May 2, 2009 RSS feed / News

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Are you ready for hunting and fishing season?

Before you load up your guns, get those rods and reels out and fire up the boat, make sure everything is legal. DeWayne Noble, Game Warden for Gregg and Upshur counties came to Lions on Thursday and talked about these very same problems. More...

Kilgore man killed by motorist

A Kilgore man was killed when he was hit by a motor vehicle on Interstate 20 early Thursday. A Department of Public Safety report said Jacob Wheeler, 22, was run over by a sport utility vehicle shortly after midnight Thursday. More...

THE 'PINK LADIES' ARE BLUE

News herald photo by LESTER MURRAY Jerry Brewer, left, and Winnie Nicks, president, in the empty hallway in front of the Laird Memorial Hospital Auxiliary's gift shop. More...

These women led the auxiliary through the years

A complete liist of the officers of the Roy H. Laird Memorial Hospital Auxiliary since its organization 32 years ago. More...

Whiteside talks on rural electric around the state

By GREG COLLINS Publicity Chairman

Dr. Charles Whiteside, a Kilgore Rotarian, spoke to the club about rural electric cooperatives around the state. Dr. Whiteside sits on the board of Upshur Rural Electric, which serves several counties besides Upshur County in Northeast Texas. More...

Easy way to help avoid Swine Flu?

Wash often and hum a tune as you do, Texas physicians say What do "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star," hand washing, and diseases like swine flu have in common? Plenty, according to Texas physician leader Gary Butka, MD. More...

Downtown development brings free entertainment

Entertainment is central to the "new" downtown developing in Kilgore. All of the events listed below are free. More...

After 32 years, Kilgore's Pink Ladies hang up their jackets

By BILL WOODALL bwoodall@kilgorenewsherald.com

"Lord, guide us and direct us in the Kilgore area where we can volunteer somewhere else." With that invocation, Winnie Nicks called to order the final meeting of the Laird Memorial Hospital Auxiliary. More...

'Salute' dedicated to hospital auxiliary

As we were preparing stories for this year's Salute to Volunteers, we learned that one of Kilgore's busiest volunteer organizations was calling it quite. The Roy H. Laird Memorial Hospital Auxiliary disbanded Thursday. More...