November 30, 2008 RSS feed / Front Page

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KHS students prepares for All- Region Orchestra performance

When the All-Region Symphonic Orchestra performs its concert in January of this year Kilgore High School will be represented by mjore than a dozen musicians. More...

KILGOROUND

BILL WOODALL

WE'VE NEVER BEEN 100 percent certain that it really is the world's largest lighted Christmas parade, but… JOIN thousands of your neighbors for the annual Christmas parade Tuesday evening. More...

News

Kilgore volunteers help make cancer patients recovery easier

By BRENDA BROWN knhedit@kilgorenewsherald.com

For cancer patients, the road to recovery can be a long and winding one, but the American Cancer Society has found a way to ease some of the journey's pain and uncertainty by providing transportation to and from life-saving treatments and doctors' More...

Long time Rotarian Rev. Bill Ingersoll leaving Kilgore

By GREG COLLINS Publicity Chairman

The Rev. Bill Ingersoll, minister of the First Presbyterian Church in Kilgore for the past 18 years and a member of the Kilgore Rotary Club for about that long, was the guest speaker for Rotarians on Wednesday. Rev. More...

TEXAS AGRI LIFE HOLDS SEMINAR

PESTICIDE RECERTIFICATION SEMINAR will be held Dec. 2 and 4 at the Texas AgriLife Research and Extension Center at Overton. Registration for the program will begin at 7:30 a.m. each morning, with the program starting at 8:30. More...

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Advice & Entertainment

Couple throws a wedding, but neglects to get married

DEAR ABBY
JEANNE PHILLIPS

DEAR ABBY: My husband and I just found out that his daughter and her boyfriend duped everyone -- including us - - with a formal, traditional wedding ceremony, but the "marriage" is not legal. More...

Brain bleed causes stroke at young age

YOUR HEALTH
DR. DONOHUE

DEAR DR. DONOHUE: When my brother was 47, he died of a stroke caused by bleeding in his brain. He was fine one minute, and the next he was in a coma. An autopsy showed he had had an aneurysm that ruptured. More...

HOROSCOPE

JACQUELINE BIGAR

FORECAST FOR SUNDAY, Noverember 30, 2008 ARIES (March 21-April 19) Others follow your lead and will remember what you do involving your parents, older relatives and friends. Invite several more mature friends for a late lunch and maybe a movie. More...

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Obituaries

FRED FORTH

Freddie (Fred) R. Forth, of Kilgore left this earthy life on November 27, 2008, after a long and courageous battle with lung cancer to be with our Lord and Savior. More...

NORA SCHLIEPER TURNER

Services for Nora Turner, 84, of Kilgore will be ten a.m., Monday, December 1, 2008 at the Rader Funeral Home Chapel with the Reverend David Hampton officiating. Burial will follow in the Kilgore Cemetery. Mrs. More...

GARY LAMONT ONES SR

Funeral services for Gary Lamont Jones Sr., 51, of Winnsboro, will be held Monday, Dec.1, 2008 at 2 p.m. at First Baptist Church, 200 West Broadway Winnsboro, with Rev. L.C. Bell Jr., officiating. More...

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KEDC reports accomplishments for 2008

By KATHRYN PENROSE news1@kilgorenewsherald.com

As 2008 comes to an end, Kilgore Economic Development Corporation has compiled an annual report which documents its accomplishments through the last fiscal year. More...

KHPF hosts Holiday Happenings in Historic Homes Saturday

Kilgore Historical Preservation Foundation hosts its 12th annual Holiday Happenings in Historic Homes tour from 2 to 6 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 6. The tour includes the Stroope-Thrower home at 1000 E. More...

Business

Relay For Life celebrates kick-off with food, fellowship

The American Cancer Society Relay For Life of Gregg County South held its 2009 Kick-Off on Nov. 10 at the Bolding Barn on Danville Road. More...

Create a year-end financial checklist

FINANCIAL FOCUS
WILBUR F. YATES

Create a Year-end Financial Checklist Now that we're in the holiday season, you probably have much to do. Still, you may find it worthwhile to take on one more task: drawing up a year-end financial checklist. What should go on your list? More...

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Lifestyles

A turkey as big as me? What's at Tiny Tim's table?

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press Writer

LONDON (AP) — What's on Tiny Tim's table? Despite the Cratchits' blistering poverty, a feast not dissimilar to those that will grace many tables this holiday season. More...

A holiday icon you've never made _ sugarplums

By J.M. HIRSCH AP Food Editor

Sugarplums may dance in your dreams, but chances are you couldn't identify one if it hit you on the head. As holiday sweets go, sugarplums simply haven't been fashionable for an awful long time. More...

The Traditional Meaning of Greenery

Great holiday arrangements begin with greenery. In ancient cultures, people believed that bringing foliage into the home during the season was lucky and guaranteed the return of vegetation in the spring. More...

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Sports

Pats-Steelers a playoff preview?

Redskins face red-hot Giants; Broncos meet Favre and Jets
By DAVE GOLDBERG AP Football Writer

New England and Pittsburgh have met twice this decade in AFC championship games. Their game in Foxborough on today isn't as critical as those were, but it certainly has serious playoff implications, especially for the Patriots. More...

LOCAL SPORTS IN BRIEF

BY SPORTS EDITOR MITCH LUCAS

BASKETBALL KC teams in action this week After taking the Thanksgiving week off, the Kilgore College men's basketball team, coached by Brian Hoberecht, will be back in action Monday night at Terrell against Southwest Christian, a non-conference More...

LOOKS LIKE A BIG DEER SEASON ALREADY

By CHAD BASKIN Special to the News Herald

I recently had the opportunity to take my 10-year-old son, Brady, deer hunting. I have taken him with me several times before, but this time was different. This time, he had his own rifle, an old 30-30 Winchester that Paw-Paw gave him. More...

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