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March 18, 2008
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Community turns out to see AH-64 Apache
By LESTER MURRAY news2@kilgorenewsherald.com
CW-4 Greg Guy and Major Tim Campbell Jr., United States Army, flew their AH-64 Apache helicopter to Kilgore on Saturday and landed in the Wal-Mart parking lot as part of a community event promoted by the United States Army Recruiters. More...
City council votes to give Crim a new roof
By KATHRYN MARTINEZ news1@kilgorenewsherald.com

Downtown Kilgore's historic Crim Theater will finally get a new roof. In a special meeting yesterday, council approved roof repair in the amount of $48,037.07, by Dallas firm DK Haney Roofing. The project at the theater includes tearing-off existing roof and re-decking with three-quarter inch p... More...

KEDC presents $500,000 to Orgill Inc.
ORGILL IN FULL OPERATION

Officials of Kilgore Economic Development Corporation have presented $500,000 as the first installment of a $1 million incentive package to Orgill, Inc. The company has recently begun full operation of its 558,000-square-foot distribution center in Kilgore's Synergy Park. More...

Obama attempts to defuse race controversy

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Barack Obama was to directly address the issue of race Tuesday as he sought to defuse a controversy over inflammatory statements by his longtime pastor that have aggravated racial divisions in the contentious Democratic White House battle. More...

KILGOROUND
MITCH LUCAS

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL is shutting down Barack Obama - well, sort of. An Obama supporter, selling T-shirts online supporting the Senator's bid for the Presidency, decided to slightly alter MLB team logos and have them read "Obama" instead. The site sought to sell the shirts for $19.99 each at oba... More...

 News
•PETS OF THE WEEK
"Mr. Dinks" is an adult male rat terrier/chihuahua mix who was brought to the shelter by Longview animal control. He is also handsome, sociable, and a very good listener. More...
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 Advice & Entertainment
•DEAR ABBY
Help for hoarder is available from many different sources
DEAR ABBY: Your reply to the letter from "Troubled in Colorado" (Jan. 10), regarding "Meg," a compulsive hoarder, missed one important point. Hoarding is treatable. I am a code compliance officer and encounter these situations frequently. More...
•YOUR HEALTH
•HOROSCOPE
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 Sports
•KHS boys golfers eighth in Texarkana
HIGH SCHOOL GOLF
The Pleasant Grove Invitational, a high school boys golf tournament played over the weekend at Hank Haney's Texarkana Golf Ranch, turned out to be a good proving ground for the Kilgore High School boys golf team, KHS head coach Jimmy Williams said. More...
•23 in a row?
•LOCAL SPORTS IN BRIEF
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 Obituaries
•PATSY RUTH MCCARTY
Services for Patsy Ruth Mc- Carty, 81, of Kilgore will be at ten a.m. Thursday, March 20, 2008 in the Chapel of Rader Funeral Home with the Reverends David Hampton and Eddie Hilburn officiating. Interment will follow at 12 O'clock at Greenwood Cemetery in Marshall, Texas. Mrs. McCarty passed away... More...
•ERNEST "PEANUT" THOMPSON, JR.
•LOIS HOPKINS NORTHCUTT
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