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May 7th, 2008
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THANKS AND WELCOME HOME
Arriving under crossed ladders in salute from the Kilgore Fire Department, with a Kilgore Police escort and the Patriot Guard Motorcycle Club, 125 soldiers arrived at the Kilgore National Guard Armory this morning to cheers of welcome home. (photo left) Friends and family wait anxiously for their lo... More...
Numbers low for early voting in KISD election

Revard Pfeffer, business manager for the Kilgore Independent School District, said this morning that 367 people voted in early voting, with 11 additional provisional votes cast. More...

Obama declares a 'clear path to victory' Tuesday

WASHINGTON (AP) _ Politically wounded and financially strapped, Hillary Rodham Clinton plunged back into the presidential campaign Wednesday even as Barack Obama declared that Tuesday's primary results left him with a "clear path to victory. More...

KC to award 260 diplomas Friday in two ceremonies

Kilgore College will award 260 degrees and certificates Friday to graduates at two ceremonies, 5:30 p.m. and 8 p.m., in Dodson Auditorium on the KC campus. At 5:30, the ceremony will include 176 students receiving Associate of Applied Science and Certificates of Completion. At 8 p.m. More...

KILGOROUND

B.S. "Buddy" Barber was a man fully alive," wrote his nephew, Patrick Russell. "He was cut out of that Old Texas Rock that is now difficult to find. All of us, his friends and family, are sad to see him go. More...

 News
•Gas price protest singer arrested at Indiana convenience store
VALPARAISO, Ind. (AP) - A man with a guitar and a megaphone climbed atop a convenience store roof to serenade commuters with his musical protest of high gasoline prices - until police halted the impromptu concert. Once atop the roof of the Family Express store Monday, and above pumps dispensing... More...
•CINCO DE MAYO AT KILGORE HEIGHTS
•More people with Hispanic last names registering to vote
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 Advice & Entertainment
•DEAR ABBY
DEAR ABBY: My mother-inlaw -- I'll call her "Irene" -- refers to our 3-year-old daughter, "Amber," as "sexy." When she buys clothing for Amber, she will say, "This is sexy." When Amber was younger and would pull up her dress in play, Irene would say, "Are you trying to be sexy?" Luckily, when it h... More...
•YOUR HEALTH
•HOROSCOPE
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 Sports
•Jess Todd moved to Springfield, Mo., franchise
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Jess Todd's truck is sitting in a parking lot in Palm Beach, Fla. The former University of Arkansas pitcher said his parents delivered it two weeks ago. More...
•Reese hoping hard work pays off
•LOCAL SPORTS IN BRIEF
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 Obituaries
•C.K. WILKERSON
Services for C.K. Wilkerson, 86, of Tyler will be held on Thursday, May 8, 2008 at 1:30 PM at Stewart Family Funeral Home with Rev. Nona Duree Taylor officiating. Entombment will follow in the Rose Hill Mausoleum at Rose Hill Cemetery in Tyler under the direction of Stewart Family Funeral Home. More...
•DANA DISHION CROSSFIELD
•CLARENCE "SLIM" DAVIS
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