PALM DESERT, Calif. (AP) - Waiting in line up to three hours, thousands paid their final respects to former President Gerald R. Ford, filing through the church where the man many credit with healing a troubled nation had prayed since retiring from public life. More...

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(clockwise top left) The Legend, Martha Josey. Brittany Steelman , from Kilgore works the arena during her individual session and R.E. Josey helps adjust her tac to make sure she gets the most out of the ride. More...

DEAR ABBY: My son and daughterin law have a golf cart they allow their 6-year-old daughter, "Madison," to drive. I feel that she is too little to control the vehicle. She can barely see above the steering wheel. This is way too large and powerful a vehicle for the little girl. There is a warning on the dashboard stating that a rollover could cause severe injury or death. More...

How does your garden grow I would like reminisce over the past year and re-iterate some of the important information that guides us to successful gardening. First and foremost, you need good soil. would suggest that you take a soil sample in different areas of you yard. I have a few soil test kits. If you are interested, please contact me at: Happygardener10@alo. More...

Six-year-old Harlee Biggs, the son of Charlie and Tonni Biggs, shot his first deer, a spike weighing 125 pounds. He killed it on Dec. 16 in Tom Greene County. It took one shot at 120 yards with his .223 deer rifle. Good job, Harlee! More...

Joyce Thomasson Ballenger passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on December 27, 2006 after a sudden heart problem. Services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, December 30, 2006 at the 1st Christian Church in Kilgore, Texas. Reverend Bill Blanks will officiate and Mrs. Jean Worden will provide the music. Interment in Kilgore will follow the services. More...

TUESDAY KILGORE TOPS (TAKE OFF POUNDS SENSIBLY) meets at 6:30p.m.-7:30p.m. Tuesday at St. Luke More...

Ashley Jackson, daughter of David and Amanda Jackson graduated cum laude from Texas A & M on December 15, 2006 with a Bachelor of science in Mathematics. Ashley will start dental school at University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio in July. More...

December Students of the Month at Kilgore Heights Elementary School in Kindergarten are (top row left to right) Saide Hamblin, Austin Huckabee, Chole Farrar, Ah'ree'ona' Thompson, Ashlynn Harrison, Keyanna Ector and Hailey Brown. (bottom row left to right) Hector Contreras, Ashli Gonzalez, Olivia Perez, Donna Venagas and Emalea Boatman. (Kavan Rogers was absent) More...