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July 18, 2008  RSS feed
SELF-PORTRAIT
Janet Marley, Kilgore Library librarian said one of the summer reading programs at the library involves art. Children of all ages will learn drawing, painting and more in this three week course offered free of charge. Above, Julia Greene, 6, completes her self portrait. Julia, along with other children, lay down on their paper and adult volunteers drew the outline of each child and then the child completed the portrait. Julia is the daughter of Melissa and Kevin Greene. More...
Kilgore's Tax rate won't likely drop

Don't expect a reduction in the city's tax rate next year. That was the word from the city manager when Kilgore City Council met in an off-week workshop to discuss the budget for the coming fiscal year. Kilgore's tax rate is 46 cents per $100 valuation and will likely remain there, according to Jeff Howell. More...

Kilgore residents arrested for Wal-Mart robbery
By LESTER MURRAY news2@kilgorenewsherald.com

Two Kilgore residents are in the Gregg County jail, charged with the robbery of Murphy USA, located at the Kilgore Wal-Mart. Det. More...

 News
• Food safety worries change buying habits
WASHINGTON (AP) - Troubled by the tainted tomato scare, nearly half of Americans are concerned they may get sick from eating contaminated food and are avoiding items they normally would buy, an Associated Press-Ipsos poll has found. More...
• More salmonella recalls taking place
• article has image PETS OF THE WEEK
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 Advice & Entertainment
• Father laments conversation gap with his only daughter
DEAR ABBY
DEAR ABBY: I am the father of a middle-aged, unmarried, well-educated daughter I'll call "Yvette." My problem is, whether we're together or talking on the phone, Yvette seems to find it difficult to converse with me. It's most noticeable when I'm sharing something with her, not the other way around. More...
• Involuntary movements are the hallmark of tourette's syndrome
• HOROSCOPE
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 Sports
• Kilgore 14-year olds come back, win tourney
YOUTH BASEBALL/ ALL-STARS
They mastered the improbable, conquered the unlikely, and are champions of the not-to-bebelieved. The Kilgore Boys Baseball Association's 14-year-old all-stars had to win two games over an as-yet-unbeaten team in the age group's Dixie Youth South Zone state tournament in Dayton on Thursday to win the tournament and keep their World Series hopes alive, and the team did it, More...
• Ad deadline for football program extended
• McKinney edges 'Jacks in ninth, 1-0
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 Obituaries
• JAMES S. "BUCKY" WALTERS
"Bucky", of Kilgore, passed away July 13, 2008. He was born in Kentucky, Feb. 9, 1919. He moved to Kilgore after serving in the U.S. Army. He was preceded in death by his parents, brother, sister and son Richard "Rip" Hill. More...
• LEONA FISHER
• BILLY RAE WILLIAMS
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