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November 5, 2008  RSS feed
Gregg County residents voted yes for three Republican candidates on the local, state and national level. Voters picked Maxey Cerliano, Gregg County sheriff, to serve a third term; Tommy Merritt, District 7 representative, for his seventh term; and Louie Gohmert, District 1 U.S. congressman, for his second term. More...

PARIS (AP) — Barack Obama's election as America's first black president unleashed a global tide of admiration, hopes for change and even renewed love for the United States on Wednesday. The president of Kenya declared a public holiday in Obama's honor, and people across Africa stayed up all night or woke before dawn to watch U.S. election history being made. More...

President-elect Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, left, and Vice Presidentelect Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, wave to the crowd after Obama's acceptance speech at his election night party at Grant Park in Chicago, Tuesday night, Nov. More...

State Representative Tommy Merritt, R-Longview, was scheduled to hold a news conference 1 p.m. today in Austin to announce his campaign to run for speaker of the Texas House of Representatives. A 12-year veteran of the House, Merritt has said he will campaign on a platform of "bringing members together and ending an era that has split the body. More...
Couple can't see solution to vision problem
DEAR ABBY: I'm a single 59- year-old man who is dating an attractive 40-year-old woman. I wear glasses, and she wears contact lenses, which she takes out before we go to bed at night. Of course, I remove my glasses. The problem is, when we become intimate, we can barely see each other -- even with the lights on. More...
Pine Tree's Lady Pirates end Kilgore's season in bi-district round
It was definitely a playoff atmosphere at Kilgore High School gym on Tuesday night, something that's been missing for a long time for the KHS volleyball team. Kilgore hosted Pine Tree in a UIL Class 4A bi-district playoff game last night, a big crowd for both teams but an especially large crowd for Kilgore, making its first playoff appearance in about 15 seasons. More...
On Tuesday Kilgore police officers worked 30 calls and made one arrest. The average call time was about 55 minutes. More...
Funeral services for Tamarion Christopher Wheat, 13 months old, of Kilgore will be noon, Friday, Nov. 7, 2008, at Bethel Temple with the Rev. Robert Evans officiating. Burial will be in Kilgore Memorial Gardens . Arrangements are under the direction of Victory Funeral Services. More...