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City, Centerpoint straighten lines

OH, WHAT TANGLED LINES WE WEAVE
By KATHRYN MARTINEZ news1@kilgorenewsherald.com
The mess in the 200 block of Main Street, which resulted in a six-foot-deep hole in the sidewalk, started last week when Centerpoint Energy discovered a gas line that passed directly through an underground pipe leading from a roof drain. More...

Booming oil means record 2Q sales for Halliburton

By JOHN PORRETTO AP Business Writer

HOUSTON (AP) - Halliburton Co. More...

News

Gulf coast prepares for Tropical Storm Dolly

By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN Associated Press Writer

McALLEN (AP) - Texas mobilized National Guard troops and residents along the Gulf Coast near the Mexican border were buying plywood, flashlights and other supplies as Tropical Storm Dolly - expected by forecasters to strengthen into a hurricane t More...

PETS OF THE WEEK

Nation is a fun-loving female kitten, approximately 3-4 months old, who thinks everyone is her friend and playmate. More...

TEXAS TODAY

By The Associated Press

MOUNT PLEASANT (AP) - Officials say a firefighter has been released from a hospital after being treated for minor injuries from a blaze at the Pilgrim's Pride protein conversion plant in Mount Pleasant. More...

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Obituaries

JOE LAMB

Services for Joe Lamb, 48, of Gilmer will be 10:00 a.m., Thursday, July 24, 2008 at St. Lukes United Methodist Church with the Reverend John Burton and Mike Schutz officiating. Burial will follow at Lakeview Cemetery in Longview. Mr. More...

BIRTHENIA ELAINE DIXON

Funeral services for Birthenia Elaine Dixon, 69, of Kilgore will be 11 a.m. Thursday, July 24, 2008 at Red Oak Baptist Church with Rev. Homer Rockmore officiating and Rev. Ronald Daniels as eulogist. Burial will be in Kilgore Memorial Gardens. More...

CLIFTON GRAY

Funeral services for Mr. Clifton Gray,of Kilgore, TX. are pending at Cunningham Funeral Home. He died July 21, 2008. More...

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LOCALLY GROWN, LOCALLY SOLD

Photos by Ryan Gest, courtesy of Kilgore Main Street "I stopped counting at 250," is how Fallon Burns, Kilgore's Main Street manager, described the crowd at Saturday's Farmer's Market on Kilgore Street. More...

Chamber wants to know where guests are from

By KATHRYN MARTINEZ news1@kilgorenewsherald.com

As fans entered the gates of the East Texas Pump Jacks last Saturday night, Kilgore Chamber of Commerce was on the scene and on a mission. they were there to collect as many postal zip-codes as possible. More...

KILGOROUND

MITCH LUCAS

OK, HERE'S WHAT'S HAPPENING with Kenta Bell, the Kilgore native who will once again represent our community and the United States in the men's triple jump in the Olympics next month. More...

Advice & Entertainment

Friend advises punster to go slow with new colleagues

DEAR ABBY
JEANNE PHILLIPS

DEAR ABBY: My significant other helped me find a wonderful job with intelligent people. More...

Diabetes medicine sometimes used for polycystic overies

YOUR HEALTH
DR. DONOHUE

DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I have a granddaughter who has polycystic ovary syndrome. I cannot find much information on this illness. Is there medication for it? -- M.B. ANSWER: When Drs. More...

HOROSCOPE

JACQUELINE BIGAR

FORECAST FOR WEDNESDAY, JULY 23, 2008 ARIES (March 21-April 19) New information, as well as an opportunity, puts a different slant on a situation. How you deal with someone could change radically. More...

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Sports

'Jacks tied for second; at home tonight

TEXAS COLLEGIATE LEAGUE BASEBALL
By MITCH LUCAS sports@kilgorenewsherald.com

Two late runs by the East Texas Pump Jacks allowed the first-year franchise to beat Coppell, 3-1, on Sunday, and remain in a tie with the Copperheads for second place in the Texas Collegiate League. More...

Hamilton, Blalock bomb Sox, Rangers win

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

CHICAGO (AP) - A rare day off helped Josh Hamilton recharge himself after a long week. Hamilton homered in his first career at-bat at U.S. More...

KBBA 14's eliminated

ALL-STAR BASEBALL
By MITCH LUCAS sports@kilgorenewsherald.com

After a great run this summer, the Kilgore Boys Baseball Association's 14- year-old all-star team bowed out on Saturday night in Dayton, losing a pair of games to Paris in the age group's state championship game. More...

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