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February 17th, 2008
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First Main Street facade check presented
Kilgore Main Street officials finally presented the first check for a completed façade improvement project. Bill Woodall, grant recipient, accepted a check for $5,010 - or 88 percent of the maximum possible reimbursement. Main street will reimburse as much as fifty percent of the cost of ... More...
Preparation for Party in the Patch underway

As the East Texas Treatment Center makes preparations to host the third annual Party in the Patch in conjunction with their annual Bar-B-Q Cook-off, benefiting the center, locals may want to clear their calendars April 4 and 5 to accommodate scheduled activities. More...

Kilgore restaurant picketed over accusation of bad food

An Elderville woman claims she and her grandson became ill after eating in Church's Fried Chicken restaurant here. Murrell Cook said she and her grandson, Dakota Warner, went to the Church's Chicken in Kilgore on Feb. 11 and they both became ill. "We went to the hospital and the doctor told us we... More...

Donations needed to benefit Gregg Home for the Aged

It is once again time for the annual benefit bingo at the Gregg Home for the Aged. Joan Herrington, activities director for the home, said they need a helping hand again this year, after last years auction raised $2600. More...

Synergy Park items on KEDC agenda

Staff reports, discussion and action on corporation business are on the agenda for the next meeting of Kilgore Economic Development Corporation Board of Directors. More...

KILGOROUND

BE HONEST NOW, don't you really admire teachers who find creative ways to help students learn? AT SABINE Elementary, fourth graders are writing a play based on the old Aesop's fables. They are also making the costumes. THE play will be performed by a cast of kindergarten students. Two shows du... More...

 News
•RYLA students speak to Rotarians
Meadowbrook Country Club welcomed the Kilgore Rotary Club back to its ballroom on Wednesday, and the 2008 RYLA leadership students were the program for the club's first meeting back at the historic country club. Students Dustin Dubose and Alyssa McKinney of Kilgore joined Sabine students Meagan G... More...
•Police Officer receives life saving award
•Commissioners meet Monday
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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 Mary Helen Craig 903 983- 4965. THURSDAY THE YOUNG AT HEART SENOIR ADULT GROUP of First Baptist Church, of Kilgore, invites the public to the next monthly covered dish luncheon on Thurs... More...
•MIDDLE SCHOOL'S HISTORICAL SURVEY
•GUEST EDITORIAL
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 Business
•FINANCIAL FOCUS
Your 401(k) plan can be a major component of your retirement savings. As you know, your 401(k) offers several different investment options and the chance to accumulate taxdeferred earnings. But what will happen to your 401(k) if you leave your job before you retire? More...
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 Lifestyles
•A Word Please
The ink is not yet dry on the Writers Guild contract and already I'm itching for new fight. Not that I was one of the striking writers, mind you. I just enjoy watching a good tussle. More...
•Clark honors First Lady Lovelace
•Loudermilk and Mata unite in marriage
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 Advice & Entertainment
•DEAR ABBY
DEAR ABBY: My husband's stepmother loves to buy me clothes, but the clothes are -- shall I say tactfully -- not my taste. She also buys my husband and me underwear, which makes me extremely uncomfortable. Usually I gracefully accept her gifts, then donate them to charity. I feel guilty that she s... More...
•HOROSCOPE
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 Sports
•LOCAL SPORTS IN BRIEF
SOCCER KHS boosters meet Monday The Kilgore High School soccer booster club will meet Monday at 6:30 p.m. The meeting will be held at the brand new boys soccer field House at the KHS campus. Topics of discussion include senior night plans and the upcoming soccer banquet. More...
•KHS beats Athens
•Injury, trade uncertainty make Bryant, Kidd All-Stars in limbo
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 Obituaries
•TOM S. BLACKSTONE
Tom S. Blackstone, age 63, of Plano, Texas passed away February 15, 2008 after a year long battle with prostate cancer. He was born September 8, 1944 in Palestine, Texas to Tom H. and Christine (Lively) Blackstone. On December 27, 1981 he married Deborah Katherine Maslyn in Scottsville, New York.... More...
•R. MILLS GRIFFIN
•KATHLEEN BEEMAN
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 Church News
•MINISTER'S MOMENT
Used by permission Father Heart Communications Copyright 1999-2006 The words you are about to experience are true. They will change your life if you let them. For they come from the very heart of God. He loves you. And He is the Father you have been looking for all your life. This is His love let... More...
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