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DOWNTOWN SHUFFLE CONTINUES

News Herald photo by KATHRYN PENROSE Carl Clower, Expressions owner, assists a customer to find that perfect something for a gift at the shop's new downtown location. More...

US sets arms sale to Taiwan

China expresses strong opposition
By DEBBY WU Associated Press Writer

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - Taiwan's president on Saturday welcomed a U.S. decision to sell the island up to US$6.5 billion in advanced weaponry, while China said it strongly opposed the move. The U.S. More...

First lady visits Ike evacuees

By MICHAEL GRACZYK Associated Press Writer

HOUSTON (AP) - First lady Laura Bush served dinner and offered comfort Friday to people still out of their homes three weeks after Hurricane Ike slammed into the Texas coast. More...

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Business

EAST TEXAS DRILLING REPORT

DEVELOPMENTAL Anderson County The Worley Gas Unit Well No.1 will be drilled 10.6 miles east from Palestine in a Wildcat Field. O'Benco, Inc. will drill the well to a depth of 13,000- feet in the Duty, R Survey, A- 233. More...

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Lifestyles

KC RAHS CHEERLEADING CAMP

The Kilgore College Rahs put on a cheerleading camp this weekend to raise money for nationals. More...

Raindrops keep falling on my head

CHITCHAT CORNER
LINDA K. BALLARD

"FORGET the raindrops, she's got squirrels falling on her head and she is in a frantic," exclaimed the voice at the end of the phone. "I'm heading over there right now," he said. More...

A Word Please

by June Casagrande

A reader of an ABC News website story is irked about the word "well." The story, titled "Sick Kids: Keep Them Home? Or Are They Faking?" prompted the following comment on the website. More...

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Sports

Todd tops minor leaguers

Kilgore native named St. Louis' top minor league pitching prospect
By MITCH LUCAS sports@kilgorenewsherald.com

Driving around Kilgore and taking it easy might not be the first thing one would choose. But after two years of non-stop traveling, baseball, moving and more baseball, it fits Jess Todd just fine. More...

Kilgore knocks off Nac

Lady Bulldogs now 2-1 in District 14-4A play
By MITCH LUCAS sports@kilgorenewsherald.com

Two seasons ago, when the Dallas Cowboys had improved under the instruction of coach Bill Parcells, a teary-eyed Parcells said, "You can't call them losers anymore." Kilgore High School second-year coach Lacy Thompson might have felt the same way More...

Johnson plans celebration

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE

IRVING (AP) — Terrell Owens can gripe all he wants. His buddy Chad Ocho Cinco doesn't want to hear it. Only four touchdowns this season? Only one celebration penalty? Only one loss? Ocho Cinco wishes he had such problems. More...

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Expressions relocates downtown

By KATHRYN PENROSE news1@kilgorenewsherald.com

"It is not perfect and we have no sign hung yet, but we met our deadline," said Carl Clower, owner of Expressions Hallmark. More...

Hibbett Sports looks to open in January

By KATHRYN PENROSE news1@kilgorenewsherald.com

With Expressions Hallmark moved out of 104 Midtown Plaza and into 104 N. Kilgore Street, some may still wonder what is coming to the vacant storefront at the strip mall. More...

Tax breaks big and small sweeten financial bailout

By JIM ABRAMS Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) - Millions of taxpayers, thousands of businesses and groups as diverse as solar power developers and natural disaster victims will see tax relief with the House vote Friday to approve and send to the president a $700 billion financ More...

KILGOROUND

BILL WOODALL

SOME DAYS AGO we read an essay by Dr. Peter Mires, a geographer from the University of Delaware. THE subject was the ages-old use of solar energy. More...

News

Photo

News Herald photo by KATHRYN PENROSE Missy Watley, Kilgore College Registered Nursing student, administers a flu shot to Lu Linkinhoker, RN, as the Kilgore College Student Nurses' Association prepares for its annual flu shot clinic, through which 1,2 More...

Rotary Club learns about mining in East Texas

By GREG COLLINS For the News Herald

Rick Hanning with Luminant Energy was the guest speaker for the Kilgore Rotary Club on Wednesday. He discussed his company's mining operations in East Texas which help produce electricity for millions of people. More...

Lions hear about Bulldogs

By LESTER MURRAY news2@kilgorenewsherald.com

The Kilgore High School head football coach was at Lions Club on Thursday talking about the season and beyond. Mike Vallery said this is not the best team Kilgore has put on the field in the past, but it is a good team. More...

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Advice & Entertainment

Stubborn tot plays hard to get with frustrated grandmother

DEAR ABBY
JEANNE PHILLIPS

DEAR ABBY: After 12 years on the West Coast, my husband and I moved back East last year with our 3-year-old son, "Adam." My parents, my husband's mom and our siblings live here, and we wanted Adam to know his family. More...

HOROSCOPE

JACQUELINE BIGAR

FORECAST FOR SUNDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2008 ARIES (March 21-April 19) Look for positive changes. Your creativity emerges with others, when making plans or even just when taking off on a day trip. You could be pleased by what comes up. More...

Shine like the stars in the Universe

MINISTER'S MOMENT
CHARLOTTE AUSTIN

"Do everything without complaining or arguing, so that you may become blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and depraved generation, More...

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Obituaries

DELL BREWER BIRDSONG

Services for Dell Birdsong, 81, of Kilgore will be 2 p.m., Monday, October 6, 2008 at the Rader Funeral Home Chapel with Chris Vidacovich officiating. Burial will follow in Danville Cemetery. Mrs. More...

NORMA LEE WALL

Services for Norma Lee Wall, 82, of Kilgore will be ten a.m., Monday, October 6, 2008 at the Rader Funeral Home Chapel with the Reverend Mike Gribble officiating. Burial will follow in Kilgore Memorial Gardens. Mrs. More...

LOUISE PEARL FLOYD BYRUM

Funeral services for Louise Pearl Byrum, 81 of Kilgore will be 10AM, Tuesday, October 7, 2008 in the Chapel of Rader Funeral Home will Rev. James Shepard and Rev. Jimmy Ames officiating. Interment will follow at Kilgore Memorial Gardens. Mrs. More...

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