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BEAUTY IN MOTION

Alexis Johnston (purple) and Colby Johnston warm up in preparation for the upcoming ballet this weekend. These sister have been members of the Longview Ballet Theater for many years under the artistic direction of Pat George Mitchell. More...

Bible class for Texas school district upheld

ODESSA(AP) - Each side in a lawsuit over a West Texas school district's Bible curriculum claimed victory Wednesday after a mediator's proposal gained final approval. More...

KILGOROUND

LESTER MURRAY

If you plan on attending a Kilgore High School sporting event over the next couple of days, make some calls, talk to a player because of potential weather things are changing by the minute. The soccer game scheduled for today at 5:30 p.m. More...

News

Kilgore native to perform at St. Luke's recital

Soprano Rebecca Grimes, a native of Kilgore, will appear in concert with pianist Eve Budnick next Monday, March 10 at 7pm at St. Luke's United Methodist Church in Kilgore. More...

Men take on more housework

By DAVID CRARY AP National Writer

NEW YORK (AP) - American men still don't pull their weight when it comes to housework and child care, but collectively they're not the slackers they used to be. More...

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Sports

KHS loses district opener at Henderson

HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL
By MITCH LUCAS sports@kilgorenewsherald.com

The trip to Henderson for the District 12-4A softball opener had been scheduled for Monday, finally got played on Wednesday, and didn't wind up going too well for the Kilgore High School Lady Bulldogs. KHS dropped the game to Henderson, 9- 1. More...

Kilgore track team does well in Hallsville, visits Marshall Saturday

HIGH SCHOOL TRACK & FIELD
By MITCH LUCAS sports@kilgorenewsherald.com

Don't look now, but that "rebuilding" being done by the Kilgore High School track & field program is going well. Very, very well. More...

Nowitzki suspended for tonight's game vs. Houston

NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION

DALLAS (AP) - Dirk Nowitzki was suspended without pay for one game by the NBA on Wednesday for his hard foul on Utah's Andrei Kirilenko. More...

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Main Street approves new facade grants

By KATHRYN MARTINEZ news1@kilgorenewsherald.com

Kilgore Main Street Board of Directors approved three more façade improvement grants this week. More...

Kilgore sisters take to the stage in "Sleeping Beauty"

The Longview Ballet Theater and seven professional dancers from New York and Miami will bring the romantic fairy tale, "Sleeping Beauty," to the Belcher Performing Arts Center on the campus of LeTourneau University in Longview for two performances More...

Harvard's Muslim gym hours irksome

By MARK PRATT Associated Press Writer

BOSTON (AP) - In a test of Harvard's famed open-mindedness, the university has banned men from one of its gyms for a few hours a week to accommodate Muslim women who say it offends their sense of modesty to exercise in front of the opposite sex. More...

Advice & Entertainment

DEAR ABBY

Teen boy's fig leaf silences neighbor's objection to nudity
JEANNE PHILLIPS

DEAR ABBY: I felt vindicated after reading your response to "Clothes-Minded in Wisconsin" (Dec. 31), who complained that her neighbors' 16-year-old son walks around his house nude. More...

YOUR HEALTH

New treatments for old veins
DR. DONOHUE

DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I would like your opinion on varicose veins. I have them, and I want to get rid of them but I can't afford to be off work for very long. More...

HOROSCOPE

JACQUELINE BIGAR

FORECAST FOR FRIDAY, MARCH 7, 2007 ARIES (March 21-April 19) Maintain a low profile, and you'll get unusual results. Others can be stormy and demanding. You know how to maximize a situation. More...

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Obituaries

LETHA E. GEE

Funeral services for Letha E. Gee, 100, Paris, former Overton resident, are scheduled for 1:30 pm, Friday, March 7, at the First United Methodist Church, Overton with the Reverends Kelly Krone and Johnny Wright officiating. More...

VIRGINIA M. BYNUM

Services for Virginia M. Bynum, 79, Overton, are scheduled for 10 am, Friday, March 7, at the Crosspointe Fellowship Church, Kilgore, with the Revs. Mike Waddle and Bill Widner officiating. More...

DUDLEY DICKERSON

Graveside services for Dudley Dickerson, 80 of Kilgore were 2P.M. Thursday, March 6, 2008 at the Rusk County Memorial Gardens with Rev. David Hampton officiating. Mr. Dickerson died Sunday, March 2, 2008 in Kilgore. Mr. More...

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