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O BROTHER WHERE ART THOU

A pontoon boat rests on dry ground at Lake Cherokee. All of East Texas finished 2005 twenty or more inches below normal annual rainfall and, as a result, lakes and farm ponds are lower than they More...

Gala support getting stronger

By GREG A. COLLINS Publicity Chairman

Think back to that first new car and remember the excitement of owning a new vehicle. Remember the smell of the interior, the first drive on the road home and the pride you felt as you pulled it into the garage for the first time? More...

News

Super Gen could come to Texas

By LESTER MURRAY news2@kilgorenewsherald.com

Amanda Nobles, director of Kilgore Economic Development Corporation, told Kilgore Lions Club members this week that SuperGen could provide a significant boost to the East Texas economy. More...

Democrats charge GOP has corrupted Congress

WASHINGTON (AP) Democrats accused Republican congressional leaders of corrupting the government, claiming on Saturday that their party has higher ethical standards. More...

Local high school students honored by Rotarians

By GREG A. COLLINS

Katie Trela, a Kilgore High School senior, was the winner of $100 for being the top speaker in the annual Kilgore Rotary Club Four-Way Speech Contest Wednesday at the club meeting. More...

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Business

EAST TEXAS DRILLING

DEVELOPMENTAL Cherokee County In a lease 23.6 miles north from Rusk, Windsor Energy Group LLC is preparing to drill the McElroy A Well No. 4. The well will bottom at a depth of 12,050-feet in a Wildcat Field. More...

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Advice & Entertainment

New Year family resolutions

FAMILY TALK

JIM PRIEST

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Husband’s sexual secrets suggest deeper problems

DEAR ABBY

JEANNE PHILLIPS

DEAR ABBY: I have been married for seven years. I was looking for a document on my computer recently and found some pornography my husband had downloaded. More...

HOROSCOPE

FORECAST FOR SUNDAY, JAN. 8, 2006

JACQUELINE BIGAR

ARIES (March 21-April 19) You might be thinking of ways to make money. Perhaps getting started on your taxes could be an answer, instead of cutting your budget. Use your instincts about what might be best right now. More...

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Sports

Marshall sweeps KHS

HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL Sabine girls lose district opener

By MITCH LUCAS sports@kilgorenewsherald.com

It was another disappointing night on Friday for the Kilgore High School basketball program, with both teams falling to Marshall, the Lady Bulldogs falling on the road and the boys losing at home. More...

Bengals relish underdog role vs. Steelers

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE/ PLAYOFF PREVIEWS

CINCINNATI (AP) More...

CONGRATS FROM “GRAW”

Kilgore native and NHRA driver Steve Torrence (above) celebrates with the crowd after one of many victories this season. Torrence, just 22, is one reason many believe the NHRA More...

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For The Record

CIVIC MEETINGS

CITY COMMISSION Tuesday, January 10, 2006 at 5:30 p.m. 815 N. Kilgore Street More...

RUSK COUNTY INDICTMENTS

HENDERSON More...

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Church News

I am the one who always is

MINISTER

MIKE WADDLE

"...just tell them %27I Am%27 has sent me to you." Exodus 3:14 More...

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Sabine implements drug testing

By BRENDA ALLUMS news1@kilgorenewsherald.com

LIBERTY CITY -When Sabine High School implemented random drug testing last fall it was more for awareness than discipline. More...

KISD stands behind KYSSAD program for drug testing

By LESTER MURRAY news2@kilgorenewsherald.com

Kilgore School District does not believe random drug testing is cost effective. More...

All aboard for the Synergy Park Express

By BRENDA ALLUMS news1@kilgorenewsherald.com

The possibility of constructing a railroad spur in Synergy Park to help entice an industrial prospect to Kilgore tops the agenda for Tuesday More...

Poll says Americans looking to change leadership in Congress

By WILL LESTER Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) Dissatisfied with the nation%27s direction, Americans are leaning toward wanting a change in which political party leads Congress More...

KILGOROUND

BILL WOODALL

YOU READ that right... WHEN you report for duty on Monday postage for a first class letter will be 39 cents, up from 37. And postage on postcards More...

Our World

Rose Bowl reflections...

THE IDLE AMERICAN

DON NEWBURY

Except for fans who love to hate the University of Texas Longhorns, the 2006 Rose Bowl game was perhaps the most exciting collegiate game ever played on the national stage. More...

YOUR WORLD

Full Story

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Editor, As the owner and operator of a local business I was very disturbed to learn very recently that Commissioner Billy Bob Brady has placed an item on Tuesday%27s City Commission agenda that would have the effect of drastically altering the organ More...

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Lifestyles

New hybrids rolled out, but will sales keep up the pace?

By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Auto Writer

DETROIT (AP) More...

What Makes it a “Hybrid”?

What Makes it a More...

No New Year’s baby, but back to normal...

CHITCHAT CORNER

LINDA K. BALLARD

Logan and Tristin Sechrist learned what it meant to celebrate the new year. Parents Mark and Melissa Sechrist decided to spend new year More...

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Home & Garden

Kilgore GC held Christmas luncheon Dec. 1

The Kilgore Garden Club held the "Beauty of Christmas" luncheon on Dec. 1, at the home of Peggy Bowne. Kalynn Harrison was cohostess for the day. The regular business meeting was dispensed with . More...

Queen Price Garden Club meets at NL museum

Queen Price Garden Club and guests met in the beautifully decorated New London Museum for their annual Christmas Dinner at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 15. More...

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Obituaries

OLIVA VERDA SPAIN

Funeral services for Oliva More...

WOODIE STOKER CARROLL

Funeral services for Woodie Stoker Carroll, 79, of Compton, CA., will be 1 p.m., Monday, Jan. 9, 2006 at Harris Chapel Church of Christ, Longview, with Brother Willie Bradley, III officiating. More...

ROBERT (BOB) RICHARDS WOOD

Services for Bob Wood, 76, of Tyler will be 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 8, 2006 at Lloyd James Funeral Home in Tyler with Rev. Harrison McLeod officiationg. Burial will follow in Memory Park in Longview. Mr. Wood died Jan. 5, 2006 in Tyler. More...

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Fields & Yields

Identification system has evolved recently

By BLAINE JERNIGAN Rusk County Extension Agent

Livestock producers have been following the U.S. Department of Agriculture%27s National Animal Identification System evolve over the last several months. More...

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