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SPRING FLING AT KC

It was Spring Fling at Kilgore College yesterday sponsored by Student Activities under the direction of Leah Gorman. There was rides of all types, great food and of course the dunking booth. (right) Gerald Stanglin. More...

Perry urges legislators to support fiscal responsibility

Advocates Passage of Additional Tax Relief and a Stricter Spending Limit

Governor Rick Perry today joined Mike Sullivan, Texans for Fiscal Responsibility president and state legislators to emphasize the importance of fiscal restraint as the 2008 legislative session nears the end. More...

Honey bees get new home

Things were really buzzing at Schleier and Brown's office yesterday. It wasn't so much a legal matter, but still a stinging subject. About 30,000 honey bees set up a hive in the tree just outside the law firm's front door. B. J. More...

News

MAUDE LAIRD MIDDLE SCHOOL BOOK FAIR AND OPEN HOUSE

Maude Laird Middle School held its Open House and Book Fair last night and raised $958 for the library. "All of the money raised goes back into the library," said Lisa Schumacher, school librarian. More...

Voting problems

HOUSTON (AP) - Voter registrars around Texas are urging the state to abandon a $14 million computer system for storing voter information, saying it is causing massive delays for election administrators all over the state. More...

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Sports

The big show is tonight at Driller

Shreveport, Fort Worth baseball franchises play fun-filled exhibition at 7:05 p.m.
By MITCH LUCAS sports@kilgorenewsherald.com

It's been a hot topic all week around town, and tonight is the night that the Shreveport Sports and Fort Worth Cats bring professional baseball back to one of its most historic places in the state, Driller Park. More...

KHS-North Lamar Game 1 tonight in Paris

HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL/ UIL CLASS 4A BI-DISTRICT PLAYOFFS
By MITCH LUCAS sports@kilgorenewsherald.com

There aren't many high school baseball teams in East Texas that have had as much success as the Kilgore High School Bulldogs over the last four seasons, beginning with the revival of the baseball program in 2004. More...

Jordan, Woods joust (in good fun) on the course

GOLF

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - The gallery stood a dozen rows deep and spilled down both sides of the fairway, the kind of scene Tiger Woods is used to seeing on the weekend at a major championship. More...

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Woodfin takes on Honda Motors over odometers

By KATHRYN MARTINEZ news1@kilgorenewsherald.com

Stephen Woodfin, Kilgore attorney, is embroiled in another class-action law suit. More...

Former 'Rette choreographs personal story of cancer survival

Attendees at Kilgore College's annual Spring Dance Concert, set for 8 p.m. More...

BASEBALL GAMES CANCELLED

A pair of baseball games set for tonight -- one a fund raiser for the Kilgore Chamber of Commerce and the other a play-off game for Kilgore High School na North Lamar -- were cancelled just at press time because of rain. More...

KILGOROUND

LESTER MURRAY

If you like rodeo, especially barrel racing then the Josey Ranch is where you want to be this weekend. The action starts on Friday and goes all the way through Sunday afternoon. More...

Advice & Entertainment

DEAR ABBY

Vegetables weren't to blame for delay in hosts' dinner
JEANNE PHILLIPS

DEAR ABBY: I had to write after reading the letter from "Ready to Serve in New Hampshire" (Feb. 23), who felt compelled to delay her dinner party when her guests brought fresh vegetables from their garden. More...

YOUR HEALTH

Heartburn poses cancer threat to only a few
DR. DONOHUE

DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I have had heartburn for many years, and it has gotten worse this past year. My doctor sent me to a specialist, who looked into my esophagus and stomach with a scope. More...

HOROSCOPE

FORECAST FOR FRI., MAY 4, 2007
JACQUELINE BIGAR

ARIES (March 21-April 19) You know what to do and how to deal with a sometimes touchy situation. If questioning your choices, choose to head in another direction. By taking the high road, you will see life from a more dynamic perspective. More...

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Obituaries

WOODROW SATTERWHITE

Services for Woodie Satterwhite, 91 of Longview will be two p.m. Friday, May 4, 2007 at the Rader Funeral Home Chapel with the Reverend Dr. William J. Ingersoll officiating. Masonic burial rites will follow. Mr. More...

BRANDEN CARTEZ WILLIAMS

Funeral services for Branden Cartez Williams, 4, of Jacksonville, will be 2 p.m. Saturday, May 5, 2007 at Mt. Pleasant CME Church. Burial will be in Mt. Pleasant Cemetery. More...

RUSSELL C. MCGILVRAY

Services for Russell C. McGilvray, 48, of Athens, are scheduled for 10 A.M. Thursday at First Baptist Church with Dr. Kyle Henderson officiating. Graveside services and interment will follow at 3 p.m. More...

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School news

MAUDE LAIRD MIDDLE SCHOOL DIARY

ALAYNA ROBERTSON

What I like to do is talk on the computer. It is so amazing how technology is so complex! i mean, I would have never dreamed of making a machine so technological that you could type up a conversation, and so quickly! It just amazes me! More...

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