Maude Laird Middle School boys basketball took on Whitehouse last night at home. The boys B team lost 22-8, while the A team outlasted Whitehouse 31-30. More...
HOUSTON (AP) — Schlumberger Ltd. has announced a 5 percent reduction of its North American work force along with job cuts internationally, a spokesman for the world's biggest oilfield services company said. The move comes as other major oil field services companies, including Halliburton Co. More...
HUNTSVILLE (AP) — Texas is wasting little time this new year claiming its annual notoriety as the nation's most active capital punishment state. More...
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel's lawyers have filed a new appeal of his murder conviction, claiming that police and prosecutors failed to provide them with evidence that pointed to another suspect and discredited a key state witness. More...
DEAR ABBY: I am a 21-yearold man in college. I am training for a profession I will love, and I know my future will be very bright. I would like to volunteer at a soup kitchen or do something for the poor. I have done turkey drives and food drives before, but never worked directly with the people I'm trying to help. More...
Gators' 'D' clamps down OU offense; Tebow guides Florida to second title in three years
MIAMI (AP) — The game defied expectations. Tim Tebow fulfilled them. He rescued No. 1 Florida, running through and throwing over No. 2 Oklahoma for a 24-14 victory Thursday night that gave the Gators their second BCS championship in three years. More...
Memorial services for Edward Charles Russell, 56, will be 1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 10, 2009, at St. Paul Baptist Church in Mineola, with Rev. Boyd officiating. Arrangements by Peaceful Rest Funeral Home, Terrell. Mr. Russell died Friday, Jan. 3, 2009, in Waco, after a brief illness. More...
Tabitha Hall from Longview, a sophomore in the nursing program at Kilgore College, was in the KC bookstore this morning purchasing books for the semester. Charles Okoth, from Nairobi, Kenya, checks out her purchases. More...
MAUDE LAIRD MIDDLE SCHOOL CHEERLEADERS 