October 4, 2007 RSS feed / Front Page

001p1_xlg.jpg

Storm cleanup could take weeks

City chipping services are slated to operate full force - possibly through the month - to clear parks, residential yards and city streets of debris. More...

Kilgore Cable outage due to severed fiber line

Longview-Kilgore Cable service was down for more than six hours yesterday after an oil field service company broke the main cable serving Kilgore Service was interrupted from 3 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. More...

KILGOROUND

LESTER MURRAY

The Culpepper & Merriweather Circus sponsored by the Kilgore Lions Club will arrive here in one week for shows on Oct. 11 and 12. Circus management has started the telemarketing sales of tickets to businesses. More...

News

Feds target 15 in area drug roundup on Wednesday

TYLER - At approximately 9 a.m. More...

Catfish released at Elder Lake

BY KATHRYN MARTINEZ news1@Kilgorenewsherald.com

If you are headed to Elder Lake this week end don't forget your cane pole. Yesterday morning the lake was stocked with a truckload of live channel catfish - 780 to be exact - from Texas Fresh Water Fisheries, in Athens. More...

Texas Agency fires youth prison workers

DALLAS (AP) - The Texas Youth Commission fired seven employees, including four quality assurance monitors, in response to a report of juvenile inmates living in squalid conditions at a West Texas lockup. More...

Click here for all stories

Obituaries

DOROTHY SCROGGINS

Services for Mrs. Dorothy Scroggins, 87, of Kilgore will be held 10 A.M. Friday, October 5, 2007 at Forest Home Baptist Church with Reverend Earl "Buddy" Duggins officiating. Graveside services will be held 3 P.M. More...

BETTY MOORE

Services for Betty Moore, 66, of Yantis, were at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, October 4, 2007, at Yantis City Cemetery under the direction of Lowe Funeral Home. Mrs. Moore passed away on October 1, 2007 at Quitman. More...

RUBY B. JOHNSON

Graveside services for Ruby B. Johnson, 61 of Kilgore were Thursday, Oct. 4, 2007 at Kilgore Memorial Gardens with the Rev. Mike Waddle officiating. Mrs. Johnson passed away Tuesday, October 2, 2007 in Tyler, Texas. More...

Click here for all stories

Luncheon opens '08 campaign

Local pastor will speak at United Fund kick-off

Kilgore's annual United Fund campaign gets underway with a kick-off luncheon tomorrow. Dudley Plaisance, pastor at two Kilgorearea Methodist churches, will be the speaker. The luncheon is at 11:30 at Meadowbrook Country Club. More...

Laird, Regional meet with council

By KATHRYN MARTINEZ news1@kilgorenewsherald.com

Laird Memorial Hospital officials have halted discussions concerning a merger with Longview's Good Shepherd Medical Center and begun conversations with Longview Regional Medical Center. More...

Immigrants leaving Irving schools

IRVING (AP) - The superintendent of the Irving school district said some immigrant parents have pulled their children from school over fears that they or their families will be deported. More...

Advice & Entertainment

DEAR ABBY

Friends' workout rivalry is not laughing matter
JEANNE PHILLIPS

DEAR ABBY: A friend and I have the same personal trainer. Occasionally, he has used me to make her work harder. More...

YOUR HEALTH

Men have touch of menopause
DR. DONOHUE

DEAR DR. DONOHUE: Do men go through menopause? My interior body temperature is normal, but my exterior body temperature is hot. I saw an endocrinologist, and all my tests were normal. I suggested to my doctor that I cut back on my AndroGel. More...

HOROSCOPE

FORECAST FOR FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2007
JACQUELINE BIGAR

ARIES (March 21-April 19) Muddle your way through confusion and understand that you might not be able to convince others that you are right. Be smart; don't worry. You cannot change it. Through role-modeling, you will get much further. More...

Click here for all stories

Sports

Rangers eighth in nation

Not ranked after beating No. 1 Blinn two weeks ago, KC leaps into top 10
By MITCH LUCAS sports@kilgorenewsherald.com

Beating the No. 1 team in the nation apparently wasn't good enough to get Kilgore College ranked in the NJCAA/JUCOfootball.com top 20 poll. Apparently, the Rangers winning their fourth straight game was. More...

KILGORE SOCCER ASSOCIATION ROUNDUP

EDITOR'S NOTE: This is a roundup from last weekend's action of the Kilgore Soccer Association, a youth soccer organization that plays its games on Saturdays, normally at the sports complex just outside Kilgore on Highway 135. More...

Cowboys' Crayton alarming defenses

NFL

IRVING (AP) - Patrick Crayton was so excited about the potential for the Dallas Cowboys' offense this season that he made a bold prediction this summer. More...

Click here for all stories

School news

OVERTON HOMECOMING QUEEN CANDIDATES

Overton's homecoming queen will be introduced before the school's homecoming game against Tenaha Friday night. Homecoming ceremonies begin at 6:50 p.m. More...

Click here for all stories