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Roberts agrees to stay an extra year

By LESTER MURRAY news2@kilgorenewsherald.com
Kilgore Independent School board of trustees say they can't do without him for at least one more year. More...

United Fund looking for pacesetter

KICKOFF SEASON
By BILL WOODALL knhedit@kilgorenewsherald.com

Local United Fund officials are prospecting for a "pacesetter" family or individual to jump-start this year's campaign. More...

KILGOROUND

BILL WOODALL

ON THE subject of weather - isn't that what you and your pals were discussing when we walked in and interrupted? - the 2007 edition of The Old Farmer's Almanac is on the streets. More...

News

STUDENTS OF THE MONTH - CHANDLER ELEMENTARY

Chandler Students of the Month for August in the first grade are (front row left to right) Macy Wall, Anna Vega, Kylee Bell, Ruben Martiniz, Rachel Clower, Brianna Robinson and Armondo Borrego. More...

College seminar focuses on starting a small business

The Kilgore College Small Business Development Center (SBDC), a partnership program with the U.S. More...

KHS grad spending semester studying in Australia

SEARCY, ARK - A Harding University sophomore from Kilgore is among university students studying in Australia this semester. More...

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Sports

Tiger hunting

By MITCH LUCAS sports@kilgorenewsherald.com

Kilgore High School head football coach and athletic director Mike Vallery would achieve quite a milestone Friday night here at R.E. St. John Memorial Stadium if the Bulldogs accomplish their goal of making it 2-0 on the young season. More...

KC-Tyler always has that big-game feel

By MITCH LUCAS sports@kilgorenewsherald.com

Having had an extra week off since his team lost its season opener, Kilgore College head football coach Jimmy Rieves has been watching an awful lot of football. More...

After season-opening blowout, Sabine tries to put it together

By MITCH LUCAS sports@kilgorenewsherald.com

Sabine took the assignment of facing 2A football power Troup in the Gladewater Kickoff Classic last weekend and ran into a buzzsaw. More...

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WIND POWER HITS HOME

Paul Westbrook inspects his Skystream residential wind generator before the unit is hoisted near his home in Fairview (Collin County) yesterday. More...

House to vote on horse slaughter

By LIBBY QUAID

WASHINGTON (AP) The House is once again confronting the slaughter of horses for meat, a practice lawmakers thought they had ended last year. More...

Report: Texas failing college affordability

By RASHA MADKOUR

HOUSTON (AP) Sending a student to a public university costs lowto middle-income families in Texas almost half of their annual earnings, according to a report released Thursday. More...

Our World

Tony Blair announces he will resign post within next year

By BETH GARDINER

LONDON (AP) Prime Minister Tony Blair reluctantly promised Thursday to resign within a year, hoping that revealing a general time frame for his departure will appease critics who are calling for him to step down. More...

Judge who got tickets recuses himself in UT discrimination suit

AUSTIN (AP) A federal judge has recused himself from a lawsuit against the University of Texas after the plaintiff's attorney questioned his acceptance of free Longhorns football tickets. More...

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Advice & Entertainment

DEAR ABBY

Lonely grandma spends her time complaining about her plight
JEANNE PHILLIPS

DEAR ABBY: I am 34. My last living grandparent is my grandmother, "Gladys," who is 87. Ever since my grandfather died eight years ago, she has been depressed without showing signs of getting any better. More...

HOROSCOPE

JACQUELINE BIGAR

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YOUR HEALTH

LGV is no stranger yo North America
DR. DONOHUE

DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I read an article about a strain of chlamydia that infects gay men. It says that the infection is slowly spreading among gay men here. It is called LGV chlamydia and is sexually transmitted. More...

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Obituaries

SUSAN CAROL STOKKE MCGUFFEY

Susan Carol Stokke McGuffey passed peacefully from this life on Sunday, September 3, 2006 in Galveston, Texas. She died in the arms of her loving husband, Patrick. More...

SHIRLEY ANN MUMPHREY

Funeral services for Shirley Ann Mumphrey, 64, of Kilgore will be 11a.m. Saturday, Aug. 9, 2006 at Kilgore Baptist Church with Bishop Odell Lee, Jr. officiating. Burial will be in Mt. Pleasant Cemetery. More...

MAXINE GLOVER

Maxine "Mickey Webster" Glover, 78, died Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2006 at the Arlington Memorial Hospital. She was born Feb. 26, 1928 to Joseph and Nannie Kellogg Wing. She was reared in Hartner, KS. More...

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