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February 5th, 2008
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Henley to challenge for KISD Position 1
Since George Faber announced he will no longer be seeking election in Position 1 on the Kilgore Independent School District board of trustees the race is on to fill that position. Dale C. Henley announced on Monday he would be filing for that position to run in the May 10 election. More...
FAME AND FASHION

The Kilgore High School auditorium was packed Saturday night for their 9th Annual A Touch of Fame and Fashion fund raiser. The musical group Slate performed with members David Hodges, Courtney O'steen, James Hodges and Syndi Madden followed by Stone Rd. More...

Flu season in full swing as 11 states report outbreaks

WASHINGTON (AP) _ Flu season is in full swing, with wide outbreaks in 11 states _ and a new strain is starting to emerge that this year's vaccine doesn't specifically target, the government's public health chief said Friday. People still should get their flu shot, and there's plenty available, Dr... More...

Americans overseas first to vote in Super Tuesday primary

HONG KONG (AP) _ Americans living abroad voted for their Democratic candidates in the 2008 U.S. presidential elections Tuesday _ the first day of the weeklong overseas balloting. Some started lining up at polling stations in hotels, coffee shops and pubs in Asia, while others quietly cast their ... More...

KILGOROUND

IF YOU HAVE a favorite presidential candidate headed into today's Super Tuesday elections across the country, well, good luck - I don't. I have no real favoritism to any of the candidates in the race, and quite a bit of negativity about a lot of them. For those of you who don't know, I was a po... More...

 News
•Casinos spend millions on campaign for and against new casinos
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) _ The two riverboat casinos docked at Baton Rouge and the company that wants to add a $250 million casino and resort spent almost $3 million last month on ads for Saturday's election. Pinnacle Entertainment said it spent $1.5 million campaigning for ''yes'' votes; the two ex... More...
•KC Art Symposium high school students receive scholarships
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 Advice & Entertainment
•DEAR ABBY
DEAR READERS: In late October, I printed a letter from "Tab in Swansea, Ill.," who asked what I perceive to be the main problem in society today. I responded that, as my column reflects, there is more than one. Then I asked what you, my readers, think is society's greatest problem -- and the roof ... More...
•YOUR HEALTH
•HOROSCOPE
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 Sports
•LOCAL SPORTS IN BRIEF
FOOTBALL Signing day Wednesday National Signing Day, where high school football players sign letters of intent with college football programs, is tomorrow, and both Kilgore High School and Kilgore College will have players involved - KC, of course, will be signing players and seeing others of... More...
•Imperfect: Forecast for 18-1 Patriots' future cloudy
•KC beats Lee, visits Paris on Wednesday
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 Obituaries
•Emerson "Too Tight" Smith
Funeral services for Emerson "Too Tight" Smith, 75, of Kilgore will be 11 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2008 at St. John Baptist Church with Minister Wesly Smith officiating. Burial will be in St. John Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of Victory Funeral Services. More...
•SELMA VOWELL
•RAYMOND SOLON STONE
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