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2007 marks 40 years at the Josey Ranch

By LESTER MURRAY news2@kilgorenewsherald.com
With the start of the new year just hours away, 2007 will mark 40 years R.E. and Martha Josey have been introducing young and old to the sport of barrel racing. More...

Invitations ready for Gala

By GREG COLLINS Publicity Chairman

The 2007 Laird Memorial Hospital Foundation Gala committee wants you More...

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Lifestyles

THEY CAME TO LEARN FROM THE LEGEND

(clockwise top left) The Legend, Martha Josey. Brittany Steelman , from Kilgore works the arena during her individual session and R.E. Josey helps adjust her tac to make sure she gets the most out of the ride. More...

CHITCHAT CORNER

American history taught to France
LINDA K. BALLARD

A short history lesson was taught to a group of Frenchmen on Christmas Eve via conference cell phoning. Yes, you read that right. Some businesses are now set up to offer conference calls via cell phones. More...

BROOKELYN JAYDE SPENCER

Ashley Spencer and Cody Tucker of Kilgore are proud to announce the birth of daughter Brookelyn Jayde Spencer. Brookelyn was born at 6:51p.m., December 6, 2006 weighting 6lbs 3oz and was 18 inches long, she was born at Laird Hospital in Kilgore. More...

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Home & Garden

GARDENING CAN BE FUN

JEAN LAIRD

How does your garden grow I would like reminisce over the past year and re-iterate some of the important information that guides us to successful gardening. First and foremost, you need good soil. More...

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Obituaries

JOYCE THOMASSON BALLENGER

Joyce Thomasson Ballenger passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on December 27, 2006 after a sudden heart problem. Services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, December 30, 2006 at the 1st Christian Church in Kilgore, Texas. More...

GAY NELL JOHNS MOORE

Services for Gay Nell Johns Moore, 63, of Arlington, formerly of Kilgore will be held at 10 A.M. Saturday in the Chapel of Rader Funeral Home of Kilgore with the Rev. Don Beebe officiating. Burial will follow at Lakeview Memorial Gardens. Mrs. More...

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Burke Happenings

DAILY DIGEST

TUESDAY KILGORE TOPS (TAKE OFF POUNDS SENSIBLY) meets at 6:30p.m.-7:30p.m. Tuesday at St. Luke More...

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School news

DECEMBER STUDENTS OF THE MONTH AT HEIGHTS

December Students of the Month at Kilgore Heights Elementary School in Kindergarten are (top row left to right) Saide Hamblin, Austin Huckabee, Chole Farrar, Ah'ree'ona' Thompson, Ashlynn Harrison, Keyanna Ector and Hailey Brown. More...

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Saddam Hussein dies on the gallows

By CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Saddam Hussein struggled briefly after American military guards handed him over to Iraqi executioners. But as his final moments approached, he grew calm. More...

KILGOROUND

MITCH LUCAS

WELL, I GOT TO wish everyone a Merry Christmas first, so let me be the first, the earliest, to wish you a Happy New year. Here More...

Law enforcement ready for New Year weekend

By KATHRYN MARTINEZ news1@kilgorenewsherald.com

Kilgore police are keeping all shifts up to strength for this weekend More...

News

Thousands pay final respects to former President Gerald Ford

By JEFF WILSON Associated Press Writer

PALM DESERT, Calif. (AP) - Waiting in line up to three hours, thousands paid their final respects to former President Gerald R. More...

Post Office closed Monday and Tuesday

Kilgore postal services will observe the New Year More...

Liberty City Water Supply Corporation election

Liberty City Water Supply Corporation has scheduled its annual Membership Meeting for 7 p.m., Monday, Feb. 26, in the corporations office located at 193 PR 3508. The meeting is held annually to elect members to expiring board terms. More...

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Advice & Entertainment

DEAR ABBY

Six-year-old driving golf cart is unsafe at any speed
JEANNE PHILLIPS

DEAR ABBY: My son and daughterin law have a golf cart they allow their 6-year-old daughter, "Madison," to drive. I feel that she is too little to control the vehicle. She can barely see above the steering wheel. More...

HOROSCOPE

FORECAST FOR SUNDAY, DEC. 31, 2006
JACQUELINE BIGAR

ARIES (March 21-April 19) Wish the many people in your life a happy New Year's. You also might collect an interesting story or two to share. Options surround you. If overwhelmed, stop. Don't try to cram everything in. More...

MINISTER’S MOMENT

Trading Spaces
MIKE WADDLE

"But when the right time came, God sent His Son who was born of a women and lived under the law." Galatians 4:4 "Christ had no sin, but God made Him become sin so that in Christ we could become right with God." II Cor. 5:21 T.L.C. More...

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Sports

HARLEE BIGGS BAGS A DEER!

Six-year-old Harlee Biggs, the son of Charlie and Tonni Biggs, shot his first deer, a spike weighing 125 pounds. He killed it on Dec. 16 in Tom Greene County. It took one shot at 120 yards with his .223 deer rifle. More...

To get momentum back, Cowboys need to beat Lions

IRVING (AP) More...

Texans look to end year with back to back wins

HOUSTON (AP) More...

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People

Jackson graduates from Texas A&M

Ashley Jackson, daughter of David and Amanda Jackson graduated cum laude from Texas A & M on December 15, 2006 with a Bachelor of science in Mathematics. More...

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