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Lantrip ditch repairs planned

By KATHRYN MARTINEZ news1@kilgorenewsherald.com
Residents with property adjacent to Lantrip Street drainage channel should see the resolution of erosion problems and improved drainage within the next 120 days. City council awarded a bid for improvements last night to Texarkana-based J.R. More...

Oil futures continue price decline

By GEORGE JAHN Associated Press Writer

Oil prices slipped further this morning after tumbling more than $3 a barrel in the previous day's session as a hurricane looked likely to spare key oil installations in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. More...

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Advice & Entertainment

Man's distance from mother is cause fro wife's concern

DEAR ABBY
JEANNE PHILLIPS

DEAR ABBY: My wife thinks I have a problem because I do not have a close relationship with my mother. We go for weeks without talking or seeing each other, and it doesn't bother me. Since I was about 13, my parents were hardly ever around. More...

Medicine's effective for most with bipolar disorder

YOUR HEALTH
DR. DONOHUE

DEAR DR. DONOHUE: How serious is bipolar disorder? Can you control it yourself? Is the brain lacking some element? -- L.R. More...

HOROSCOPE

JACQUELINE BIGAR

FORECAST FOR THUR., JULY 24, 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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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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City's next budget could include 5.5% COLA raises

By KATHRYN MARTINEZ news1@kilgorenewsherald.com

In another budget workshop last night, Kilgore City Council agreed that city buildings need more than one custodian, but did not see where the city needed to hire another full-time employee to carry out this duty. More...

Rangerette hopefuls here for tryouts

The Kilgore College Rangerettes will announce new freshman members Saturday after a week of pre-training and tryouts. The new Rangerettes will be chosen by outside judges, director Dana Blair and assistant director Shelley Wayne. More...

KILGOROUND

LINDA BALLARD

Old times and favorite memories... it doesn't take much talking for one or the other to surface, especially in closeknit communities such as Kilgore. More...

News

Big Oil profits steered to investors

By JOHN PORRETTO AP Business Writer

HOUSTON (AP) - As giant oil companies like Exxon Mobil and ConocoPhillips get set to report what will probably be another round of eye-popping quarterly profits, just where is all that money going? More...

Chamber of Commerce seeks hosts for Night Out parties

Eight Kilgore families have already committed to join forces with thousands nationwide for eight separate neighborhood parties on Kilgore Night Out, Tuesday, August 5. More...

Troopers seek help in hit-and-run death

Gregg County Texas Highway Patrol troopers are investigating a fatality accident involving multiple vehicles and a single pedestrian late Monday night on FM 1252, two miles northwest of Kilgore. At 9 p.m. More...

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Sports

Bad night in Chi-town for Texas

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

CHICAGO (AP) - With a lot on his mind and not much rest, Mark Buehrle managed to be his vintage self. More...

'Jacks fall at home to Brazos Valley, 9-1

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

Let's get a restart on that latest East Texas Pump Jacks home stand. The 'Jacks stubbed their toes just a little on Tuesday night, suffering a 9-1 loss at home at Driller Park to Brazos Valley. More...

Lack of size not a problem for QBs in the Big 12

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Nebraska's Joe Ganz wasn't highly recruited out of high school, told he was too small to play quarterback on the college level. Any other conference, maybe that holds true. Not in the Big 12. More...

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