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MLMS BOYS SPLIT WITH WHITEHOUSE

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...

Flea market owner counterfeits CDs

TEXARKANA — A 58- year-old Texarkana man has been sentenced for trafficking in counterfeit labels in the Eastern District of Texas. Leslie Ray White pleaded guilty on Sept. More...

Rifts show as Obama urges quick action on stimulus

By ANDREW TAYLOR Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers are under orders to finish action on President-elect Barack Obama's nearly $800 billion economic recovery plan by mid-February. More...

News

Kilgore Recycling Day

SECOND SATURDAY OF EACH MONTH 8 a.m. to noon Police/Courts Parking Lot 909 North Kilgore St. ITEMS BEING RECYCLED More...

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Advice & Entertainment

DEAR ABBY

Empathy stymies student's desire to help others
JEANNE PHILLIPS

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. More...

YOUR HEALTH

Adult acne might be rosacea
DR. DONOHUE

DEAR DR. DONOHUE: A little while back you wrote about rosacea. I believe I have it. I had thought that my teenage acne had come back on me. I am 35. Would you elaborate on it? My cheeks and nose are red, and there are pimples there. More...

HOROSCOPE

FORECAST FOR SATURDAY, JAN. 10, 2009
JACQUELINE BIGAR

ARIES (March 21-April 19) You know what works, and you don't want to compromise. Unfortunately, someone else has other ideas, whether you like it or not. You'll gain insight from what is happening. More...

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School news

GETTING READY FOR THE SEMESTER AT KC

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...

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Oilfield companies slash work force

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. More...

Six Texas prisoners set to die in January

By MICHAEL GRACZYK Associated Press Writer

HUNTSVILLE (AP) — Texas is wasting little time this new year claiming its annual notoriety as the nation's most active capital punishment state. More...

MAUDE LAIRD MIDDLE SCHOOL CHEERLEADERS

Maude Laird Middle School cheerleaders performed during Thursday night's game against Whitehouse. (photo, left to right, top to bottom) Rena Peek, Haylie Davis, Olivia Pack, Hannah Wright, Macy Rawls, Kristiana Finley, More...

KILGOROUND

KATHRYN PENROSE

"Everyone repeat after me: I am smarter than my children," said Diana Day, author of Vision Management, who brought her "911 For Parents" program to help parents form stronger relationships with their children to Kilgore Intermediate School on Tues More...

Sports

It's Florida!

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. More...

LOCAL SPORTS IN BRIEF

SOCCER Girls open with tie; play twice today The Kilgore High School girls varsity soccer team opened the 2009 season Thursday in Mount Pleasant in a tournament, finishing the first game with a 1-1 tie with Texas High. More...

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Obituaries

EDWARD CHARLES RUSSELL

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. More...

L. T. "TIT" DENNIS

Funeral services for L. T. "Tit" Dennis, 84, of Kilgore will be 11 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2009, at Harmony Pirtle Baptist Church with Evangelist Ella Mae Walker officiating. Burial will be in Pirtle Cemetery. More...

BONITA ANN CAMERON OKRAY

Funeral services for Bonita Ann Cameron Okray, 50, of Henderson will be 11 a.m., Saturday, Jan.10, 2009, at Macedonia Baptist Church in Henderson with the Rev. Wardell Coleman, Pastor Willie Bryant and the Rev. Elmer Dudley officiating. More...

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