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LET THE MUSIC MOVE YOU

Maude Laird Middle School students had a great time at the first dance of the year sponsored by MLMS Student Council. There was plenty of food, drink and music to go around and the DJ was giving out free CDs as prizes. More...

KC to host first-ever Hispanic Heritage Month celebration

The college will host the first-ever Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration, 6-8 p.m., Oct. 13, in Dodson Auditorium on the Kilgore College campus. More...

News

KIS RECOGNIZED STUDENTS

The Kilgore Independent School District board of trustees honored Kilgore Intermediate School students for their commended performance on the 2007/2008 TAKS test. More...

MLMS holds Scholastic Book Fair

The Scholastic Book Fair is coming to Maude Laird Middle School Oct. 14-17 . Diane Wimberly, MLMS librarian, said an open house will be held Monday, Oct. 13, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. and members of the community are invited. More...

KC choir presents concert of witty and humorous music

'A Lighthearted Look at Life' performance on Oct. 16

The Kilgore College Choirs will present a fall semester concert titled "A Lighthearted Look at Lif " on Thursday, Oct. 16, at KC's Van Cliburn Auditorium. More...

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Sports

Rangers go to Little Rock, return with 21-7 win

KC visits Tyler on Saturday at 3 p.m.
By MITCH LUCAS sports@kilgorenewsherald.com

The defenses wouldn't bend against the run, so Kilgore College took to the air to beat Arkansas Baptist, 21-7, in a Southwest Junior College Football Conference contest in Little Rock on Saturday at Quigley Stadium, getting three touchdown passes More...

Kilgore tennis team outlasts Wills Point, Van

HIGH SCHOOL TENNIS
By MITCH LUCAS sports@kilgorenewsherald.com

The Kilgore High School tennis team stepped out of its District 14-4A schedule and kept in shape Saturday by facing a pair of East Texas' best Class 3A teams. More...

ET season tickets on sale now

TEXAS COLLEGIATE LEAGUE BASEBALL
From pumpjacksbaseball.com

It's October, the Major League Baseball playoffs are under way, and the World Series is just around the corner. Which means it's time to talk about… East Texas Pump Jacks 2009 season tickets. More...

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Foreclosures avoided with Countrywide

Lending giant resolves investigations in Texas, six other states

AUSTIN — Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott and six other state attorneys general yesterday reached a nearly $8 billion agreement with Countrywide Financial Corp. More...

Chamber has Leadership Kilgore ready to go

By KATHRYN PENROSE news1@kilgorenewsherald.com

Leadership Kilgore organizers have lined up a full slate of activities for local officials and business people, which will be addressed during 10 weeks of programs and classes. More...

Shakespeare Festival to get grant

114 Texas-based artists selected for state's touring artists and companies roster

The Texas Commission on the Arts has approved the investment of $2,333,702 in grants to arts organizations for fiscal year 2009, including more than $4,000 for next year's Texas Shakespeare Festival. More...

KILGOROUND

MITCH LUCAS

I HAVE A 12- YEAROLD daughter who mentions getting a car when she's 16 just about every day, so when I read this morning about a device Ford is working on that would let parents control the speed of a car and sets a maximum volume for the stereo More...

Our World

Candidates face of in tonight's town hall debate

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Tonight's presidential debate offers Republican John McCain one of his last best chances to stop Democrat Barack Obama's recent surge in the race and turn it in his favor. More...

Nigerian conflict a warning for big oil in Iraq

By SEBASTIAN ABBOT Associated Press Writer

BAGHDAD (AP) -- Recurrent violence in oilrich parts of Nigeria may provide a sobering lesson for oil companies hoping to work in Iraq , a place that is much more dangerous despite the fact that attacks are at their lowest level in more than four ye More...

Kilgore Police report

Between 12:01 a.m. Friday and midnight Sunday, Kilgore police worked 86 calls and made 29 arrests. The average time spent per call was almost 59 minutes. More...

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Advice & Entertainment

Simple precautions prevent deadly, costly house fires

DEAR ABBY
JEANNE PHILLIPS

DEAR ABBY: The number of fires in the United States has declined over the years, and while that's encouraging, there is still a real cause for concern today. In 2007, eight in 10 people who died in a fire were killed in a home fire. More...

Canker sores-infection or immune attack?

YOUR HEALTH
DR. DONOHUE

DEAR DR. DONOHUE: Since my 26-year-old son was a child, he has suffered with numerous canker sores. He has tried every over-the-counter product and has asked every doctor and dentist he has seen for advice. Nothing works for him. More...

HOROSCOPE

JACQUELINE BIGAR

FORECAST FOR WED., OCTOBER 8, 2008 ARIES (March 21-April 19) Curbing another's enthusiasm could be a huge mistake, as resentment could start to build. Let someone do what he or she wants. This person will anyway. More...

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Obituaries

SCHARLENE BILLINGS

Services for Scharlene Billings, 90, of Kilgore will be 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, October 8, 2008, at the Chandler Street Church of Christ with Chris Vidacovich officiating. Burial will be 1:00 p.m. More...

LANCE HILLHOUSE

Lance Hillhouse, 55, of Kilgore passed away Sunday, Oct. 5, 2008, in Tyler due to complications of Parkinson's Disease. He was born in Longview on Jan.11, 1953, and was the son of the late Arvy Cornelius Hillhouse and Anna Fern Ratekin. More...

DELL BREWER BIRDSONG

Services for Dell Birdsong, 81, of Kilgore were Oct. 6, 2008, at the Rader Funeral Home Chapel with Chris Vidacovich officiating. Burial followed in Danville Cemetery. She died Oct. 4, 2008 in Kilgore. She was born July 22, 1927, in Eastland. More...

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