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Greenery back where they began, down on Main Street

By KATHRYN PENROSE news1@kilgorenewsherald.com
The new tenant of 212 East Main Street is a long-time member of the downtown Kilgore community. More...

Lawmaker wants new driver's license rule dropped

By ANABELLE GARAY Associated Press Writer

DALLAS (AP) - A state lawmaker wants Texas license officials to rescind a new policy requiring non- U.S. citizens to prove they live legally in the country before receiving a Texas driver's license or identification. State Rep. More...

News

Lions Club Annual Halloween Carnival on new night

By LESTER MURRAY news2@kilgorenewsherald.com

Kilgore Lions Club members are doing things a little different for their annual Halloween Carnival — this year it will be on Nov. 1 instead of Oct. 31. More...

Rotary Club Annual Fish Fry coming in November

By GREG COLLINS for the News Herald

Kilgore Rotary Club participated in a joint meeting with Lions, Kiwanis and Chamber this week to hear Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Texas, speak on the financial crisis Congress has been dealing with for the past couple of weeks. More...

Kilgore Habitat for Humanity fundraiser "Dishin the Dirt"

By BRENDA BROWN knhedit@kilgorenewsherald.com

Frankenstein and his bride have already sent their RSVPs. So have Bugs Bunny, Elmer Fudd, Emeril Lagasse and Carmen Miranda, to name a few. Organizers of the upcoming Kilgore Habitat for Humanity "Dishin' the Dirt" fundraiser on Oct. More...

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Business

EAST TEXAS DRILLING REPORT

EDEVELOPMENTAL Anderson County The Willis Gas Unit Well No.1H will be drilled 3.2 miles northeast from Palestine in a Wildcat Field. Hunt Oil Co. will drill the well to a depth of 11,000-feet in the Barnes, T F Survey, A-6. More...

Go beyond employer's life and disability policies

FINANCIAL FOCUS
WILBUR F. YATES

If you work for an employer who offers a benefits package that includes life insurance and disability income insurance, consider yourself fortunate. But you can't necessarily consider yourself fully protected. More...

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Advice & Entertainment

HOROSCOPE

JACQUELINE BIGAR

FORECAST FOR SUNDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2008 ARIES (March 21-April 19) Choose to keep a low profile. Do what you need to do in order to make you happy and accomplished. Schedule a massage or opt for a snooze. More...

We do not give up

MINISTER'S MOMENT
CHARLOTTE AUSTIN

A red clover blossom contains less than on-eighth of a grain of sugar. Yet, seven thousand of these grains are required to make a pound of honey. A bee, therefore must visit 56,000 clover heads to get enough sugar for a pound of honey. More...

Woman resists half-sister's effort to make a connection

DEAR ABBY
JEANNE PHILLIPS

DEAR ABBY: My father left my mother for a woman I'll call "Sheila" he met at work. I was only 7. My brother was 9 at the time; he committed suicide at the age of 20. My father and Sheila eventually married and had four children who are now grown. More...

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Obituaries

BENA MASSAD

Mass of Christian Burial for Mrs. Bena Massad, of Kilgore will be held 11:00 a.m, Monday October 11, 2008 at Christ the Catholic Church with burial to follow at Rose Hill Cemetery in Tyler. More...

DOROTHY FAYE McCLARD

Graveside services for Dorothy Faye McClard, 78, Kilgore, are scheduled for 10:00 am, Tuesday, October 14, at the Mason Cemetery, Arp, with Elder Vernis Stanaland officiating under direction of Cottle- Pearson Funeral Home, Overton. More...

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Kilgore in excellent economic position

By KATHRYN PENROSE news1@kilgorenewsherald.co m

Kilgore deposited another sales tax allocation check this week that topped the milliondollar mark. This check was the first allocation of the new fiscal year. More...

Will cheaper gas mean return to gas-guzzling ways?

By SANDY SHORE AP Business Writer

DENVER (AP) - Prices at the pump are dropping fast, and gas could fall below $3 a gallon in a matter of weeks, if not sooner. Does that mean Americans will return to their heedless, gas-guzzling ways? More...

KILGOROUND

BILL WOODALL

OUR NEW EDITOR here, Brenda Brown, tells me she's a fifth-generation Texan. That would extend back to her great-greatgrandparents. I HAVE no idea where my great-greats lived. More...

Our World

Working the streets . . .

THE IDLE AMERICAN
DR. DON NEWBURY

The masses yearn to flip back the calendar to simpler days. Those of us with tickets punched for geezer status work overtime in the cobwebs of selective memory. More...

Running from reality

WASHINGTON POST
DAVID S. BRODER

Something strange is happening in this strangest of all presidential contests. The longer it goes on, the less we know about what either of these men would do if he were in the Oval Office next year. More...

Letter to the editor

Editor, It is not every day that people find someone that will go beyond the normal duties of their job. That is not the case that many people have found in Mr. Norman Rowden. I first came to know Mr. More...

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Lifestyles

KIBA OCTOBER AWARDS

The Kilgore Improvement and Beautification Association gave out their awards for the month of October and these are the winners (photos, top to bottom) The Yard of the Month was awarded to Robert and Tammy Welch who live at 3315 Stonehaven. More...

He keeps on smiling

CHITCHAT CORNER
LINDA K. BALLARD

Well, he's new in town and he arrived to meet with the Kilgore Ministerial Alliance for the first time wearing his overalls and checked shirt. More...

A Word Please

by June Casagrande

If you're like most people, you worry that your grammar isn't good enough and that one day it will embarrass you. And, if you're like most people who read this column, you know that I'm on a lifelong mission to eradicate this worry. More...

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Sports

Cowboys-Cardinals should be old-fashioned shootout

GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — This could be one of the biggest shootouts in Arizona since Doc Holliday and Wyatt Earp caused all that ruckus at the OK Corral. More...

Kilgore drops district opener to Eagles

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL
By MITCH LUCAS sports@kilgorenewsherald.com

The district road each year is a long and winding one. And in this particular season, that might be a good thing for the Kilgore High School Bulldogs. More...

KHS wins; in second in district

HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL
By MITCH LUCAS sports@kilgorenewsherald.com

The Kilgore High School volleyball team is somewhere after five district games that they haven't been in a long, long time: second place in district play. KHS defeated Lindale in four games Friday afternoon, 25-19, 25-20, 17-25, 25-17. More...

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