October 29, 2006 RSS feed / Front Page

Halloween hits town Tuesday

Calling all ghosts and goblins! It is fall festival time once again and St. Luke's United Methodist First Presbyterian and First Baptist churches have two hours of activities planned from 6 to 8 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 31, on North Street between St. More...

KILGOROUND

IF YOU'RE reading this on Saturday -- and the odds of that are fairly good -- don't forget to set your clocks back before going to bed. More...

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Our World

Bust defends his tax cuts, warns that Democrats would let them expire

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush defended his tax cuts Saturday, saying they had fueled a strong U.S. economy despite news this week of a slowdown. More...

Business

OIL & GAS

DEVELOPMENTAL Cherokee County The Vera Middleton Gas Unit 1 Well No.9 and the South Falcon Creek Gas Unit 1 Well No.2 will be drilled in the Reklaw (Travis Peak) Field by Lime Rock Resources A, L.P. The wells will bottom at a depth of 11,000-feet. More...

FINANCIAL FOCUS

Watch out for terrifying invetments moves

Now that Halloween is here, you can expect to see a lot of ghouls, ghosts and gravestones in your neighborhood - but in reality, they'll be of less importance than the evening's main draw: candy. More...

Advice & Entertainment

HOROSCOPE

FORECAST FOR SUNDAY, OCT. 29, 2006 ARIES (March 21-April 19) More...

DEAR ABBY

Father baffled by daughter's attraction to jobless man

DEAR ABBY: Help! My daughter, a medical professional in her 30s who has earned bachelor's and master's degrees from two of the top universities in the country, is involved with a guy who doesn't have a high school diploma (not even a GED). More...

Home Grown

Growing at the Poorest Acre

The World's Poorest Acre lies just across the tracks from the World's Riches Acre. Polly Richardson, owner of The Vinery and Antiques, Etc. has proof. More...

Shakespeare's lost love labours? Found

Robinsons invest love in Danville Farms

Love - and hard work -what makes a business successful. In the case of Danville Farms there was a lot of both. More...

East Texas Lumber, growing here since '34

East Texas Lumber was founded in 1934 when Ronald E Spradlin Sr. bought one of the 13 existing lumber yards in and around Kilgore. More...

Church News

MINISTER'S MOMENT

"WITHOUT ME YOU CAN DO NOTHING"

In John 15:4-5, Jesus says to his disciples, "Remain in me, and I will remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me. I am the vine; you are the branches. More...

Holda says Longview campus is good for KC

Both the president of Kilgore College and the president of the school's board of trustees say expansion into Longview is good for Kilgore College. More...

Really cool chili cook-off coming

Area residents have less than a week to prepare for one of the most fun, food-filled events of the year when oilmen go cooker-to-cooker vying for the title of "Chili Cookoff Champ." More...

City searches fur and wide for help controlling damage at Elder Lake

When concerned citizens phoned the Kilgore Economic Development Corporation with concerns, KEDC executive director Amanda Nobles had to search far and wide for a solution. More...

News

Maxwell family adds seating to oil field historical park

Members of the Maxwell family gathered with Kilgore Historical Preservation Foundation at Christmas Tree Park last week to dedicate benches to the memory of J.K. "Jake" Maxwell and W.T. Maxwell. More...

Lions ready for Halloween carnival

The Kilgore Lions Club is ready for their Halloween Carnival Tuesday night. Joyce Speer, chairman, said the activities will get started at 5 p.m. with all sorts of games for the kids. "Kids in costume will get a prize from 5 p.m. More...

Rotary hosts international students

Five international students from Kilgore College, all of whom play basketball for the school this year, were guests of the Kilgore Rotary Club Wednesday for lunch. More...

Lifestyles

Madame Curies life topic for Club Au Courant

Club Au Courant's October meeting was held at the Kilgore Public Library which was beautifully decorated in autumn colors. More...

Eaton and Kennedy to wed

Micky and Susan Kennedy of Diana are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter Lacy More...

USS Reagan rememberd by D.A.R

The Samuel Paul Dinkins Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution held their October 17 meeting at the home of Margaret Griffin at 2 p.m. Co-hostesses were Mesdames Merita Barbee, Eloise Ducan, Margaret Merritt and Helen Merrill. More...

Sports

'Dogs suffer setback

Hallsville escapes, 17-10; KHS still alive for playoffs

A wild night in District 12-4A saw Kilgore High School lose to Hallsville and Nacogdoches upset Marshall, leaving the 12-4A playoff picture - other than district-leading Whitehouse - a convoluted mess. More...

Local man wins Ford truck

Bobby Bustin did a victory run of his own down the Kilgore sidelines after successfully completing a punt, pass and kick competition at halftime that won him a lease on a new Ford F-150 truck. More...

Players in Progress registration this week

YOUTH BASKETBALL

Kilgore College men's head basketball coach Scott Schumacher is predicting that the new Players In Progress program - allowing boys and girls to demonstrate their basketball skills at five or six KC home games this season - will be a hit. More...

Obituaries

GIRTHA LEE WILLIAMS

Funeral services for Girtha Lee Williams, of Kilgore, will be held Saturday, Oct. 28, 2006 at 1 p.m. at New Birth Fellowship Church with Pastor Gary L. Walker officiating. More...

CAROLYN MCADAMS MYERS

Graveside Services for Carolyn McAdams Myers, 62, of Liberty City were held 10 A.M., Saturday, October 28, 2006 at Danville Cemetery with the Reverend Charlotte Austin officiating. More...

WYNEMA CAROL SCOTT

Services for Wynema Carol Scott, 67, of New London ar pending with Southern Funeral Home of Henderson. More...