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April 2, 2008
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Team's name: East Texas Pump Jacks
By MITCH LUCAS sports@kilgorenewsherald.com
The wait is over: Kilgore's new Texas Collegiate League franchise will officially be known as the East Texas Pump Jacks. The team's name, logos and colors were to be unveiled this afternoon, but the Kilgore News Herald got an early preview. The franchise, introduced to this area in January, will ... More...
KC presents Harper Lee classic
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD

The Kilgore College Department of Theater will be presenting Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird" next week at the Anne Dean Turk Fine Arts Center on the KC campus. Kathy Barber, instructor at KC, will direct the play, set in 1935 in Macomb, Alabama. More...

ETCOG hires transit services manager

East Texas Council of Governments' (ETCOG) vision is to become the best rural transportation provider in the country as measured by customer validation and earned national recognition. On April 1, public transit veteran Tommy Hibdon will join the ETCOG team as its new operations manager to assist... More...

KC Early Childhood Center to dedicate garden in honor of former director

Kilgore College Early Childhood Center will dedicate a "sensory garden" in honor of the center's first director, Mary Ann Kraemer, on April 18. The event will be held in conjunction with Week of the Young Child, April 13-19. More...

Democrats declare Iraq in turmoil
By ANNE FLAHERTY Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) _ Democratic leaders returned from their spring break this week to declare that Iraq is in turmoil and that they will continue to try to force President Bush to end the war. But facing another uphill battle, party members are undecided on whether to try to cut off money or take a ... More...

KILGOROUND
LINDA BALLARD

"I have some mighty fond memories of Kilgore," said Fletcher Jowers with a Southern drawl that depicts the word "Texan" through and through. "I was raised in Kilgore where I attended junior high and high school - part of the Class of '62," he said. More...

 Advice & Entertainment
•DEAR ABBY
Manager who grabs brass ring ends up with tarnished hands
DEAR ABBY: I just made the biggest career mistake of my life. I was working for a wonderful company. Then a former coworker told me about a management position opening at the agency she went to work for. I thought it would be my golden opportunity for advancement. I submitted my resume and, after ... More...
•YOUR HEALTH
•HOROSCOPE
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 Sports
•Mavs upgrade Nowitzki to 'day-to-day' as big game looms
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
DALLAS (AP) - The Dallas Mavericks upgraded the injury status of Dirk Nowitzki to dayto day yesterday, as the franchise faces a pivotal Western Conference game against Golden State tonight. The reigning MVP, who has been out since spraining his left ankle and knee March 23, was to be be re-evalu... More...
•A bittersweet night
•LOCAL SPORTS IN BRIEF
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 Obituaries
•VEDA HICKS RANNE
Services for Veda Ranne, 100, of Longview will be ten a.m., Friday, April 4, 2008, with the Reverend Gary Orr officiating. Burial will follow in Lakeview Memorial Gardens. Mrs. Ranne died Monday March 31, 2008 at her home. She was born January 8, 1908 in Killeen, Texas. She taught school before s... More...
•JOHNNY GRAY
•DOROTHY WASHBURN
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