November 11, 2008 RSS feed / Front Page

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Kilgore WAC looks back on Army life

By KATHRYN PENROSE news1@kilgorenewsherald.com
In 1943 Opal G. Borders Glenn, longtime Kilgoreite and teacher, was approached by two girlfriends who were joining the military. More...

KILGOROUND

MITCH LUCAS

FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS are on the minds of many, and we'll talk about that, but first thing's first. Thanks to every U.S. veteran, no matter what the age, for your service to this country. More...

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Our World

Studies: Elderly fare well in open-heart surgery

By MARILYNN MARCHIONE AP Medical Writer

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Eighty-yearolds with clogged arteries or leaky heart valves used to be sent home with a pat on the arm from their doctors and pills to try to ease their symptoms. More...

Analysis: In the end, Bush the statesman emerges

By BEN FELLER Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) — No matter how people remember President Bush's time in office, let there be no doubt about how he wants to end it: gracefully. More...

Kilgore Police Report

Between 12:01 a.m. Friday and midnight Sunday, Kilgore police worked 69 calls and made 11 arrests. The average time spent per call was about one hour. More...

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Advice & Entertainment

Sister's grow into best friends

DEAR ABBY
JEANNE PHILLIPS

DEAR ABBY: "Hurt in Sacramento" (Aug. 27) wrote that her sister told her that the only reason she existed was because her dad had been trying for a boy after having three girls. Tell her to trust me -- this is a rite of passage. More...

Family history of ovarian cancer increases its risk

YOUR HEALTH
DR. DONOHUE

DEAR DR. DONOHUE: My mother, who was 57 years old, recently passed away from ovarian cancer. Does that put me at risk of getting it? If so, when should I start getting tested for it? I just turned 33. The thought of ovarian cancer scares me. More...

HOROSCOPE

JACQUELINE BIGAR

FORECAST FOR WED., NOV. 12, 2008 ARIES (March 21-April 19) Your instincts play a strong role in what goes on. You need to deal with an associate you trust. Work with his or her ideas. More...

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Obituaries

LOUISE TILLMAN

Graveside Services for Louise Tillman, 82 , of Kilgore will be ten o'clock a.m., Wednesday, November 12, 2008, at Garland Cemetery in Annona, Texas, with Reverend Charlotte and John Austin officiating. More...

JAMES ELBERT 'JIM' GRIFFIN

The funeral service of James Elbert "Jim" Griffin, 63, of Leesburg, Ga., who died Nov. 9, 2008, will be conducted Wednesday at 1 p.m. at the Leesburg United Methodist Church. Rev. Mike Lyons and Rev. Eugene Barlow will officiate. More...

HAROLD 'PETE' CHOATE

Harold "Pete" Choate, 67, died Sunday, Nov. 9, 2008, in Dallas. More...

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CONTINENTAL COLOR GUARD

News Herald photo by KATHRYN PENROSE Maude Laird Middle School students celebrated Veterans Day yesterday with approximately 80 veterans from all branches of military service. More...

Texas House panel studies response to Hurricane Ike

By MONICA RHOR Associated Press Writer

HOUSTON (AP) — Texas should seek reforms of federal programs that provide the majority of disaster funding to speed up assistance to the state's hurricane victims, officials said. More...

News

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Kilgore Police Department received a $2,700 grant from the Texas Association of Property and Evidence Inventory Technicians to purchase a bar-coding system to track evidence and maintain complete chainof custody records. More...

Teen sentenced to 30 years for bank robberies

AUSTIN (AP) — A 17-yearold boy was sentenced Monday to 30 years in prison after being convicted of two counts of aggravated robbery for robbing a bank twice in January. A jury found Charles Blackburn Jr. More...

Once-dying ND town sits on potential oil jackpot

By JAMES MacPHERSON Associated Press Writer

PARSHALL, N.D. More...

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Sports

Cisco wins high- scoring duel with KC

JUNIOR COLLEGE FOOTBALL
By MITCH LUCAS sports@kilgorenewsherald.com

The Kilgore College Rangers put up 42 points on one of the nation's best defenses on Saturday in a hard-fought Southwest Junior College Football Conference playoff game. Unfortunately, the Rangers came out on the wrong end. More...

LOCAL SPORTS IN BRIEF

BY SPORTS EDITOR MITCH LUCAS

BASKETBALL KHS girls open season tonight The Kilgore High School Lady Bulldogs officially open the 2008-09 season tonight at Carthage, a 5 p.m. freshmen start, with junior varsity and varsity afterward. KHS is coached by Davia Garrett. More...

UT redemption comes with OU win

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

AUSTIN (AP) — The Texas Longhorns were inspired after hearing Sanya Richards' firsthand account of her Olympic redemption. More...

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