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September 18, 2005 / Front Page

homecoming queen for 2005

Dareia Vivian Tolbert, 17, a senior at Kilgore High School became the 2005 Homecoming Queen Friday night during the KHS football game against John Tyler. More...

Mississippi begins Katrina cleanup

By MATT APUZZO Associated Press Writer

D%27IBERVILLE, Miss. (AP) - In a sandy construction site on the outskirts of town, more than a dozen trucks wait their chance to unload tree limbs and feed a huge bonfire that will burn from dawn until dusk every day for months. More...

News

KILGOROUND

BILL WOODALL

SIGN (LARGE sign) on a building in downtown Tyler: More...

jubilee countdown

September 18, 1931 Urge large attendance parent teachers meeting More...

Kilgore police warn of local bank scam

By LESTER MURRAY news2@kilgorenewsherald.com

Captain Randy Hancock of the Kilgore Police Department said there is a telephone scam in the Kilgore area. More...

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Business

EAST TEXAS DRILLING

DEVELOPMENTAL Cherokee County The Barnes Gas Unit 1 Well No. 2 will be drilled in the Overton (Cotton Valley Sand) Field by Southwestern Energy Production Co. More...

Promotions announced at Kilgore National Bank

Larry W. Haire, President and CEO of Kilgore National Bank announces the employment of William G. (Bill) Lacy to manage the Troup Banking Center branch of Kilgore National Bank. More...

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Advice & Entertainment

Tribute to a single parent

FAMILY TALK

JIM PRIEST

Single parents are often the unheralded heroes of the family scene. Dennis Rainey, President of Family Life More...

Friend wears out welcome after too many late nights

DEAR ABBY

JEANNE PHILLIPS

DEAR ABBY: An old friend of mine, "Marla," moved away six years ago. Imagine my surprise when she showed up on my doorstep last Easter. I had just started a new job and was bogged down with work. More...

“What matters most”

MINISTER

PAM BESSER

Fall is a very busy time of year for those of us who have children in school. With the new school year gearing up, academic and extracurricular activities crowd our schedules. We don More...

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Sports

Wow!! 19 in a row!

KHS forces OT with 12 seconds left, wins 24-21

By MITCH LUCAS sports@kilgorenewsherald.com

All week long, the Kilgore Bulldogs must have heard it. More...

Anatomy of “The Drive”

After John Tyler High School scored the go-ahead touchdown Friday night and went ahead 21-14 with under a minute left to play, Kilgore High School got the ball back on a kickoff fielded by Taylor Strube at its own 41 with 49 seconds left. Here More...

Overton delight: Mustangs move to 4-0, smash Fruitvale, 67-0

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL

By HAL GIEB Special to the News Herald

FRUITVALE More...

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Fields & Yields

Several extension activities planned for fall season

By Blaine Jernigan

The Rusk County Beef and Forage Committee will hold a producers meeting for people interested in finding out more about what options are available for winter pasture planting. More...

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KHS-NAC MOVED TO TONIGHT - SEPT. 22

Due to Hurricane Rita, the football game between Kilgore High School (3-0) and Nacogdoches High School (2-1) has been moved to tonight. The game will begin at 7:30 p.m. More...

Past, present and future for TxDot

By LESTER MURRAY news2@kilgorenewsherald.com

Everyone has heard the adage: Do you want the good news or the bad news. That is sort of how it went when TxDOT visited the Lion More...

Charter revision committee pushes forward Tuesday

By BRENDA ALLUMS news1@kilgorenewsherald.com

Members of the Kilgore City Charter Revision Committee will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday at city hall. More...

NET mobility authority gets tips from Central Texas group

By BRENDA ALLUMS news1@kilgorenewsherald.com

GLADEWATER -- Members of the North East Texas Regional Mobility Authority (NET RMA) went to school Wednesday. More...

Our World

How bulletproof are TRMPAC and TAB?

GUEST EDITORIAL

DAVE MCNEELY

Ronnie Earle has put in a lot of time and effort over the past three years, trying to hold to account people and organizations he and several grand jurors think broke Texas law. More...

CARTOON

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What would Herbert Hoover do?

GUEST EDITORIAL DANIEL SCHORR

WASHINGTON - Before Katrina, the greatest peacetime calamity in the history of the country was the great Mississippi flood of 1927, and it left behind some lessons that could have been usefully applied to help manage the response to the current catas More...

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Lifestyles

A HOMECOMING TO REMEMBER

It was a great night for Homecoming especially with the Bulldogs win over John Tyler 24 to 21. (photos top middle clockwise) Dareia Vivian Tolbert, crowned Kilgore High School More...

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Loy and Nona Gordon celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary Sunday, September 11, 2005. They were honored by their children with a reception at Meadowbrook Country Club in Kilgore. More...

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Debra and Patrick McElhaney of Liberty City, along with numerous family members, are proud to announce the engagement and upcoming marriage of their daughter, Stacey Rosehelen McElhaney, to Cody Lynn Thornton, son of Margo Thornton and Lynn Thornton More...

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