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reading is fun-damental

Students and parents looked through the books offered for sale at the Maude Laird Middle School book fair held Monday night. More...

smoothing out harris park

News Herald Photo by Lester Murray

The Harris St. Park project has finished phase I and on Wednesday the Kilgore St. Dept. resurfaced the parking lot at the north entrance to the park. Chris Allen said this was the only lot to be resurfaced at this time. More...

bulldog game rescheduled

The Kilgore High School football game that was scheduled on Friday at Nacogdoches has been changed to tonight at 7:30 p.m. still in Nacogdoches. More...

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Our World

Germany’s mess

GUEST EDITORIAL
TIMOTHY GARTON ASH

ON GERMAN TV, the Berlin restaurant owner said post-election confusion was quite normal back where he came from, in India. The politicians would sort it out eventually and form some kind of coalition government, he reassured the reporter. More...

CARTOON

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Does increasing democracy undercut terrorists?

GUEST EDITORIAL
JOSEPH S. NYE JR.

CAMBRIDGE, MASS. More...

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Sports

A&M, Texas State now on TV tonight

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

By The Associated Press Texas A&M More...

Photo

Submitted photo by Gene Keenon

CATCH ME IF YOU CAN More...

Chadwick lights lamp with five goals versus Longhorns

EAST TEXAS HOCKEY LEAGUE ROUNDUP

EDITOR More...

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Election of commissioners will remain at large

By BRENDA ALLUMS news1@kilgorenewsherald.com

Election of city commissioners will remain an at-large process. More...

Houston residents scrambling out of city to escape Rita

By KRISTEN HAYS Associated Press Writer

HOUSTON (AP) - Hundreds of thousands of people were frantically trying to escape the nation%27s fourth-largest city early Thursday as Hurricane Rita closed in on Texas, but interstates were at a standstill for up to 100 miles and gas shortages were r More...

Nation’s worst storm is Galveston’s legacy

By MICHAEL GRACZYK Associated Press Writer

GALVESTON, Texas (AP) - As a point of pride, native Galvestonians like to refer to themselves as BOI _ Born On the Island. More...

Joe Roughneck comes to Kilgore

By BRENDA ALLUMS news1@kilgorenewsherald.com The 25th Anniversary of the East Texas Oil Museum and the Diamond Jubilee of the discovery of the East Texas Oil Field will be commemorated by another milestone in the history of the oil business More...

KILGOROUND

BRENDA ALLUMS

LODGING companies (except those on the Gulf coast) can More...

News

jubilee countdown

September 22, 1931 Eastview school opens monday More...

psychic predicts rita’s outcome

Mary Adams watches as her husband, Barney Adams, boards up their business in Galveston, yesterday as Hurricane Rita approaches. Mary Adams predicts that Galveston will not suffer major damage. More...

Jobless claims related to Katrina rise by 103,000

By MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) - The number of Americans thrown out of work by Hurricane Katrina shot up by 103,000 last week, bringing the total seeking jobless benefits because of the storm to 214,000, the government reported Thursday. More...

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Business

NETEA promotes industrial opportunities

Members of the Northeast Texas Economic Alliance will attend the 21st Annual North Texas Commercial Real Estate Expo Wednesday, Sept. 28, in Dallas. More...

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Obituaries

Rev. David E. Daniels

Funeral services for Rev. David Earl Daniels, 52, of Kilgore, will be at noon, Saturday, September 24, 2005 at Faith Tabernacle of God in Christ with Rev. K. B. Henry officiating. Burial will follow in New Hope Cemetery. More...

LESLIE TODD SIMPSON

Services for Leslie Todd Simpson, 43, of Longview will be two p.m. Friday, Sept. 23, 2005 at the Rader Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend David Reeder officiating. Burial will follow in the Danville Cemetery. Mr. More...

MS. JUANITA COLLINS

Funeral services for Juanita Collins, 63, of Kilgore, will be at 3 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 24, 2005 at Kilgore Baptist Church with Rev. Travis Stinson officiating. Burial will follow in Kilgore Memorial Gardens. More...

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