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CHILD ABUSE AWARENESS MONTH

A balloon release was held at Kid's World in recognition of Child Abuse Awareness Month. Detective Roman Robertson presented a safety program to approximately 40 children and distributed child safety booklets. Mayor Joe T. More...

KC Ag. Club wins big at State Convention

The highly ambitious Kilgore College Agriculture Club went into their Texas Junior College Agriculture Association (TJCAA) annual convention on the Abilene Christian University campus hoping to duplicate last year's enormous success. More...

News

New voting requirements

By The Associated Press

AUSTIN (AP) - Texans would be required to show more identification at the voting booth to prove they are who they say they are under a measure that won preliminary approval in the state House on Monday. More...

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Advice & Entertainment

DEAR ABBY

Eating behind the wheel is unsafe at any speed
JEANNE PHILLIPS

DEAR ABBY: You asked readers to share their pet peeves with you. Mine is careless drivers. I am a single mother who supports her children. I can't afford to be killed or maimed on the road. More...

YOUR HEALTH

Parkinson's disease has four cardinal symptons
DR. DONOHUE

DEAR DR. DONOHUE: For more than a year, my doctor has treated me for Parkinson's disease with Sinemet. My hands don't shake, but he insists I have it. The medicine hasn't done a thing for me. I think I am taking it for no good reason. More...

HOROSCOPE

FORECAST FOR WED.APRIL 25, 2007
JACQUELINE BIGAR

ARIES (March 21-April 19) Finally, you feel as if you are flowing. Follow through on what might seem to many an impulsive idea. Your fiery energy punctuates your choices. A friend clearly doesn't understand what you are up to. More...

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Obituaries

EVA RIEKE SHORE

Mass of Christian Burial will be held for Eva Louise Rieke Shore, 99, at 2pm on Wednesday at Christ the King Catholic Church in Kilgore with the Reverend Father Michael Adams and Reverend Father Matias Rodriguez officiating. More...

WILEY L. THOMAS

Wiley began his service to the Lord at an early age at his baptism into Christ. He taught Bible classes, worked with youth, led singing and organized one of the first acapella wedding choruses in East Texas. More...

BARRON STANSELL

Funeral services for Barron Stansell, of Longview are pending at Cunningham Funeral Home. Mr. Stansell died April 22, 2007 at a Longview hospital. More...

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City revisits sign rule

"Do this, don't do that. Can't you read the sign?"
By KATHRYN MARTINEZ news1@kilgorenewsherald.com

Signs were on the agenda again last night at Kilgore City Council and residents turned out to speak their piece about the issue. More...

Main Street manager looks to unify downtown

By KATHRYN MARTINEZ news1@kilgorenewsherald.com

The Main Street program is taking steps to unify the downtown area. Fallon Burns, Main Street program manager, said the cement planters downtown are slated for a coat of paint in an effort to tone down the industrial feel of the bare cylinders. More...

Morning Fuel Prices

Oil Price/barrel Change NYMEX Crude $63.77 -$00.12 Dated Brent Crude $67.78 $00.21 WTI Cushing $65.40 $00.06 Natural Gas Price/mcf Change NYMEX Henry Hub $07,62 $00.06 Henry Hub $07.23 $00.00 New York City Gate $07.90 $00.00 Prices as of 10:4 More...

KILGOROUND

MITCH LUCAS

THANKS TO ALL the local Relay For Life fundraising teams for all their efforts again this year, as the Kilgore Relay For Life approaches this weekend. The Relay For Life will be at the youth sports complex on Highway 135, and will begin at 7 p.m. More...

Our World

Mourners pay tribute to Yeltsin

MOSCOW (AP) _ Hundreds of mourners _ some weeping, many clutching flowers _ filed past the open casket of former President Boris Yeltsin in a soaring cathedral Tuesday, paying tribute to a man who brought epochal changes to Russia but left behind a More...

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Sports

'Dogs get big win at Hallsville

Kilgore won 4-3 on Saturday; now alone in third; hosts Henderson tonight
By MITCH LUCAS sports@kilgorenewsherald.com

A rare Saturday baseball game in District 12-4A was arguably the biggest game of the season to date for the Kilgore High School Bulldogs and Hallsville High School Bobcats. More...

Hallsville beats Kilgore, 6-0, in season finale

HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL
By MITCH LUCAS sports@kilgorenewsherald.com

A loss wasn't the way that first-year head coach Cassie Newell wanted her Kilgore High School softball team to end the season. But she surely couldn't complain too much about the Lady Bulldogs' stretch run near season's end. More...

Sabine hosts EF tonight in warm-up

HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL
By MITCH LUCAS sports@kilgorenewsherald.com

A few days after winning the District 15-3A softball championship, the Sabine High School Lady Cardinals will be in action again tonight - but with a lot less pressure. More...

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