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July 22, 2008  RSS feed
City, Centerpoint straighten lines
OH, WHAT TANGLED LINES WE WEAVE
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...
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. Burns said the turnout has grown each week and now tops -- she estimates -- 500 shoppers. "This has been a great thing for downtown." Above, Mie Gill gets her produce ready for the shoppers. Below, the Loomis Farms table is open for business. The fresh produce market will be open Saturday mornings from 8 a.m. until noon for several more weeks. 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. Carol Hinton, director of tourism, counted attendees from 26 Texas cities and six out-of-state addresses. More...

 News
• Gulf coast prepares for Tropical Storm Dolly
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 this week - headed their way. More...
• article has image PETS OF THE WEEK
• TEXAS TODAY
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 Advice & Entertainment
• Friend advises punster to go slow with new colleagues
DEAR ABBY
DEAR ABBY: My significant other helped me find a wonderful job with intelligent people. I'm an inveterate punster - - "If I put a leafy green vegetable on the barbecue, will it be chard?" My friend says I shouldn't share my puns with my new co-workers as it may make them feel stupid and lead them to be mad at me. Is this a problem? More...
• Diabetes medicine sometimes used for polycystic overies
• HOROSCOPE
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 Sports
• 'Jacks tied for second; at home tonight
TEXAS COLLEGIATE LEAGUE BASEBALL
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. The 'Jacks' home stand continues tonight, as they host Brazos Valley both tonight and on Wednesday, both 7:05 p.m. starts. More...
• article has image Hamilton, Blalock bomb Sox, Rangers win
• KBBA 14's eliminated
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 Obituaries
• article has image 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. Lamb died Sunday, July 20, 2008 in Tyler. More...
• article has image BIRTHENIA ELAINE DIXON
• CLIFTON GRAY
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