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2nd trial starts for KFC murder case

By MICHAEL GRACZYK Associated Press Writer
When Darnell Hartsfield saw the inside of a Texas prison cell for the first time in 1984, it was for an aggravated robbery he committed the previous year. More...

McCain and Obama campaigns grapple for 'change'

By ANDREW TAYLOR Associated Press Writer

ST. PAUL, Minn. More...

KILGOROUND

BILL WOODALL

W E DON'T K N OW how she'll do when it's time to start teaching algebra, but Roxanne Bushbaum is doing a bang-up job with biology. ROXANNE is one of those grandparents who is raising her grandson. She also home-schools him. More...

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Business

EAST TEXAS DRILLING REPORT

DEVELOPMENTAL Anderson County The McClinton Well No.15 and the McClinton Well No.16 will be drilled one mile south from Slocum in the Slocum Field. Lockout Corp. will drill the wells to a depth of 600-feet in the Wilson, W R Survey, A-66. More...

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Lifestyles

KHS HI-STEPPERS (THE LIGHTER SIDE)

Rainy days means indoor practice, so the Kilgore High School Hi-Steppers took advantage of the new indoor practice facility. More...

Planting the seed corn

CHITCHAT CORNER
LINDA K. BALLARD

The invitation came. This time, I went; observed, listened, participated and more importantly, I learned. More...

Cargill and Ford unite in marriage

Holly Ann Ford and Marcus Wayne Cargill, both of Kilgore, were united in marriage Saturday, June 14, 2008 at Saint Luke's United Methodist Church in Kilgore. Officiating the double-ring, candle lit ceremony was The Reverend Ernie Turney and Mr. More...

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Sports

Sabine upsets Troup!

First win at SHS for Baker
By JASON HEFFNER Special to the News Herald

LIBERTY CITY — The Troup Tigers had the ball on the Sabine 10-yard-line, trailing by just one point, with just seven seconds to play. More...

Same old 'Cats, same old 'Dogs

KHS gets convincing win over Hallsville
By MITCH LUCAS sports@kilgorenewsherald.com

HALLSVILLE — Sometimes football just comes down to the basics, and while it isn't necessarily pretty, a win is a win is a win. More...

High school scores of interest

BY SPORTS EDITOR MITCH LUCAS

Kilgore 23, Hallsville 10 Sabine 13, Troup 12 West Rusk 29, T.K. Gorman 23 Union Grove 20, Overton 14, overtime Leverett's Chapel 66, Joshua Christian 0 Sulphur Springs 52, Whitehouse 33 Carthage 33, Henderson 3 Marshall 41, More...

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Key dates in KFC slaying case

By The Associated Press Here are some key dates in the KFC slayings case: Sept. 21, 1983: Convicted burglar Romeo Pinkerton of Tyler is paroled. Sept. More...

Pledges already coming in for United Fund

By KATHRYN MARTINEZ news1@kilgorenewsherald.com

United Fund of Kilgore is off to a swift start toward this year's $75,000 goal with $13,767 already pledged. "We're going to beat that goal," Pat McCrory, 2008 United Fund of Kilgore president, said. "We're going to kick the door down. More...

Transportation Dept. almost out of highway funds

By JOAN LOWY Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) - The federal highway trust fund will run out of money this month, requiring delays in payments to states for transportation construction projects, Transportation Secretary Mary Peters said Friday. More...

News

Christian concert at Dodson

A Christian music concert featuring the band 33 Miles will help celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Wesley Foundation. The concert at 7 p.m. September 14 will be in Dodson Auditorium at Kilgore College. The concert will be presented by St. More...

Commissioners to adopt Gregg County Capital Improvement Plan

By KATHRYN MARTINEZ news1@kilgorenewsherald.com

Gregg County Commissioners are slated to address a routine agenda Monday, which includes approval of a resolution that adopts the Gregg County Capital Improvement Plan. More...

Artist speaks to Rotarians

By GREG COLLINS for the News Herald

Kilgore Rotarian Gordon Reed and Anup Bhandari were guest speakers for the Kilgore Rotary Club on Wednesday. More...

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Advice & Entertainment

Kindness puts woman's bad day back on track

DEAR ABBY
JEANNE PHILLIPS

DEAR ABBY: Please let the world know that kind people still exist. I was on my way to two job interviews. Not surprisingly, I was nervous, so before I got off my train, I took my phone out to check the directions to the first one. More...

"Likes" from "Lacks"

MINISTER'S MOMENT
CHARLOTTE AUSTIN

To keep me from becoming conceited because of these surpassingly great revelations, there was given me a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me. Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. More...

HOW DOES YOUR GARDEN GROW?

MASTER GARDENER
JEAN LAIRD

Dear Fellow Gardeners and Future Gardeners, I need to correct myself. In my last article I was giving a few helpful hints, and I made significant mistake. I suggested you fertilize your azaleas, then mulch them. More...

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Obituaries

SUSAN CLEARY SIMS

May 21, 1953 ~ September 4, 2008

Services for Susan Cleary Sims of Whitehouse will be at 2:00 p.m., Monday, September 8, 2008 at the Chapel of Rader Funeral Home with Reverend Kevin Burdette and Mr. Terry Brannon officiating. More...

TIMOTHY CHARLES SHAW

Timothy Charles Shaw, 50, of Tavernier, Florida, went to be with the Lord on September 1, 2008. He was born March 4, 1958, in Tishamingo, Oklahoma. Preceding him in death was his grandparents, Bob and Naomi Hinchey of Troy, Oklahoma. More...

ALBERTA "BERT" TROBOY

Services for Alberta "Bert" Troboy, 84, of Kilgore were Saturday, Sept. 6, 2008 in the Chapel of Rader Funeral Home of Kilgore with Rev. David Hampton officiating. Burial followed in the Danville Cemetery. Mrs. Troboy passed away Wednesday, Sept. More...

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