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KISD visitors must submit to sex offender scans

KISD IMPROVES CAMPUS SECURITY
By LESTER MURRAY news2@kilgorenewsherald.com
Getting in to visit Kilgore schools will require a bit more time this school year, but students should be safer from intruders than in past years. More...

KHS students now have more dual credit courses available

By LESTER MURRAY news2@kilgorenewsherald.com

Dual credit classes are becoming very popular with high school students throughout East Texas and with a new career academy starting on Aug. 25, Kilgore High School students are encouraged to get aboard. More...

KILGOROUND

BILL WOODALL

LOCAL COLLEGES HAVE to know their market... KILGORE College is offering free bus transportation between Kilgore and Longview in an effort to help students deal with the cost of gasoline. More...

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Business

EAST TEXAS DRILLING REPORT

DEVELOPMENTAL Cherokee County Marathon Oil Co. will drill the McClendon Gas Unit 1 Well No.11H in the White Oak Creek (Pettit) Field. The well will bottom at 14,000-feet 6.9 miles west from Alton in the Johnson, W M Survey, A-460. More...

How should you respond to market "dips"?

FINANCIAL FOCUS
WILBUR F. YATES

You already know that stock prices can take sudden "dips." But do you know what causes them? And, just as importantly, is there any way you can take advantage of these drops? Let's answer these questions one by one. More...

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Lifestyles

BULLDOG FOOTBALL TWO -A-DAYS

Head Coach Mike Vallery is getting the Kilgore High School Bulldog football team whipped into shape. The team is practicing two-a-days last week. Vallery said he limits his practice times to two hours a session. More...

A welcome home and to our neighborhood

CHITCHAT CORNER
LINDA K. BALLARD

It's so nice to live in a suburban area where getting to know your neighbor means so much. It is a place where it doesn't take an excuse to gather friends and neighbors around you to have a few refreshments and a little laughter. More...

Irvin and Frances to celebrate 70 years together

Frances (91) and Irvin (97) Flash of Longview will be celebrating their 70th wedding anniversary August 12, 2008. They were married August 12, 1938 in Bruni, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Fiench. Irvin and Frances met in 1936 in Freer. More...

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Obituaries

JUANITA BELLE RAINES TALIAFERRO

Services for Juanita Taliaferro, 81 of Mt. Pleasant, formally of Liberty City will be 2PM in the Rader Funeral Home Chapel, Monday, August 11, 2008 with Rev J. W. Carlile. Officiating. Mrs. Taliaferro died Saturday, August 9, 2008 in Mt. Pleasant. More...

VIVIAN MORRIS

Graveside Services for Vivian Morris, 87, of Newton, North Carolina, formerly of Kilgore, Texas will be held at 10 A.M. Tuesday, August 12, 2008 at Kilgore Memorial Gardens with the Reverend Riley Pippen officiating. Mrs. More...

BERNICE HARVEY

Funeral services for Bernice Harvey, 78 of Kilgore, will be held Tuesday, August 12, 2008 at 11:00 a.m. at Harmony Pirtle Baptist Church with Pastor Carlos Whitaker officiating. More...

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Oil and gas net Kilgore big sales tax check

By KATHRYN MARTINEZ news1@kilgorenewsherald.com

Kilgore deposited another sales tax allocation check this week that exceeded the milliondollar mark, bringing total sales tax allocations for the year to $7,404,424 — more than 16 percent higher than the total of $6,361,410 received at this t More...

Bush soaks up Olympic spirit

By PAUL ALEXANDER Associated Press Writer

BEIJING (AP) - Most days, being the U.S. president means trying to extinguish one blooming crisis after another. Then there are days like Saturday. Mountain biking on the Olympic course. More...

KHPF finalist for Best Downtown Partner category

By KATHRYN MARTINEZ news1@kilgorenewsherald.com

Kilgore Historic Preservation Foundation is one of two finalists in the Best Downtown Partner category for the 2008 Texas Downtown Association (TDA) Presidents Awards Program. More...

News

Kilgore Lions Club learn about the Salvation Army

By LESTER MURRAY news2@kilgorenewsherald.com

The Kilgore Lions Club welcomed a representative from the Salvation Army to its meeting on Thursday. Robert Winters, a 25 year employee of the Salvation Army working in Longview, said he has been assigned in Longview for three years. More...

Arnold talks to Rotarians about Child and Family Services programs

By GREG COLLINS For the News Herald

Sheila Arnold with Child and Family Service Programs in Kilgore was the guest speaker for the Kilgore Rotary Club on Wednesday. Arnold has an office in the First Presbyterian Church of Kilgore. More...

Allegiance Hospital to make presentation to City Council

Kilgore City Council is expected to hear from Allegiance Specialty Hospital at next week's city council meeting. Marc Pearce will update on council on facility operations. Allegiance is operating in the former Laird Memorial Hospital building. More...

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Advice & Entertainment

"DOING THE WILL OF MY FATHER"

MINISTER'S MOMENT
CHARLOTTE AUSTIN

Jesus says: "Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven." (Matthew 7:21) That's pretty heavy, isn't it! More...

Deadbeat owners abandon pets as well as their homes

DEAR ABBY
JEANNE PHILLIPS

DEAR ABBY: I work for a major lending company and have cleaned out foreclosed homes. Too many times, I find animals who have died from exposure or literally starved to death. More...

Exercise can be hard on the stomach

YOUR HEALTH
DR. DONOHUE

DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I am an 82-year-old male. I exercise every day by walking as fast as I can, which is 108 meters a minute (3.6 miles an hour). If I try to walk faster than that, after about 15 minutes, I get nauseated. More...

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Sports

Cowboys open with SD

By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP sports writer

EDITOR'S NOTE: The Dallas Cowboys were to open the 2008 preseason at San Diego on Saturday night following this edition of the Kilgore News Herald. Kickoff was slated for 9 p.m. Central time. OXNARD, Calif. More...

KHS fall tennis lineup set

Bulldogs will open fall season vs. Gladewater Aug. 23
By MITCH LUCAS sports@kilgorenewsherald.com

Kilgore High School tennis players have been getting to see each other quite a bit lately. More...

Olympics open with fanfare; Kilgore's Kenta Bell training

KILGORE'S KENTA BELL IN BEIJING OLYMPICS
By MITCH LUCAS sports@kilgorenewsherald.com

The opening ceremonies of the Beijing Olympics were truly breathtaking, as broadcast on NBC Friday night, and when the U.S. More...

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