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February 7, 2008
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DDS Joey DeGraffenried put on a good show at Kilgore Heights Elementary School today as he taught the children how to take good care of their teeth. Shown here is Dr. Joey, as he calls himself for the kids, demonstrating the proper way to brush your teeth. DeGraffenried's office is located at 238 La... More...

LAFAYETTE, Tenn. (AP) - County Mayor Shelvy Linville could only shake his head at the horrific toll left by a deadly series of tornadoes that pounded across the South. "It really is unbelievable that Mother Nature can create that much devastation," he said Wednesday evening at his Macon County h... More...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The fate of $600-$1,200 rebate checks for more than 100 million Americans is in limbo after Senate Republicans blocked a bid by Democrats to add $44 billion in help for the elderly, disabled veterans, the unemployed and businesses to the House-passed economic aid package. More...

The old days of getting sent to the principal's office for a paddling is definitely over. These days students get sent to see a judge. Kilgore Independent School District, like many school districts in Texas, have adopted policies referred to as zero tolerance. More...

Members of the Kilgore community rallied together last night in a fund raiser hosted by Lloyd and Evelyn Bolding at The Danville Farm in support of Bill Jennings. Jennings is a Republican candidate for 124th District Judge in Gregg County. More...

THE KC MUSIC Department will host its 40th Anniversary Kilgore College Chorale Reunion Saturday. + The event will culminate with a free concert at 7:30 p.m. in Dodson Auditorium on the Kilgore College campus. Five former chorale directors will participate in the reunion: Dr. Dale Miller, Di... More...

GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba (AP) - Somewhere amid the cactusstudded hills on this sprawling Navy base, separate from the cells where hundreds of men suspected of links to al-Qaida and the Taliban have been locked up for years, is a place even more closely guarded - a jailhouse so protected t... More...
Second wife frons when dad taps on his daughter's tush
DEAR ABBY: My husband is 56. His daughter, "Loreen," from his first marriage is 35. At times when he gives her a hug (as she's leaving from a visit) he will slap her on the butt. This makes me uncomfortable because it seems inappropriate at her age. I have told him how this makes me feel; he says ... More...
DALLAS (AP) - Dirk Nowitzki passed his way to his first career triple-double. Nowitzki had 29 points, 10 rebounds and 12 assists as the Mavericks stretched their home winning streak to eight games with a 107-96 victory over the short-handed Milwaukee Bucks on Wednesday night. More...
Marion M. Hays, 76, formerly of Kilgore went home to be with the Lord, February 2, 2008 at the Waterford in Ridgeland, Mississippi. A funeral service will be held at 6:00 p.m. Wednesday in the chapel in the Wright & Ferguson Funeral Home in Ridgeland with visitation beginning at 3:30 p.m. Gravesid... More...
"Six went and six won," Don Hedrick, Kilgore High School Industrial Cooperative Training instructor, said of the young men he took to regional competition last weekend. "I am proud of each and every one of them." Hedrick's class, formerly known as VICA (Vocational Industrial Clubs of America) bro... More...