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May 9, 2009  RSS feed
NEW LOOK FOR KILGORE
News Herald Photo by Brenda Brown Even as festivities got underway Wednesday in celebration of Allegiance Specialty Hospital's alliance with Good Shepherd Medical Center, the outside signs were going up in front of the former Laird Memorial Hospital. Sherry Bustin, Allegiance CEO here, told the crowd, "Good things are happening at this hospital." GSMC now offers an urgent care center, family medicine and occupational clinics and OrthoDirect services. Allegiance operates an 18-bed geriatric behavioral health unit with plans to expand, as well as an acute care unit for persons ages 18 and over, and outpatient counseling services. More...
Kilgore sales tax revenue drops 11 percent

Kilgore's sales tax allocation tax check in May dropped almost 11 percent and $100,000 compared to the same period last year, according to the Texas Comptroller's Office. This week the city received a check for $845,944.44, down 10.72 percent from the $947,534.39 received last May. The city's tax rate is 1.5 percent. More...

KEDC has good economic news for Kilgore
By BRENDA BROWN

knhedit@kilgorenewsherald.com There's bad economic news on just about every front but Kilgore Economic Development Corporation officials have good news to share. More...

 Daily Digest
• DAILY DIGEST
TUESDAY KISD BAND CONCERT-IN-THE-PARK begins 6 p.m. May 12 at City Park. The concert will feature all of the KISD bands, including the MLMS 6th Grade Band, MLMS 7th Grade Band, MLMS Red Band and KHS Varsity Band. More...
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 News
• article has image ELECTION TIME AT LIONS CLUB
Kilgore Independent School District Board of Trustee candidates for today's election talked to members of the Kilgore Lions Club on Thursday. (photo left to right) Larry Rossum, Dale Sistrunk, Mark Dickey and Dale Henley. More...
• article has image Secret Service agent addresses Kilgore Rotary Club
• article has image TASTE AND TRADE RESULTS
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 Lifestyles
• article has image Texas Revolution topic for DAR meeting
Members of the Samuel Paul Dinkins Chapter DAR met at the home of Rachel Brian for the buffet dinner and business meeting. Cohostesses for the dinner were Judy Carpenter, Liz Lockhart and Jan Wylie. More...
• article has image June wedding for Evans and Clare
• Sorority members get Mary Kay makeup tips
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 Advice & Entertainment
• Jumping into health
DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I was talking to my husband about us getting into shape. We do hardly any exercise. When I was younger, I loved jumping rope. I didn't believe it, but he was actually receptive to rope jumping. He did some amateur boxing, and he said rope jumping got him into better shape than anything else. What do you think of this as an exercise? -- M.M. More...
• HOROSCOPE
• article has image Carry each other's burdens
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 Sports
• KHS softballers' season on the line tonight
After a lengthy break due to precautions taken by the UIL due to swine flu, both Kilgore High School diamond teams are now in playoff mode. The KHS Lady Bulldogs softball team lost game 1 of a best-of-three-game series at Sulphur Springs on Friday night, and are still scheduled to host Sulphur Springs as the series concludes tonight -- weather permitting. More...
• Jacks sign trio, two from Panola
• article has image LADY BULLDOGS BASKETBALL HONORED!
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 Obituaries
• article has image JOHN HIRAM HARLAND
KILGORE — Graveside services for John Hiram Harland, 87, of Liberty City will be 11 a.m. Thursday, May 14, 2009, at the Redwater Cemetery, Redwater, Texas. Mr. Harland passed away on May 5th, 2009, at Good Shepherd Medical Center surrounded by his loved ones. More...
• article has image JILES KENNEY, JR.
• JACOB SCOTT WHEELER
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 School news
• article has image MARCH STUDENTS OF THE MONTH
Students of the Month for March in the 5th Grade at Kilgore Intermediate School are Front Row (Left to Right) Seth Sanders, Zack Carter, Hannah May, Rayanna Williams, T.J. Thompson and Jake Rockett. Back Row (Left to Right) Keion Brittain, Chris Powe, Kyleigh Motes, Whitney Taylor, Michael Delmas and Alex Fernandez. More...
• article has image STUDENTS OF THE MONTH FOR APRIL
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