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2008 LEVERETT'S CHAPEL HOMECOMING QUEEN

provided photo Paige Reddic (above) was named Leverett's Chapel homecoming queen at the LCAvalon football game on Friday night. Paige becomes the reigning homecoming queen, taking over for Gabrielle Portley. Congratulations, Paige! More...

County updates tax abatement agreement

By KATHRYN PENROSE news1@kilgorenewsherald.com

LONGVIEW — Gregg County Commissioners addressed routine agenda yesterday that included an update the county tax abatement agreement with Sysco Food Services. More...

KILGOROUND

MITCH LUCAS

CONGRATULATIONSto all the football teams in the Kilgore News Herald's coverage area that won over the weekend — that would be Kilgore, Sabine, Overton and West Rusk. More...

News

Second graders get new dictionaries from Rotary

By GREG COLLINS for the News Herald

Kilgore Rotary Club members took dictionaries to Chandler Elementary School Friday and distributed them to each second grade student and teacher on the campus. More...

KC professor honored by HISD

Henderson ISD Alumni Association will honor its 10th class of Distinguished Alumni Friday in conjunction with homecoming activities. More...

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Sports

Rangers stumble at Navarro

Fall 28-10 in conference opener; host No. 1 Blinn Saturday
By MITCH LUCAS sports@kilgorenewsherald.com

Turnovers and just not enough offense cost the Kilgore College Rangers last Saturday in its Southwest Junior College Football Conference (SWJCFC) opener at Navarro in Corsicana. And things get even more difficult this weekend. More...

Toon gets start, Texas State wins!

Huey, Jones, Mitchell help UT to swarm Rice; Roberts, LA Tech beat SELA; Daniels, Sanders, TCU win
By MITCH LUCAS sports@kilgorenewsherald.com

Not all the former Kilgore High School players playing college football on Saturday picked up wins, but many gave impressive performances, including former Bulldog and Kilgore College Ranger Clint Toon, now a senior quarterback at Texas State Unive More...

Kilgore routs J'ville; visits Lindale today

HIGH SCHOOL TENNIS
By MITCH LUCAS sports@kilgorenewsherald.com

After getting an impressive win here over Jacksonville on Saturday morning, the Kilgore High School tennis team was hoping for an encore — maybe an even more impressive win — today. More...

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KFC jurors hear testimony from Rangers

BRYAN (AP) — Jurors on Monday heard testimony from two Texas Rangers — one retired and the other dead — in the capital murder trial of a second man charged in the notorious murders of five people abducted from an East Texas Kentuc More...

KISD board approves drilling at Ag Farm

By LESTER MURRAY news2@kilgorenewsherald.com

Kilgore Independent School District officials Monday evening approved an agreement to allow drilling at the high school ag farm. More...

Huge tax break package to be voted on by Senate

By JIM ABRAMS Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate is taking up a $100 billion tax bill designed to spur renewable energy investment, give tax breaks to businesses and individuals and protect more than 20 million people from the dreaded alternative minimum tax. More...

Our World

Kilgore police report

Between 12:01 a.m. Friday and midnight Sunday, Kilgore police worked 86 calls and made 20 arrests. The average total time spent on each call was 23.97 minutes. More...

DAILY DIGEST

MONDAY TOPS (TAKING OFF POUNDS SENSIBLY) meets Mondays 5:30-6:30 at St. Luke's UMC. For information call Linda Myhand 903-934- 6794 or Linda Brotherton at 903- 258-3463. Come join a group well known for losing and loving it. More...

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Advice & Entertainment

Moms debate loading question in supermarket parking lots

DEAR ABBY
JEANNE PHILLIPS

DEAR ABBY: My women friends and I are having a disagreement about whether we should put our children in the car first, or load our groceries first. More...

Three big causes of lasting cough

YOUR HEALTH
DR. DONOHUE

DEAR DR. DONOHUE: Three months ago, I had a cold and cough. The cold has gone, but the cough hasn't. I have used every commercial cough medicine, to no avail. The cough drives me and my wife crazy. It keeps her awake at night. More...

HOROSCOPE

JACQUELINE BIGAR

FORECAST FOR WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2008 ARIES (March 21-April 19) Your positive style once more has an opportunity to emerge. You will need to double-check all messages and appointments. More...

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Obituaries

STEPHANIE DIANE DUKES

Services for Stephanie Dukes, 10, of Kilgore will be at 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, September 24, 2008 at the First Baptist Church with Reverend Dale Simpson and Greg Hendrickson officiating. Burial will follow in Danville Cemetery. More...

MONTERAY SWANSON

Services for Monteray Swanson,, 65 of Liberty City, will be at 2PM, Wednesday September 24, 2008 at First Pentecost Church of Kilgore with Rev. James Boatman officiating. Interment will follow at Danville Cemetery. More...

RAMONA C. MENDOZA

Services for Mrs. Ramona C. Mendoza, 66, of Kilgore were Monday, Sept. 22, 2008 in the Chapel of Rader Funeral Home in Kilgore. Rev. Fred Ward will officiate. Interment followed at Kilgore Memorial Gardens. Mrs. More...

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