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Sand shutters swimming

NOT TODAY
By BRENDA ALLUMS news1@kilgorenewsherald.com
Alice Cooper almost sang, "Pool's out for summer." More...

Second teen sentenced in killing former Longview girl

ROCK ISLAND, Ill. (AP) A judge on Monday sentenced a second teen accused of killing and dismembering a schoolmate last year to 45 years in prison for first-degree murder and concealment of a homicide. More...

News

County names interim fire marshal

By BRENDA ALLUMS news1@kilgorenewsherald.com

David Kidder, a lieutenant in the Gregg County Sheriff 's Department Airport Division, has been named interim Gregg County fire marshal. More...

PETS OF THE WEEK

"Valentine" is a wire-haired hound mix with an affectionate More...

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Sports

Akins wins 69th Classic

By MITCH LUCAS sports@kilgorenewsherald.com

Brent Akins wasn't a newcomer to the Meadowbrook Classic this year. In fact, he's played at Meadowbrook Country Club quite often. More...

NL hopes to end recent AL domination

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL/ ALL-STAR GAME

PITTSBURGH (AP) - Albert Pujols can't explain it. He knows there are plenty of talented players in the National League, so why do they keep getting kicked around by their AL counterparts? More...

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Faded signs to go away

By BRENDA ALLUMS news1@kilgorenewsherald.com

City Manager Jeff Howell gave members of the Kilgore Improvement and Beautification Association (KIBA) a little hope for improving signage in town. More...

KEDC to add restrooms at Elder Lake

By BRENDA ALLUMS news1@kilgorenewsherald.com

TCMC Construction of Tyler has 75 days to build the restrooms at Elder Lake Nature Trail in Synergy Park. More...

Enbridge looks for waiver on pipeline rule

By BRENDA ALLUMS news1@kilgorenewsherald.com

Enbridge Pipeline wants to bury a 12inch pipeline, but the company wants Gregg County to waive a policy which requires the line to be encased. More...

KILGOROUND

MITCH LUCAS

I RARELY COMMENT ON local news issues, or city government and things related to it, because I don't want to stick my foot in my mouth if I'm not completely familiar with a situation. More...

Advice & Entertainment

DEAR ABBY

Sons come in distant second to dog in parents' affection
JEANNE PHILLIPS

DEAR ABBY: You advised the 16-year-old girl who said she had been "replaced" by her mother's dogs that you could guarantee that her mom loved her and her brother more than the dogs. Don't be so sure! More...

YOUR HEALTH

New treatment for narcolepsy sickness
DR. DONOHUE

DEAR DR. DONOHUE: In the early 1960s, after seven years of seeing indifferent doctors, I was diagnosed with narcolepsy and was given Dexedrine, which I still take, and it helps me stay awake during the day. The real villain for me is cataplexy. More...

CROSSWORD

EUGENE SHEFFER

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Obituaries

MRS. HELEN BERNICE "BERNI" HILDENBRAND DOTSON

Funeral services for Mrs. Berni Dotson, 64, of Carthage will be held Wednesday, July 12, 2006 at Two O'clock in afternoon. Burial will follow in the Kilgore Memorial Gardens. More...

HARRY H. SEIDEL

Services for Harry H. Seidel, 83, of Kilgore, Texas will be 11 A.M., Tuesday, July 11, 2006 at St. Luke's United Methodist Church in Kilgore, Texas, with the Reverend Ernie Turney officiating. Burial will follow later in Arlington National Cemetery. More...

SYBIL LORAINE TURNER

Funeral services were scheduled for Sybil Loraine Turner, 77, of Kilgore, Monday, July 10, 2006 at 2 p.m. at Crawford-Crim-Bryan Funeral Chapel in Henderson. More...

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