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NEW TOOL AT WORK

News Herald photo by KATHRYN PENROSE Richard Till, city parks worker, maneuvers the city's new grapple truck and picks up a discarded Christmas tree found curb-side on Tierra Del Sol Street. More...

Chamber seeks nominees for top citizen honor

By KATHRYN PENROSE news1@kilgorenewsherald.com

Who will be Citizen of the Year for 2008? The answer will be unveiled at the 78th Annual Kilgore Chamber of Commerce Banquet. More...

KILGOROUND

LINDA BALLARD

Happy New Year! Toot your horns; eat some black eye peas and cabbage, but when it comes to driving use caution according to Captain Ron England at the Kilgore Police Department. More...

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Our World

DAILY DIGEST

MONDAY TOPS (TAKING OFF POUNDS SENSIBLY) meets Mondays 5:30-6:30 at St. Luke's UMC. For information call Linda Myhand 903-934- 6794 or Linda Brotherton at 903-258- 3463. Come join a group well known for losing and loving it. More...

Rusk and Gregg County officials are slated to be sworn in this week.

By KATHRYN PENROSE news1@kilgorenewsherald.com

While Gregg County offices are closed on New Year's Day, the 188th Courtroom is open briefly for the swearing in of elected and re-elected officials, including: Jim Worthen, chief justice 12th Court of Appeals; Bill Jennings, 124th district judge e More...

Kilgore Police Report

On Monday Kilgore police officers worked 40 calls and made two arrests. The average call time was about 14 minutes. More...

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Sports

Dallas still making headlines for all the wrong reasons

By JIM LITKE AP Sports Columnist

Imagine how good the Dallas Cowboys would be if they generated half as many headlines on the field as off. More...

Holmgren gone on his own terms

By GREGG BELL AP Sports Writer

RENTON, Wash. (AP) — Maybe Mike Holmgren's biggest accomplishment through 17 years, 12 postseasons, three Super Bowls and more wins than any other active coach: He's leaving on his terms. More...

Broncos fire head coach Shanahan

By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer

DENVER (AP) — Over the past few years, Mike Shanahan, the vice president of football operations, didn't do Mike Shanahan, the coach, any favors. In the end, both got fired. More...

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Responders say trucks on time

By BRENDA BROWN knhedit@kilgorenewsherald.com

Though it must have seemed like 45 minutes until firemen arrived, a review of 911 calls regarding a fire outside Kilgore city limits reveals the response time was one-third of that time. More...

Violence threatens Mexico charities

By ALICIA A. CALDWELL Associated Press Writer

EL PASO (AP) — With the death toll in the Mexican city of Juarez mounting, the increasingly bloody struggle for control of the city across the Rio Grande from El Paso can now count one more victim: charity from its American neighbor. More...

Inaugural committee offers ticket chance

WASHINGTON (AP) — Make a minimum donation of $5 to the Presidential Inaugural Committee and get a shot at a ticket to the historic inauguration of Barack Obama ... or you could make no donation at all and still have a chance. More...

News

Man cleared by DNA test asks for reconstructive surgery as reparation

HOUSTON (AP) — A man recently freed from prison after being wrongly convicted of the sexual assault of an 8-year-old boy will receive facial reconstructive surgery at no charge from a renowned Houston surgeon. More...

For 2009, skinny legs and logos go into fashion hibernation but Uggs are back

NEW YEAR FASHION
By SAMANTHA CRITCHELL AP Fashion Writer

NEW YORK (AP) — It's probably safe to retire — or at least put to rest for a long winter snooze — your skinny-leg pants. Once the first signs of spring start to stir, the favored silhouette will be loose and easy. More...

Bush discusses Mideast with PM Olmert

CRAWFORD (AP) — President George W. Bush on Wednesday discussed with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert ways to "end the violence" in the Mideast, the White House said. More...

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Advice & Entertainment

Man's fashion statement draws derision from family

DEAR ABBY
JEANNE PHILLIPS

DEAR ABBY: My problem is unusual, but I'm hoping if you address it in your column it will help. I'm a married man, confident in who I am, who wears skirts for comfort. More...

Mother's milk provides best nutrition for infants

YOUR HEALTH
DR. DONOHUE

DEAR DR. DONOHUE: In two months, I will be a first-time mother. I want to breastfeed my baby, but I really am at sea about understanding what I need to do. When does breastfeeding begin? How can I know if the baby gets enough to eat? More...

HOROSCOPE

JACQUELINE BIGAR

FORECAST FOR THURSDAY., JAN. 1, 2009 ARIES (March 21-April 19) Communication flourishes. A long-overdue conversation could define the day. Listen to suggestions, with an eye to affirming other people's ideas. More...

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Obituaries

BLAND DICKIE MALLETT

Memorial services for Bland Dick "Dickie" Mallett, 66, of Kilgore, will be 2 p.m. Saturday, January 3, 2009, in the Chapel of Rader Funeral Home. Rev. George Spruell will officiate. Mr. Mallett died Friday, December 26, 2008, in Tyler. More...

FRANK O. BARR

Services for Mr. Frank O. Barr, 87, of Kilgore will be held Friday, January 2, 2009, at 11:00 a.m. in the Chapel of Rader Funeral Home with Reverend Earl "Buddy" Duggins officiating. Burial will follow in the Danville Cemetery. More...

MA'KAYLA LA'KAE ORANGE-GREEN

Ma'Kayla La'Kae Orange- Green, of Kilgore, died Dec. 23, 2008, at her mother's residence in Kilgore. Services were Wednesday, Dec. 31, at Faith Tabernacle of God in Christ, Kilgore. More...

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