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Main Street helps overhaul Nardis

By KATHRYN MARTINEZ news1@kilgorenewsherald.com
If nobody noticed the fresh coat of paint at Nardis, maybe thousand glistening glass blocks are a better attention grabber. More...

Food industry bitten by success

By LARRY MARGASAK Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) - One of the worst outbreaks of foodborne illness in the U.S. More...

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Sports

Touchdown!

Well, in California, anyway; Cowboys arrive in Oxnard for training camp

OXNARD, Calif. (AP) - Jerry Jones was already sounding excited, smiling and exclaiming as he spoke. Only then did it become clear that he wasn't talking about what everybody else was thinking. More...

Yankees discuss Bonds

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TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Barry Bonds in pinstripes? If nothing else, the New York Yankees talked about it. More...

'Jacks beat Brazos

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

Two wins in a row now for the East Texas Pump Jacks, who braved the final remains of Hurricane Dolly and headed south for a win at Bryan on Thursday night. More...

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Valley cleanup begins

By ELIZABETH WHITE Associated Press Writer

HARLINGEN (AP) - South Texas was getting back on its feet this morning as residents filter through the soggy mess left by Hurricane Dolly. Thousands are still without power. More...

Dead men voting

States at odds over how to handle ballots from deceased
By DEBORAH HASTINGS AP National Writer

If you vote by mail, but die before Election Day, does your vote count? It depends on where you lived. More...

KILGOROUND

KATHRYN MARTINEZ

We have received a letter from a W.W.II veteran, whose memories of Kilgore, in a time of time of crisis more than 60 years ago, changed his life forever. More...

News

Local doctor honored by Family Physicians group

Robert Echols, M.D., of Kilgore, received the 2008 Physician Emeritus award from the Texas Academy of Family Physicians during the 59th Annual Session and Scientific Assembly in Houston on July 19. More...

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Obituaries

FELIX LYNDALL COLLINS

Services for Felix Collins, 84, will be 2:00 p.m., Saturday, July 26, 2008 at the First Baptist Church with Reverend David Hampton officiating. Burial will follow in Rusk County Memorial Gardens. Mr. More...

ALVINA M. JOHNSON

Services for Alvina Johnson, 87, of Kilgore will be four p.m., Saturday, July 26, 2008 at Rader Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Doug Wintermute officiating. Burial will follow in Kilgore Cemetery. Mrs. More...

KIMBERLEY JEAN RAMSEY

Services for Kimberly Jean Ramsey, 47, of Kilgore will be at 10:00 A.M. Saturday, July 26, 2008 at the Chapel of Rader Funeral Home in Kilgore with the Reverend Kelly Brian officiating. Interment will follow at Kilgore Memorial Gardens. Mrs. More...

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