February 22, 2009 RSS feed / Front Page

Stimulus bill sends $4 billion to schools in Texas

GREGG COUNTY SCHOOLS TO RECEIVE $8,861,000

AUSTIN — "The stimulus bill wheels are turning in D.C. and in Texas. More...

KILGOROUND

SOME EVENINGS ARE SIMPLY busier than others. Take Thursday. Please. +++ THE PTA held a party to celebrate 100 years of PTA in Texas. The Community Crisis Center held a party to celebrate 25 years in Kilgore. More...

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Business

EAST TEXAS DRILLING REPORT

DEVELOPMENTAL Anderson County The CP Groundbed Well No.1 will be drilled 4.6 miles northeast from Elkhart in a Wildcat Field by Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc. This well will bottom at 150-feet in the Rogers, M Survey, A-883. More...

Time may be right to convert to Roth IRA

Do you regularly contribute to a Traditional IRA? so, you're taking an important step toward building financial resources for retirement. But it's possible that you could take an even bigger step— by converting your IRA to a Roth IRA. More...

Lifestyles

KHS GIRLS GOLF

(Photos top, center, clockwise) Linkinhoker hits a chip to the 9th green. Mays rips one using a fairway iron. Dheil hits an approach shot and Elder drives one off the tee box. More...

A Word Please

Open up the "Associated Press Stylebook" to the letter E and, assuming you have the same edition I do, the very first entry you'll see is this: "'Each.' Takes a singular verb." That's how we copy editors like things. Simple. Straightforward. More...

Auctions anyone?

Have you noticed that sometimes when people find a good thing, they have a tendency to keep it to themselves or just forget about it as time passes? More...

Sports

KHS JV SOCCER

Daniella Hernandez, a JV Kilgore Ladybulldog, works the ball Friday night against Hallsville. The team came up short, losing to the Lady 'Cats. More...

DU special event March 10

The Kilgore College Ducks Unlimited club has scheduled a "Sportsman's Night Out" as its first 2009 event. The "SNO Night" will be 6 p.m. Tuesday, March 10 at the Bodacious Barbecue located at I-20 and Hwy 42 N, five miles north of Kilgore. More...

Bulldogs start season Tuesday at PT

HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL

Driller Park is about to become a hot spot once again — the boys are back in town. The Kilgore High School baseball team will open the 2009 season at Pine Tree High School in Longview on Tuesday, a 6 p.m. first-pitch. More...

School news

RYLA students talk with Rotarians

For the News Herald Five high school students who attended Rotary Youth Leadership Awards camp this past week at the George W. Pirtle Scout Camp told Kilgore Rotarians about their experiences during their luncheon on Wednesday. More...

Rusk County new weather alert system

In cases of emergencies and severe weather events, Rusk County residents will now receive warnings via telephone. More...

Gun at KISD school causes investigation

A second grade student brought a gun to Chandler Elementary School on Thursday. The student, reported to have been a student in Jaclyn Evans' second grade class, was found with a BB gun in his backpack. More...

KISD board meeting to discuss many upcoming programs

When the Kilgore school board holds its regularly scheduled meeting Monday night the agenda will include a discussion of proposed changes to the district's Gifted and Talented program. More...

Kilgore Wal-Mart hit by quick-change scam artists

Kilgore police are warning merchants to beware after two quick-change scam artists walked out of the Wal-Mart Supercenter $245 richer than when they arrived. Det. Lt. More...

News

Texas health department takes over peanut recall

DALLAS (AP) — The Texas Department of State Health Services is taking over the recall of products shipped from a peanut processing plant that shut down amid nationwide salmonella fears. More...

Gregg County/Longview EOC gets in "A" from Gregg County Sheriff

Gregg County Sheriff Maxey Cerliano gave the Gregg County/Longview Emergency Operations Center an "A" for its handling of recent storm disasters. Cerliano paid a visit to the Kilgore Lions Club on Thursday with Capt. More...

DAILY DIGEST

MONDAY LETOURNEAU UNIVERSITY will host author and songwriter John Fischer from 10:25 to 11:05 a.m. and 7 to 8 p.m. Feb. 23 in the S.E. Belcher Jr. Chapel and Performance Center, 2100 S. Mobberly Ave., Longview. More...

Advice & Entertainment

What goes around, comes around…

William Shakespeare, brilliant playwright who went through enough quills to start a feather duster factory, got it right with his oft-quoted line in King Lear. More...

HOROSCOPE JACQUELINE BIGAR

FORECAST FOR SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2009

ARIES (March 21-April 19) Zoom in on what you deem positive. You might be revising your crowd of friends as a result. Though you like to help others, put yourself around non-needy, easygoing people. Note others' reactions. Yes, you have charisma. More...

A healing touch

MINISTER'S MOMENT CHARLOTTE AUSTIN

A man with leprosy came to him {Jesus} and begged him on his knees, "If you are willing, you can make me clean." Filled with compassion, Jesus reached out his hand and touched the man. "I am willing," he said. More...

Home & Garden

HOW DOES YOUR GARDEN GROW?

Dear Fellow Gardeners and Future Gardeners, As Helen Hayes said, " All through the long winter, I dream of my garden. On the first day of Spring, I dig my fingers deep into the soft earth. More...

Obituaries

LINDA THARPE CANN

Mass of the Resurrection for Linda Tharpe Cann, 67, of Shreveport will be One P.M., Monday, February 23, 2009 at St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Kilgore, Texas with the Reverend Father Stephen Butts officiating. More...

ALICE WALKER SHELL

Graveside services for Alice Walker Shell, 80, of Kilgore will be two p.m., Tuesday, February 24, 2009 at Danville Cemetery. Ms. Shell died February 21, 2009 at Providence Park Nursing Home in Tyler, Texas. More...

FREDA DORSEY

Funeral services for Mrs. Freda Dorsey, 72, of Kilgore, were Feb. 21, 2009, at Post Oak Baptist Church, with Pastor Larry Washington officiating. Burial followed at Kilgore Memorial Garden. She was born Sept. More...