April 17, 2005 RSS feed / Front Page

011p1_xlg.jpg

Pipe up the band at celtic fest

Celtic Fest kidked off yesterday with the Bayou City Pipes and Drums from Houston. Tom O More...

Child pornography big problem in East Texas

By BRENDA ALLUMS news@kilgorenewsherald.com Mike Hyco More...

80-year-old gets paycheck

By Brenda Allums news@kilgorenewsherald.com

Bettie Roberts is looking for her first paycheck. That may not sound unusual, but Bettie More...

News

Senators acting alone can block nominees, too

By JIM ABRAMS Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) - While the Senate is near open warfare over minority party filibusters of judicial nominees, senators acting alone are blocking some of President Bush%27s other choices for top government jobs with little protest. More...

Former Texas speaker Jim Wright speaks in Longview

Jim Wright, former speaker of the US House of Representatives, will speak Tuesday, April 26, at 7 p.m. at the IBEW union hall in Longview on the More...

Farm, Ranch Club hosts cow-calf seminar; Saddle Club has session on horse feeding

By DENNIS SMITH Gregg County Agent

The Oil Belt Farm and Ranch Club will host the annual Spring Cow-Calf Seminar on Tuesday, April 26, beginning at 6:30 p.m in the Gregg County Extension Auditorium in Longview. More...

Click here for all stories

Advice & Entertainment

Get familiar with basics of estate planning

FINANCIAL FOCUS

If you still have many years to go until retirement, you may not consider drawing up an estate plan to be a high priority. More...

Sexually abused teenager wavers on whether to tell
DEAR ABBY

DEAR ABBY: I have recently turned 14. When I was 7, I was sexually abused by a close female relative. The abuse wasn%27t as severe as in most cases of molestation, but I know what happened to me was wrong. More...

HOROSCOPE

JACQUELINE BIGAR

FORECAST FOR SUNDAY, APRIL 17, 2005 ARIES (March 21-April 19) HHHHH More...

Click here for all stories

Obituaries

Obituaries

OBA BEATRICE ELDER

Funeral services for Oba Beatrice Elder, 91, of Glendale, AZ. formerly of Kilgore, were 1 p.m., Saturday, April 16, 2005 at Mt. Zion CME Church with Rev. A.R. Mayfield officiating. Burial was in Mt. Zion Cemetery. More...

Click here for all stories

For The Record

AGENDAS

A special called meeting of Kilgore City Commission will be Monday, April 18 at 5:30 p.m. in city Hall Commission Chambers at 815 North Kilgore Street in Kilgore. More...

Click here for all stories

Cell phone privacy still top priority for wireless companies

By LESTER MURRAY news@kilgorenewsherald.com

If you own a cell phone you may have heard a rumor or read an e-mail that tells you telemarketers are about to get your telephone number. More...

Gault Co. takes chance with KEDC on Synergy Park

By BRENDA ALLUMS news@kilgorenewsherald.com

Roger Gault likes to build and take chances. As a real estate developer, he More...

Photo

A Chevrolet driven by a 66 year old male went air born off I 20 eastbound and came to rest underneath the eastbound lanes. Trooper Darren S. More...

KILGOROUND

BILL WOODALL

YOU More...

Our World

Filibuster is only tool available to minority party

GETTING IT RIGHT BILL WOODALL

Some years ago, when the Republicans were filibustering a Clinton bill, Sen Orrin Hatch of Utah, noted that the filibuster is the only tool available to the minority party when they want to protect the interests of that minority. More...

DAILY DIGEST

SUNDAY

HICKORY GROVE BAPTIST CHURCH will celebrate its 94th anniversary with homecoming activities Sunday, April 17. Regular services will be at 11 p.m. followed by dinner and fellowshiop. A special homecoming service will be held at 1:30 p.m. More...

CARTOON

Full Story

Click here for all stories

Lifestyles

Photo

Pre-K: Diego Huerta, Baylee Weeds, Austin Jenkins Anthony Riley, Jacob Riley. More...

Hi-Steppers annual Spring Show set for April 23

The Kilgore High School Hi-Steppers, will present "Strike a Pose" the theme of their annual spring show, Saturday, April 23, at Dodson Auditorium. More...

FAMILY TALK

The Patrick Way

When I was a wee lad, March 17 was no ordinary day. In my family it was a day to be celebrated in grandstyle. On St. Patty More...

Click here for all stories

Sports

A night of surprises, good and bad

KHS shuts out Henderson, clinches playoff, maybe more
By MITCH LUCAS sports@kilgorenewsherald.com

HENDERSON More...

Pine Tree shocks Bulldogs, 6-2; KHS falls back to second place

By MITCH LUCAS sports@kilgorenewsherald.com

After Kilgore's baseball Bulldogs won a huge game against Marshall Tuesday night, no one figured they would be in for a letdown against Pine Tree, a team they defeated handily a few weeks ago. But that logic did not hold true. More...

Mavericks’ Nowitzki slowly making leap from star to superstar

NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION

DALLAS (AP) More...

Click here for all stories