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            <td width="50%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Date:
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Unassociated Document
UNITED
      STATES
SECURITIES
      AND EXCHANGE
      COMMISSION
Washington,
      D.C.
      20549
FORM
      8-K
CURRENT
      REPORT
Pursuant
      to Section 13 or 15(d)
      of
the
      Securities Exchange Act of
      1934
Date
      of Report (Date of Earliest
      Event Reported):
August 9, 2006
CONSOLIDATED
        COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, INC.
(Exact
        name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
000-51446
02-0636095
(State of Incorporation)
Commission File Number
(IRS employer identification no.)
121 South 17
th
Street
Mattoon, Illinois
61938-3987
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip code)
Registrant's
      telephone number, including area code:
(217) 235-3311
Not
        Applicable
(Former
      name or former address, if
      changed since last report)
Check
      the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to
      simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of
      the
      following provisions:
[   
]   
Written
      communications pursuant
      to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
[   
]   
Soliciting
      material pursuant to
      Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
[   
]   
Pre-commencement
      communications
      pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
      240.14d-2(b))
[   
]   
Pre-commencement
      communications
      pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
      240.13e-4(c))
Item
      2.02 -  Results of
      Operations and Financial Condition.
On
      August 9, 2006,
      Consolidated Communications Holdings, Inc. issued a press release to report
      its
      results of operations and financial condition as of and for the quarter and
      six
      months ended June 30, 2006. A copy of this press release is included as Exhibit
      99.1 to this Form 8-K and incorporated into this Item 2.02 by
      reference.
The
      information in this Form 8-K, including Exhibit 99.1, is
      being furnished and shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of
      the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act") or otherwise subject to
      the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed to be incorporated
      by
      reference in any registration statement or other document filed under the
      Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act, except as otherwise stated in such
      filing.
Item
      9.01. Financial Statements and
      Exhibits.
(d)
Exhibits
.
Exhibit
                No.
Description
99.1
Press
                Release dated August 9,
                2006
SIGNATURES
Pursuant
      to the requirements of the
      Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report
      to
      be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly
      authorized.
Date:
              August 9, 2006
Consolidated Communications Holdings,
              Inc.
By:
/s/ Steven
              L. Childers
Name:
                Steven L.
                Childers
Title: 
Chief
                Financial
                Officer
EXHIBIT
      INDEX
Exhibit
                No.
Description
99.1
Press
                Release dated August 9,
                2006