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Up, UP, AWAY

The Great Texas Balloon Race kicked off this morning at first light with over eighty Hot Air Balloons taking to the sky over Longview. The race, with events through Sunday morning, kicked off with pilots dropping bean bags at three targets. More...

KILGOROUND

HERE %27N THERE: Annelle Dugan Jones%27 husband, James, is living at Clairmont Nursing Home in Longview, Annelle reports. James suffered a stroke last Jan. 30 but still maintains a good attitude, she says. 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

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News Herald photo by LESTER MURRAY

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City will award contract for street surfacing

The Kilgore street department is preparing road surfaces in south Kilgore so the streets can receive a new seal coat. More...

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Advice & Entertainment

Claim to name for baby is causing family tug-of-war

DEAR ABBY
JEANNE PHILLIPS

DEAR ABBY: My husband and I expect our first child in about a month. We know it will be a girl, and we are now in the process of selecting a name for her. More...

Exercise specifically enhances sport performance

YOUR HEALTH
DR. DONOHUE

DEAR DR. DONOHUE: Are athletes wasting time in developing muscles they might not need? Could they spend their time better by engaging in their sports? More...

HOROSCOPE

JACQUELINE BIGAR

FORECAST FOR SATURDAY, JULY 9, 2005 ARIES (March 21-April 19) More...

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Obituaries

DAVID W. TOWERY

Memorial Services for David W. Towery, 57, of Liberty City will be held Ten O More...

LOLA MCELYEA

Mass for Lola McElyea, 72, of Kilgore will be 12:00 p.m, Saturday, July 9, 2005 at Christ the King Catholic Church with the Reverend Father Mark Kusmirek officiating. Burial will follow in Danville Cemetery. Mrs. More...

RUBY MARIE BROOME

Ruby Marie Broome, 81, a beloved wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother went to her heavenly home with our Lord Thursday, July 7, 2005. More...

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Building activity declines

Residential permit values up slightly but commercial is way off
By LESTER MURRAY news2@kilgorenewsherald.com

New construction here has dropped almost in half this year, according to numbers provided by Mike Green, building inspector for the City of Kilgore. More...

Officials look into claim from little-known al-Qaida

By KATHERINE SHRADER Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) More...

Remodeled Crim home hosts Queen’s Tea

The Texas Shakespeare Festival hosts its third annual Queen More...

Morning Fuel Prices

Oil Price/barrel Change More...

Our World

Baseball: Just a game

the idle american
don newbury

The cows milked, the grass mowed and the ducks in perfect rows, I was predisposed to write about the nation More...

The magnificient Prince Mongo

TODAY
rheta grimsley johnson

I%27ve always wanted to meet Prince Mongo, the same way you%27d want to meet Paul Newman, Robert Duvall or Martha Stewart -- stars in their own galaxies, people who knows things, or how to do them. More...

DAILY DIGEST

FRIDAY

EAST TEXAS WRITERS ASSOCIATION will meet Friday, July 8, at Casa Ole, 280 N. Spur 63 in Longview. Dinner is at 6:30 and the meeting begins at 7 p.m. The meeting is open to all writers. For information call 903-643-3488. More...

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Sports

Girl’s jersey in Little League Hall of Fame

By JOHN KEKIS AP Sports Writer

COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. (AP) More...

Armstrong loses time, still leads the Tour

By JEROME PUGMIRE AP Sports Writer

NANCY, France (AP) More...

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