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March 16th, 2008
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Community Men's Breakfast tomorrow
The First Presbyterian Church's annual Community Men's Breakfast series will begin Monday. Rev. Bill Ingersoll, pastor, said the breakfast will begin at 7 a.m. and is open to all men of Kilgore. "We will have a special speaker each morning, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday," said Ingersoll. More...
ANCHOR CLUB PLAYS EASTER BUNNY

Anchor Club members this week collected Easter eggs for the students at Kilgore Heights Head Start campus. After hiding More than 2000 eggs for the kids to hunt, they passed out stickers and played with the youngsters. Throughout the year, Anchor Club members have been involved in community service ... More...

Council looks at Crim Theater

In a special meeting set for Monday, Kilgore City Council is expected to approve a plan to repair the roof on the old Crim Theater. The agenda for the noon meeting calls for approval of $48,037 expense to repair thje roof. - discuss and take necessary action regarding records storage building. More...

Kilgore's sales tax revenue makes history

By KATHRYN MARTINEZ news1@kilgorenewsherald.com Last month - for the first time in history - Kilgore's monthly sales tax check topped the $1 million mark. This month was shy of that mark, but still soaring compared to last year's numbers. More...

Distinguished Budget Award given to the City of Kilgore

The Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) of the United States and Canada announced that City of Kilgore's budget for fiscal 2007 has received the GFOA'S Distinguished Budget Award, for the second year in a row. The award represents a significant achievement by the city. More...

KILGOROUND

YOU DON'T HAVE TO ride a tricycle - the tikes will take care of that - but I suppose you could if you really wanted. THE event is a Trike-AThon (is there a limit to the number of event-athons out there?) to benefit St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. The cleverly named Trike and Field Day (... More...

 News
•Blackstone talks baseball to Lions
With spring in the air, it's time to turn our attention to the fair-haired boys with bats in hand, headed out to their field of dreams. Baseball season is well underway. Jeff Blackstone, head baseball coach at Kilgore High School was at the Lions Club Thursday to talk about KHS baseball. More...
•WOODEN BAT LEAGUE AT ROTARY
•KILGORE COLLEGE WIND SYMPHONY
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 Our World
•MIDDLE SCHOOL'S HISTORICAL SURVEY
We did the Coke Building for Mr. Sneed's G/T Texas History project. This building is the second oldest building standing in Kilgore, they think it was built in the 1890's. The building is owned by Mr. and Mrs. Speer and is located at 202 N. Commerce St. More...
•TODAY'S VIEWPOINT
•DAILY DIGEST
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 Business
•EAST TEXAS DRILLING REPORT
DEVELOPMENTAL Cherokee County The Overton (Cotton Valley Sand) Field will see the Afton Thrash Unit 1 Well No.14 by Southwestern Energy Production Co. This well will bottom at 12,600-feet in the Pool, W Survey, A-718 and will be located 2.5 miles northeast from Mixon. This well may also be drill... More...
•FINANCIAL FOCUS
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 Lifestyles
•HERE COMES PETER COTTONTAIL
(photos top left clockwise) The Easter Bunny visited Kilgore Heights Elementary School Thursday and the Easter Egg hunt was on. Je'Shon Hamilton claims another egg during the hunt, he is in Sara Brown's Bugs class. Kaley Harmonson dyes some eggs in Denise Jones class. The Kilgore High School Ancho... More...
•CHITCHAT CORNER
•Blind date leads to 60 years of marriage
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 Advice & Entertainment
•MINISTER'S MOMENT
"The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field. More...
•DEAR ABBY
•HOROSCOPE
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 Sports
•Nac gets sweep of KHS diamond teams
The trip back from Nacogdoches last night probably wasn't a pleasant one on either Kilgore High School bus. Both the KHS baseball team and the softball team took District 12-4A losses on Friday night. More...
•Kilgore teams beat Hallsville in finales
•Bulldogs control tourney
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 Obituaries
•JAMES MAURICE STEMBRIDGE
James Maurice Stembridge of Kilgore: born June 1, 1916, in Starrville, Smith County, Texas, died in Tyler, Texas Saturday morning, March 15, 2008. He was 91. Private burial in the Kilgore City Cemetery will be followed with a memorial service at the First Presbyterian Church of Kilgore at 2:00 p.m... More...
•CHARLES "CHARLIE" F. MCCARTHY
•WILLIAM BARR PERRY JR.
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