tobacco

The East Texas Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse (ETCADA) will display 1200 pairs of shoes as a part of Red Ribbon Week. More...

KILGOROUND

ADMIT it. It was a treat to watch the national media get hyped over something besides Iraq, Korea or Mark Foley. More...

News

PETS OF THE WEEK

Fancy and Klancey are Pit Bull/Catahoula mix sisters More...

L.A. Robinson completes Army training

Lawrence A. Robinson II graduated from Officer Candidate School (OCS) at Fort Lewis, Tacoma, Wash., and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army National Guard. More...

DAILY DIGEST

WEDNESDAY MAKE KILGORE SHINE committee members will meet at 1 p.m. each Wednesday through More...

Sports

KC safety Ejike player of the week

JUNIOR COLLEGE FOOTBALL

Kilgore College safety Errik Ejike has been name Southwest Junior College Football Conference Player of the Week for his defensive performance in Saturday's 23-21 victory over Trinity Valley. More...

Kilgore Storm wins two in L'view tourney

KILGORE SOCCER ASSOCIATION REPORT

EDITOR'S NOTE: The following is a report from last weekend's action involving some players from the Kilgore Soccer Association and their participation in the Longview Fall Fest tournament. These were the only reports received from KSA this week. More...

Mets beat Cardinals, 4-2, force game 7 tonight

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL/ NATIONAL LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES

NEW YORK (AP) - With the New York Mets on the brink of elimination, John Maine pitched a game to remember. More...

School news

Intermediate School Diary

Kilgore Intermediate School If you drove by Kilgore College on October 11, 2006, you may have thought that it changed into an Intermediate School with a bunch of nine and ten year olds watching an original opera of Little Red Riding Hood! More...

STAR-SPANGLED CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION

Kilgore's Holiday trail of Lights opens November 16 with a Star-Spangled Celebration honoring More...

Latins here send $45 mil home in '06

WASHINGTON (AP) - Latin Americans working outside their countries will send $60 billion home this year, a 12 percent increase over 2005, the Inter-American Development Bank said Wednesday. More...

Vote confusion weakens voter confidence

WASHINGTON (AP) - Count on close, contentious elections to stir up public distrust in the vote count. More...

Advice & Entertainment

DEAR ABBY

Bodice-ripping romance noves are now dressed for success

DEAR ABBY: You told "Nervous in Bernardsville, N.J." (9/2), whose daughter reads romance novels, that "some might argue that the idealized depiction of romance and women being 'rescued' by powerful, wealthy men is more worrisome than the sex and erot More...

YOUR HEALTH

Cortisone scares eczema patient

DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I have eczema quite bad. It itches all the time, and I scratch all the time. I have tried a number of salves and ointments, but none has been much help. My dermatologist says I should be using a cortisone ointment. More...

HOROSCOPE

FORECAST FOR FRIDAY, Oct.20, 2006 ARIES (March 21-April 19) More...

Obituaries

MARY FREDNA TOSCH SKAGGS

Longtime Longview resident, Mary Fredna Tosch Skaggs, died at a local hospital on Wednesday, October 18, 2006 of natural causes. More...

EDWARD MURREL MENGES

Services for Mr. Edward Murrel Menges, 79, of Kilgore, formerly of San Angelo and Snyder, will be 10 a.m. Saturday, October 21, 2006 at the Trinity Assembly of God Church with the Reverend Roger Hoffpowier and Mr. Danny Menges officiating. More...

KELLY WAYNE FUSSELL

Services for Mr. Kelly Wayne Fussell, 37, of Kilgore will be Saturday, October 21, 2006 at 2:00 P.M. in the Chapel of Rader Funeral Home of Kilgore with burial following at Mt. Moriah Cemetery. Reverend Gary Vaughn will officiate. More...