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January 29th, 2008
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Borders files first for KISD board
With George Faber stepping down from the Kilgore Independent School Board of trustees at the end of his term, another Kilgore man is throwing his hat into the ring. Dereck Borders said Monday he will file for Position 1 which Faber will vacate in May. He is the first to announce his plans to run ... More...
MISS DAWG, 2008

Kilgore High School held its fund raiser for Project Graduation 2008 Saturday night and what a show it was. The Miss Dawg Pageant may be the proof that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. More...

Avant receives Main Street facade grant

Another Main Street façade grant application was approved last night, after consideration by Main Street Design Committee. Bob Avant, owner of 316 North Main, presented a Main Street rendering and his design ideas to the board. More...

Perry sets up task force for higher education incentive funding

AUSTIN (AP) - A task force has been charged with recommending guidelines for implementing higher education incentive funding programs in Texas, Gov. Rick Perry's office said Monday. Task force members must report to Perry by July 15, with recommendations meant to assist the 2009 Legislature. More...

KILGOROUND

IF YOU HEAD out to R.E. St. John Memorial Stadium tonight expecting a soccer game, chances are you'll be out there alone. Both Kilgore High School soccer teams have open dates tonight, and are back in action Friday, facing Pine Tree. The KHS girls do have a basketball game at home - they'll hos... More...

 News
•Harry James Orchestra brought back memories of a different time
greeted It was a different time, unlike any time before or since. Our nation was recovering from the great depression and was at war from 1939-1945. This nation was unified and supportive of "our boys" as never before or again. Women took up the slack in the workforce depleted by the number of m... More...
•GOOD JOB LOUIE
•Arp man arrested after high speed chase through Kilgore
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 Our World
•Cold meds send kids to hospitals
ATLANTA (AP) - Cough and cold medicines send about 7,000 children to hospital emergency rooms each year, the U.S. government said Monday in its first national estimate of the problem. About two-thirds of the cases were children who took the medicines unsupervised. More...
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 Lifestyles
•PETS OF THE WEEK
"Amigo" is a very large male orange tabby Domestic Shorthair with a laid-back personality. Amigo's tranquil temperament may give the impression that he's not interested in affection, More...
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 Advice & Entertainment
•DEAR ABBY
DEAR ABBY: My husband, "Rick," sometimes hits me and calls me names. It hurts me because he's my life, and I love him to death. When I try to tell friends about it, they don't believe me because Rick is a firefighter. They all say, "I don't think he's like that," and when I tell them he IS like th... More...
•YOUR HEALTH
•HOROSCOPE
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 Sports
•Retire? He's glad he didn't
CHANDLER, Ariz. (AP) - Sitting on the beach this summer, Michael Strahan doesn't know how many times he picked up his cell phone and started to dial the New York Giants: Five, 10, 15. Each time, the message was going to be the same. Enough! Fourteen years of playing in the NFLhad drained him. It... More...
•Rangers end losing streak
•Brady's ankle the focus of hype so far
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 Obituaries
•HERB PAUL
Services for Herb Paul, 83, of Kilgore will be two p.m., Thursday, Jan. 31, 2008 at the Rader Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Earl W. "Buddy" Duggins officiating. Interment will follow in the Danville Cemetery. Mr. Paul passed away Tuesday in Longview. More...
•LILLIAN THOMPSON
•SALLIE ELLEN RANDELL
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