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AGUAS FRESCAS

As part of Hispanic Heritage Month, Maude Laird Middle School students got a treat Friday — a cool treat that is, aguas frescas. From cinnamon rice milk, watermelon, hibiscus, tamarind and cantaloupe, MLMS students lined up to try each flavor. More...

Film Festival kicks off tomorrow night

By KATHRYN PENROSE news1@kilgorenewsherald.com

Four Star Cinema kicks off its annual Fall Film Festival tomorrow night with the film Man on a Wire , following a pre-show reception with wine tasting and custom cuisine from D. More...

Christmas in the Patch essay contest

Kilgore Historical Preservation Foundation's annual Christmas in the Patch Essay Contest begins Wednesday, Oct. 1, and is open to students in English classes at Kilgore High School, Maude Laird Middle School and Kilgore Intermediate School. More...

Our World

Lawmakers scramble to revise bailout bill

By CHARLES BABINGTON and JIM KUHNHENN Associated Press Writers

WASHINGTON (AP) - Congressional leaders scrambled Tuesday to find enough changes to sell the multibillion-dollar financial rescue to their rank-and-file, with long-distance prodding from John McCain and Barack Obama on the presidential campaign tr More...

Fingerpointing continues on bailout failure

WASHINGTON (AP) — Members of Congress traded more recriminations Tuesday over the stunning House vote that killed a $700 billion financial system, while insisting there's still time to get an acceptable deal. But Rep. More...

DAILY DIGEST

MONDAY TOPS (TAKING OFF POUNDS SENSIBLY) meets Mondays 5:30-6:30 at St. Luke's UMC. For information call Linda Myhand 903-934- 6794 or Linda Brotherton at 903-258-3463. Come join a group well known for losing and loving it. More...

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Sports

KC tops No. 1 Blinn in OT

Rangers get 20-17 victory; visit ABU Saturday
By MITCH LUCAS sports@kilgorenewsherald.com

The stat line for wide receiver Cortez Smith, a sophomore from Hooks, reads this way from Kilgore College's home game against No 1 Blinn last Saturday: six catches, 176 yards, two touchdowns. More...

Associated Press Texas high school poll

Here is The Associated Press high school poll for Sept. 29, with first-place votes in parentheses, records, points based on 10-9-8- 7-6-5-4-3-2-1, and the team's ranking in last week's poll. More...

Sabine beats Union Grove

HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL
By MITCH LUCAS sports@kilgorenewsherald.com

Sabine defeated Union Grove in a sweep, 25-11, 25-16, 25-11 on Friday night, running its record to 14-11 overall and 2-3 in District 18-2A. Sabine visits Elysian Fields tonight in a key district matchup. More...

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Jury now deliberates on KFC murders

By MICHAEL GRACZYK Associated Press Writer

BRYAN (AP) — The murder trial of a second man accused of taking part in the quarter-century old slayings of five people abducted from an East Texas Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant is headed toward jury deliberations. More...

East Texas economy good says local banker; don't panic

By BRENDA BROWN knhedit@kilgorenewsherald.com

As Wall Street and foreign stock markets reel from the nobailout vote in the U.S. House of Representatives Monday, one local banker says the economy in East Texas is good, credit is available and your moneyin local banks is safe. More...

Gohmert says no to Bush's bailout proposal

By BRENDA BROWN knhedit@kilgorenewsherald.com

"Giving the U.S. Secretary of the Treasury hundreds of billions of dollars is going to inject a lot of money in some people's pockets but it's not going to fix the economy," U.S. More...

KILGOROUND

MITCH LUCAS

OK — ALL YOU Kilgore High School and West Rusk High School football fans will have to find something else to do Friday night. Both your teams have open dates. And congratulations to both for great starts this season. More...

Advice & Entertainment

Even experienced moms can be surprised by pregnancy

DEAR ABBY
JEANNE PHILLIPS

DEAR ABBY: I am a nurse, writing in response to the letter from "Flabbergasted Parents in New Mexico" (July 19). I have worked in small community hospitals and in the emergency rooms of trauma centers in larger cities. More...

Rusty nails cause lockjaw?

YOUR HEALTH
DR. DONOHUE

DEAR DR. DONOHUE: Please talk about lockjaw. I grew up on a farm, and it was something I heard about all the time. You were supposed to be careful when you were in a barn to spot any rusty nails you might step on. Is that so? More...

HOROSCOPE

JACQUELINE BIGAR

FORECAST FOR WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2008 ARIES (March 21-April 19) Expect a mixed bag, and one in which you feel you have no control. More...

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Obituaries

ZELMA DEAVER DRAPER

Zelma Draper died in Longview, Texas, at 102 years of age. She was born Zelma Roma Lee Deaver in Seymour, Texas, December 18, 1905, to Frederick and Mary Taylor Deaver. More...

PEGGY CAMPBELL

Funeral services for Peggy Campbell, 73, of Kilgore will be held 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, October 1, 2008 at St. Luke's Methodist Church with Reverend Ralph Rudy and Reverend Darwood Galaway officiating. Burial will follow at 3:00 p.m. More...

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