November 26, 2006 RSS feed / Front Page

Christmas parade Tuesday night

The clock is ticking and calendar days are peeling away, bringing the City of Stars Christmas Parade closer every day. More...

News

Variety of immigration bills await Texas lawmakers

AUSTIN (AP) - Texas lawmakers are poised to pounce on illegal immigrants when they start their next session in January, filing a slew of get-tough bills including one designed to challenge the automatic citizenship of babies born in the United States More...

It was a watershed election for media organizations too

NEW YORK (AP) - Election night 2006 will go into history books as a triumph for Democrats and rebuke to President Bush. It was a watershed evening for the news media, too. More...

DISD principal found to have segregated school

DALLAS (AP) - A federal judge ruled Thursday that an elementary school principal segregated students by assigning English-speaking Latino children to classes and programs separate from white children and must correct the inequities by January. More...

Advice & Entertainment

DEAR ABBY

Delivering bad news is hard for some employers to handle

DEAR ABBY: What has happened to professional courtesy in the workplace? I am a high school teacher, and recently a colleague learned that he was being replaced by another teacher when he read it in the school board minutes! More...

HOROSCOPE

FORECAST FOR SUNDAY, NOV. 26, 2006 ARIES (March 21-April 19) More...

Secretay of State Rice, topic for Club Au Courant

Club Au Courant met November 15 at Country Place Village for their November meeting. The living and dining room was decorated in fall accents and lovely flower arrangements. More...

Home & Garden

Civic Garden Club welcome guest from Tyler

Civic Garden Club met for their November meeting on Wed., Nov. 15 at the Kilgore Community House. More...

Obituaries

VIVIAN FOSTER

Funeral services for Vivian Jewel Foster, 77, of Kilgore will be held at 10AM, Saturday, November 25, 2006, at the Chapel of Rader Funeral Home in Kilgore. Reverend Frank Bingham and Reverend Brian Williams will officiate. More...

Church News

MINISTER'S MOMENT

Do you trust him?

Do You Trust Him? "Trust God from the bottom of your heart; don't try to figure out everything on your own. Listen for God's voice in everything you do, everywhere yougo; he's the one who will keep you on track." Prov. 3:5-6 (Message) More...

Virgina Wallace presents story of Deborah for Christian Women's

Virginia Wallace presents Story of Deborah Christian Women's fellowship met on November 20, 2006, 6:30 p.m. in the church's family room. Hostess was Shauna Gage. Meredith Brown assisted. More...

Kilgore sales tax revenues growing

Kilgore's sales tax revenues continue to grow. The city just received a check for $893,869.10 - maybe the largest sales tax check ever received here - up 24.23 percent from the check for $720,096.51 received this same period last year. More...

Pool improvements topic of council

When the Kilgore City Council last met one of the topics of discussion was what to do about the pool. More...

KILGOROUND

EVERYONE LOVES A parade. At least, that's what we've heard. More...

Business

OIL AND GAS

EAST TEXAS DRILLING REPORT DEVELOPMENTAL ****** Cherokee County More...

WILBUR F. YATES

Giving financial gifts? Know the Rules

The holidays are approaching rapidly, so shopping may be on your mind. Of course, you can find many different types of thoughtful presents that will "make the day" of your loved ones. But why not give a gift that can brighten their entire future? More...

Lifestyles

A Word Please

For most of my life, I've lived in apartments. So moving into a house 2 1/2 years ago has taken some getting used to. The differences between the two lifestyles have been well documented More...

THANKSGIVING IS FOR FAMILIES, ON OR OFF THE COURT

The Kilgore College Mens basketball team celebrated Thanksgiving Thursday as a team under the leadership of KC Head More...

CHITCHAT CORNER

Count your blessings

hairdo - which was no hair at all due to her treatments in battling cancer. Both were in high spirits of the "latest fashion" and looked forward to the New Year and the completion of those treatments. More...

Sports

First-year coaches square off as Houston visits Jets

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE

Indianapolis, Philly meet in in national game tonight More...

TREV GETS AN 8-POINT!

Trev Thompson, 12 years old, killed an 8-point buck in Cass County on opening More...

Parcells impressed, but don't put Romo in hall of fame yet

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE

IRVING (AP) - Bill Parcells still isn't impressed with everything Tony Romo does. More...