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Extra trips added to KC bus schedule

RANGER RIDE
By LESTER MURRAY news2@kilgorenewsherald.com
Ranger Ride is underway and getting a positive response from students commuting from Longview to Kilgore. More...

Suicide victim memorialized at PD

By KATHRYN MARTINEZ news1@kilgorenewsherald.com

Family and friends of the man who took his own life inside a Kilgore Municipal Jail cell last week placed a cross on the lawn of Kilgore Police Department yesterday to memorialize their friend and loved one. More...

News

New Orleans braces again, for Gustav

By STACEY PLAISANCE Associated Press Writers

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - National Guard troops stand ready, batteries and water bottles are selling briskly, and one smalltown mayor has spent a sleepless night worrying. More...

Oil rises on worries Gustav may strengthen

By PABLO GORONDI Associated Press Writer

Oil prices rose above $119 a barrel early this morning on fears that Tropical Storm Gustav could strengthen on its way toward crude and natural gas rigs in the Gulf of Mexico and refineries in the Gulf area. More...

Border Patrol struggles to keep newly hired agents

By ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press Writer

IMPERIAL BEACH, Calif. (AP) - Law enforcement officers wanted: must work graveyard shifts alone in remote towns along the Mexican border, put in long hours and perform well in triple-digit temperatures. That message is never touted in U.S. More...

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Sports

PREVIEW IN TODAY; WEST RUSK KICKS OFF TONIGHT

Photo by Mitch Lucas Most all the high school football programs in the Kilgore News Herald's coverage area, including Kilgore High School, will begin their seasons tomorrow night, but Brandon Williams (above) and the West Rusk Raiders open tonight, a More...

LOCAL SPORTS IN BRIEF

BY SPORTS EDITOR MITCH LUCAS

VOLLEYBALL Kilgore in tourney today; Sabine Saturday The Kilgore High School varsity volleyball team is playing in a tournament at Tyler Lee High School in Tyler today and on Saturday. More...

Cowboys want 'The Barbarian' to be an every-down back

Dallas hosts Minnesota in final preseason game tonight; Romo won't play

IRVING (AP) — Marion Barber holds up his left arm and points at his wrist, absent a watch, as a way to indicate that he doesn't have time to talk. He then leaves the locker room. More...

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LEDC gives KC $200,000 for Longview Campus

Longview Economic Development Corporation will give Kilgore College $200,000 to construct a new industrial maintenance training facility for their Longview Campus. More...

"Shine Your Smile" Day coming to KISD campuses

Kilgore school district has invited Mobile Dentists/Smile Programs to bring its preventive dental care program to Maude Laird Middle School, Kilgore High School, and Kilgore Intermediate School. More...

KILGOROUND

LESTER MURRAY

If you haven't heard it by now, football season is back, and this weekend kicks off both the Kilgore High School Bulldog season and the Kilgore College Ranger Football season at home. The Bulldogs will be taking on Carthage at R.E. St. More...

Advice & Entertainment

Acts of kindness can make our world seem less scary

DEAR ABBY
JEANNE PHILLIPS

DEAR ABBY: "Missing the Old Days in Arizona City" (May 8), the mother of a small child, wondered how parents can feel safe raising kids in a world that is "crazy and scary." I, too, worry about the state of the world today, but find comfort in my c More...

Mite causes a mighty itch

YOUR HEALTH
DR. DONOHUE

DEAR DR. DONOHUE: What can I do to get rid of scabies? I had a terrible itch on my fingers and hands, and it was diagnosed as eczema. The eczema medicine didn't work. My doctor sent me to a dermatologist, who made the scabies diagnosis. More...

HOROSCOPE

JACQUELINE BIGAR

FORECAST FOR FRIDAY, AUGUST 29, 2008 ARIES (March 21-April 19) Wake up tense, and concern might start your day badly, but not if you let go of those feelings. Relax, and let others express their ideas. You learn more by watching. More...

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Obituaries

JODIE C. WILLIAMS

Jodie Williams passed away August 22, 2008, at his home in Ocala, Florida. Hiers Baxley Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Services will be held Wednesday, August 27, at 2:00 p.m. at Hiers Baxley Chapel. Reverend Andy Bloom will officiate. More...

THOMAS L. NOWLIN

Services for Thomas L. Nowlin, 92, of Gladewater, will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday, August 27, 2008 at Croley Funeral Home Chapel in Gladewater, with Carlis Stone officiating. Intermant will be at Union Grove Cemetery. More...

CLIFTON BEAVERS

Services for Clifton Beavers, 95, of Kansas City, formerly of the Concord Community, Mr. Enterprise, are pending with Southern Funeral Home of Henderson. Mr. Beavers passed away in Kananas City. More...

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