May 23, 2009 / Front Page

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CONCRETE BEING POURED

A small army of workers in orange vests was deployed at the intersection of Main and Rusk streets Thursday morning where a line of concrete trucks was providing raw material for the new intersection. More...

KPD seeks information to solve rash of burglaries

By BRENDA BROWN knhedit@kilgorenewsherald.com

Kilgore police seek information to help solve a rash of burglaries that occurred earlier this month. More...

KILGOROUND

BILL WOODALL

AN EARLY ERRAND took us to Longview one morning this week. We hit the intersection of Hwy 31 and FM 349 shortly after 7:30. OUR conclusion? If you navigate that intersection cleanly every morning for 10 or 15 years, you're just living right. More...

Daily Digest

DAILY DIGEST

MONDAY MEMORIAL DAY SERVICE AT VETERANS MONUMENT on Harris Street will be 9 a.m. May 25. Guest speaker will be Rep. Tommy Merritt. Master of ceremonies will be D.R. "Randy" Brogoitti, with welcome by Mayor Joe Parker. All are invited. More...

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News

Kilgore Lions pay special tribute to veterans

The Kilgore Lions Club met on Thursday with one goal in mind: remember our nation's veterans. More...

CITIZENS STUDENT BANK BOARD

Citizens Bank Student Board graduates with honors
By GREG COLLINS For the News Herald

The 2008-2009 Citizens Bank Student Bank Board graduated with a short ceremony and dinner to honor the students and their parents. Sammy D. More...

Boys and Girls Club director speaks to Rotarians

By GREG COLLINS For the News Herald

Leslie Carrasco, unit director for the Kilgore Boys and Girls Club, was the guest speaker for the Kilgore Rotary Club on Wednesday. Carrasco talked about his days as a member of Boys and Girls Club and how it has led to a career for him. More...

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Lifestyles

THURSDAYS IN THE PATCH

The Muses were entertaining Thursday night, the weather was perfect for KHPF's Thursday in the Patch. Join KHPF each third Thursday through the summer and fall at 6:30 p.m. More...

Alpha Rho Chapter of Alpha Delta Kappa host District V meeting

The Alpha Rho Chapter of Alpha Delta Kappa International Sorority of Women Educators met on Friday, April 3, at Forest Home Baptist Church's Richardson Hall to prepare for the District V Meeting to be held the following day. More...

Haskins celebrate 50 years together

Lawrence and Kay Haskins of Kilgore/Liberty City celebrated their 50th anniversary Saturday, May 16, at the Liberty City Community Building with a gathering of family and friends. The celebration was hosted by their children. More...

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Sports

Sabine's Sandy James hits national stage

Angelo State freshman, featured on ESPNU, playing for national title
By MITCH LUCAS sports@kilgorenewsherald.com

Sandy James has traveled a long way in just a year removed from her Sabine High School days — all the way to the NCAA Division II World Series, to be exact. More...

NICE DAY ON THE COURSE

Photo by Lester Murray B.J. Owen (in yellow) tries to sink a putt on hole No. 6 at Meadowbrook Country Club on Friday, during play of the annual Lions Club golf tournament, as partner David Hackley looks on. More...

LOCAL SPORTS IN BRIEF

BASEBALL Overton gets playoff win; series with Avery continues The Overton High School baseball team, coached by Travis Jackson, is one step closer to the next round of the UIL Class 1A playoffs after a 9-4 win over Avery on Thursday night in T More...

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Church News

News associate minister at St. Luke's

By BRENDA BROWN knhedit@kilgorenewsherald.com

A new associate minister at St. Luke's United Methodist Church will begin her duties June 1. The Rev. More...

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School news

MLMS PUTS THE RIGHT FOOT FORWARD

Maude Laird Middle School students donate to less fortunate children

Eva Williams, choir director, said Maude Laird Middle School 6th grade music classes have been studying Spanish music and Mexican culture. Students had to interview a Mexican or Latino student, on campus and ask them about their culture. More...

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Neighbors pleased with developer 's plans

By BRENDA BROWN knhedit@kilgorenewsherald.com

Neighbors say they are pleased with a developer's plans to build single family residences instead of duplexes in their established neighborhood. More...

Kilgore holds Memorial Day tribute at Harris St. Park

Kilgoreites will remember their fallen soldiers and veterans from all wars Monday with a Memorial Day tribute at the Veterans Monument at Harris Street Park. State Rep. More...

Memorial Day pause for unity at 3 p.m.

The National Moment of Remembrance, established by Congress, asks Americans wherever they are at 3 p.m., local time, on Memorial Day to pause for one minute in an act of national unity. The time 3 p.m. More...

HELPING HANDS

Justin Gaddis (with the shovel), Red Cavarus and Michael Madden were at the World's Richest Acre Park this week installing the latest batch of imprinted bricks in the walkways. More...

Business

EAST TEXAS DRILLING REPORT

DEVELOPMENTAL Panola County The Ball 2 Unit Well No.18 will be drilled by ConocoPhillips Co. in the Carthage (Cotton Valley) Field. This well will bottom at 10,150-feet nine miles southwest from Carthage in the Morris, E Survey, A-432. More...

Smart financial moves for "Empty Nestes"

WILBUR F. YATES FINANCIAL FOCUS

It's graduation time at colleges across the country. If you have children graduating from college, you're probably excited about the opportunities that lie ahead for them. More...

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Advice & Entertainment

Stair climbing is great exercise

YOUR HEALTH DR. DONOHUE

DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I am 72 years old. I walk up and down 15 flights of stairs, each flight having 17 steps. I do this once a day. Is that enough exercise for me? -- J.G. More...

HOROSCOPE

FORECAST FOR SUNDAY, MAY 24, 2009
JACQUELINE BIGAR

ARIES (March 21-April 19) You could feel out of whack, as you are trying to make contact with someone you put on a pedestal. Sometimes this person can be hard on you. You decide how a situation needs to go, and it most likely will go that way. More...

God shares our troubles

MINISTER'S MOMENT CHARLOTTE AUSTIN

Then he [Jesus] called the crowd to him along with his disciples and said: "If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. More...

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Obituaries

BONNIE HANCOCK PHILLIPS

Services for Bonnie Phillips, Liberty City, were held Sunday, May 17, 2009, in the Chapel at Croley Funeral Home of Gladewater with Bro. Leamon Keele officiating. Mrs. Phillips passed away Saturday at a Tyler hospital after a brief illness. More...

ANNIE JEAN BEDFORD HARVEY

Funeral services for Annie Jean Bedford Harvey, 55, of Overton, will be held 1 p.m. Friday, May 22, at Harmony Pirtle Baptist Church, with Pastor Carlos Whitaker officiating. More...

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