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Merritt sues opponent for defamation

The gloves have come off in District 7 More...

Iraqi violence surges to new level

By ALEXANDRA ZAVIS Associated Press Writer

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) A car bomb exploded in a Shiite holy city and 13 members of one Shiite family were gunned down northeast of the capital Saturday in a surge of attacks that killed at least 30 people despite heightened security aimed at curbing sect More...

Commission, KEDC may ask voters to re-allocate taxes

Members of the city commission will meet Tueday night with directors of Kilgore Economic Development Corporation to discuss converting some KEDC money to More...

News

Almanza speaks to Rotary Club

By GREG A. COLLINS

Manny Almanza, a veteran employee of KTPB Radio 88.7 FM at Kilgore College, was the guest speaker at Kilgore Rotary Club on Wednesday. He discussed his radio background, the station More...

Railroad Commission history

By BRENDA ALLUMS news1@kilgorenewsherald.com

The Railroad Commission of Texas is the oldest regulatory agency in the state and one of the oldest in the country, members of the Kilgore Lions Clubs learned Thursday. More...

District Governor praises Kiwanis

By BRENDA ALLUMS news1@kilgorenewsherald.com

Sherry Miller and Dwight Beck were inducted into the Kilgore Oilpatch Kiwanis Breakfast Club by Texas-Oklahoma Division 14 Lt. Gov. Bill Morgan at Friday More...

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Business

BUSINESS HIGHLIGHTS

WASHINGTON (AP) Crude oil futures jumped 4 percent Friday after a thwarted attack on a massive oil facility in Saudi Arabia rattled a market already jittery about supply disruptions in Nigeria and Iran%27s nuclear ambitions. More...

Weekly rig count declines

HOUSTON (AP) The number of rigs actively exploring for oil and natural gas in the United States fell by two this week to 1,543. More...

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Advice & Entertainment

Are you fit for the Kingdom?

MINISTER
MIKE WADDLE

Some of the most arresting words to me in all of scripture are found in John 14:21. They read like this: Those who obey My commands are the ones who love Me. Jesus knew then what He knows now, and that is, talk really is cheap. More...

Dan and brother’s girlfriend are caught in couch clinch

DEAR ABBY
JEANNE PHILLIPS

DEAR ABBY: My brother and his girlfriend, "Serena," moved in with my parents three years ago. They have since had a child who is almost 2. My brother did some things he shouldn%27t have, and now he%27s in prison. More...

HOROSCOPE

FORECAST FOR SUNDAY, FEB. 26, 2006
JACQUELINE BIGAR

ARIES (March 21-April 19) **** You are the cat%27s meow right now. Everyone wants to be around you. Listen and enjoy someone you really care about. He or she cannot get enough of you, either. Indulge yourself to the max. More...

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For The Record

CIVIC MEETINGS

GREGG COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT Monday, February 27, 2006 at 10 a.m. 101 E. Methvin Street, Longview More...

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Obituaries

BRENDA FAYE (REEVES) MATHIS

Service for Brenda Faye (Reeves) Mathis will be Saturday 11 am at Miracle Tabernacle Prayer anbd Praise Cathedral with Arch Bishop J. L. Lawson officiating. Burial in New Hope Cemetery directed by Stanmore Funeral Home. More...

GRACIE F. GLASPIE

Funeral services for Ms. Gracie F. Glaspie of Kilgore. will be held Saturday, Feb. 25, 2006 at 1 p.m. at Friendship Baptist Church in Tatum, with Rev. Larry Washington officiating. More...

R. V. DAVIS

Services for R. V. Davis of Kilgore, are pending at Cunningham Funeral Home. Mr. Davis died Thursday, Feb. 23, 2006 at Good Shepherd Hospital in Longview. More...

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CHILI FOR HABITAT

Kaleb Nix, 17, a Kilgore High School student takes his lunch break at the First Baptist Church for the Habitat for Humanity chili lunch. Morris Hollowell, a volunteer handed out chili for the habitat. More...

Food, food and still more food

With promise of more to come, restaurants seats dominate Kilgore
By LESTER MURRAY news2@kilgorenewsherald.com

With some 30 restaurants in town More...

On his way out, Brady offers suggestions for City Hall

Commissioner submits his promised resignation on Friday
By BRENDA ALLUMS news1@kilgorenewsherald.com

A saddened Billy Bob Brady sat at his dining room table Friday afternoon, looking over the resignation he planned to submit to city officials later that day. More...

KILGOROUND

BILL WOODALL

SPRING break for Longview, Spring Hill and Pine Tree school districts will be the week of March 13. Kilgore More...

Lifestyles

Ladies luncheon held at Meadowbrook

Meadowbrook Country Club held its Ladies Organizational Luncheon Thursday, Feb. 23. Tables were centered with derricks holding yellow roses. Place mats were copies of a picture of the original country clubhouse. More...

STUDY OF WOMEN OF THE BIBLE CONTINUES WITH STUDY

CWF, First Christian Church, met Feb. 20 at 6:30 prn in the church%27s family room. Hostesses were Carroll Bolton, Bea Jones, and Flossie Hankins.. Refreshments were served as members arrived. More...

Whos New

BRYNN LEILA FARRAR Dendy and David Farrar of Clear Lake, are the proud parents of a baby girl, Brynn Leila, born Jan. 21, 2006 at 1:01 p.m. in Clear Lake Regional Medical Center. She weighed 7 lbs., 4 ozs. and was 21 inches long. More...

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Sports

Hat tricks galore as East Texas Hockey League opens spring season

EAST TEXAS HOCKEY LEAGUE

EDITOR More...

Rangers are high on Loe as No. 4

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL/ SPRING TRAINING

SURPRISE, Ariz. (AP) More...

Barry Bonds’ Jekyll-Hyde act won’t fool as many as he thinks

WHAT
MITCH LUCAS

Scattershooting all over the sports world on this rainy weekend... More...

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School news

WEST RUSK PRIMARY HONOR ROLL

WEST RUSK PRIMARY HONOR ROLL FOURTH SIX WEEKS

ALL A More...

EAST TEXAS CHRISTIAN ELEMENTARY HONOR ROLL

EAST TEXAS CHRISTIAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 3RD SIX WEEKS HONOR ROLL: ALL A

First Grade: Denver Allen, Melayna Garcia, Austyn Marshall, Victoria Whitfield, Lance Shelton, Cayna Stephens. More...

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