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April 18, 2008
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HOP, SKIP, JUMP
Kilgore Intermediate School held their Jump Rope for Heart to support the American Heart Association on Thursday. Both the fourth and fifth grade classes participated in the event and both classes collected money for the American Heart Association. The students collected over $11,800 which will be d... More...
Perry plans trigger political shockwave
By APRIL CASTRO Associated Press Writer

AUSTIN (AP) - Gov. Rick Perry now says he wants a record 14 years in the state's highest office, but he might have to fight some of the biggest names in his Republican Party to keep his job that long. His announcement Thursday could trigger a GOP bloodbath. Both Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison and Lt.... More...

Gasoline prices still moving higher

HOUSTON (AP) - There was no end in sight to the Texas retail gasoline price spike as prices at pumps statewide climbed to new record heights, according to a weekly survey. Regular self-serve averaged $3.33 per gallon across the state, according to the weekly AAA Texas gasoline price survey relea... More...

Airline executives and regulators routinely switch places
By RITA BEAMISH and SHARON THEIMER Associated Press Writers

WASHINGTON (AP) - What the airline industry wants from Washington it often gets, and no wonder. The people who regulate airlines on one day can become company executives the next - and the other way around. Industry leaders who were once under the Federal Aviation Administration's authority now... More...

KILGOROUND
KATHRYN MARTINEZE

Maybe sports don't belong in Kilgoround when I write them, but I am a mother - first and foremost - and I have bragging rights. As the parent of an 11- 12 Kilgore Boys Baseball Association CUB I must say our team is off the a great start. More...

 News
•MLMS conducts safety drill by locking down their campus
BEING PREPARED
Maude Laird Middle School conducted a lockdown drill on their campus this morning. Principal Jody Sanders, along with Richard Stanley, Kilgore Independent School District resource officer initiated the drill at approximately 9:15 a.m. More...
•Texas unemployment rises
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 Advice & Entertainment
•DEAR ABBY
Sister burdened with debt has only herself to blame
DEAR ABBY: My sister, "Ellie," and her husband, "Bill," have three lovely little girls. Both have good jobs and live in a pleasant neighborhood. However, neither one ever learned any life skills. Both worked and lived rent-free with their parents until they met and married in their late 20s. More...
•YOUR HEALTH
•HOROSCOPE
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 Sports
•LOCAL SPORTS IN BRIEF
SOFTBALL KHS finishes season tonight The Kilgore High School Lady Bulldogs softball team will finish the 2008 season tonight at home at Stream-Flo Field against Hallsville. First-pitch will be at 6 p.m., preceded by a brief senior night ceremony honoring the Lady 'Dogs' only senior, shortstop ... More...
•BIG NIGHT AT THE BALLPARK
•Murphy's doubles boost Rangers
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 Obituaries
•Gloria Calaway Barnes
Gloria Calaway Barnes passed from this life peacefully on April 15, 2008. Gloria was born on February 3, 1913 to Francesca Migliolo Gonzalez and Julio Gonzalez in Aldama, Tamaulipas. She will be best remembered for her love and giving nature to family, friends and the poor. More...
•RALPH PLAXCO
•BONNIE LEE TOWNSEND
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