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June 13, 2009  RSS feed
10-year-old Leverett's Chapel boy killed by dogs
A fourth grade student at Leverett's Chapel was mauled and killed by a pair of dogs Monday afternoon More...
City: Thumbs down on smoking
Kilgore goes smoke-free July 27
By BRENDA BROWN knhedit@kilgorenewsherald.com

Kilgore businesses and public places will go smokefree beginning July 27. Councilmen voted unanimously Tuesday night to ban smoking in public places and at workplaces throughout the city by approving Ordinance No. 1430. More...

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City Ordinance No. 1430 bans smoking in all places of employment and enclosed public places, including: — Elevators, restrooms, lobbies, reception areas, hallways and other common-use areas; — Buses, bus terminals, taxis, More...

 Daily Digest
• DAILY DIGEST
TUESDAY PRESCHOOL STORY TIME at Kilgore Public Library is every Tuesday this summer! 3-year-olds, 9:30-9:45 a.m.; 4- and 5- year-olds, 10-10:30 a.m. Spanish story Time, 10:30-11 a.m. For more info, visit www.kplkids.org. More...
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 News
• Abercrombie, Hubbard top Boys, Girls club members
A pair of Kilgore students have been named Members of the Month by Kilgore Boys and Girls Club. 6 to 9 Age Group Seven year old Member of the Month for May, 2009 is Ja'da Abercrombie. She is a 2nd grader at Chandler Elementary School. Her favorite subject in school is recess and favorite activity at the Club is to play bumper pool. Bike riding is her hobby. More...
• Mankins sentenced to 7 years on meth charge
• article has image New-millenium kids learn 60s tie-dye techniques
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 Business
• EAST TEXAS DRILLING REPORT
DEVELOPMENTAL Cherokee County The Curtis Gresham Well No.1 will be drilled 4.7 miles northeast from Rusk in a Wildcat Field. This well was completed by Buffco Production Inc. to bottom at 13,000-feet in the Orchard, J Survey, A-660. This well may also be drilled in the Reklaw (Travis Peak) Field. More...
• article has image Don't let your investments take a vacation
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 Lifestyles
• article has image June beautification awards announced
The Kilgore Improvement and Beautification Association Awards for June are Yard of the Month, presented to Brad and Jeannie Thrower at 1000 Houston St., Beauty Spot, presented to St. Luke's Methodist Church located on E. Main St. and the Commercial Beauty Spot was presented to 4 Star Cinema located on Hwy. 259. If anyone wants to nominate someone for one of these awards call Kim at (903/984-6433) or Lavada at (903/984- 5445). More...
• article has image Thou shall call with news
• article has image Hurts celebrate 50 years of life together
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 Advice & Entertainment
• Compartmental syndrome puts the squeeze on muscles
DEAR DR. DONOHUE: After a five-year rest, I started running again. A week after I started, I developed the most unbelievable pain in my lower legs. I thought I had shinsplints, and they would go away. The pain didn't go, so I saw a doctor who made the diagnosis of compartmental syndrome, something new to me. He said if the pain lasted much longer I would need surgery. More...
• HOROSCOPE
• article has image In the morning O Lord, you hear my voice
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 Sports
• Miles holds off late-charging Overton, 9-7
HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL / UIL CLASS 1A STATE BASEBALL TOURNAMENT
They only played one game in the state baseball tournament, but the Overton High School Mustangs were one of the final four. And more good news: just about everyone comes back. The Mustangs lost to Miles Wednesday morning in the University Interscholastic League (UIL) Class 1A state baseball tournament semifinals, 9-7. More...
• article has image Shep turns down offers to play in Starkville
• LOCAL SPORTS IN BRIEF
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 For The Record
• KILGORE POLICE REPORT
Kilgore police officers worked 28 calls and made three arrests on Tuesday. Calls included: one suspicious activity; one disturbance; one motor vehicle accident with no reported injuries; one for harassment; and five for animal control. More...
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 Obituaries
• article has image GERALDINE M. SARTOR
Services for Geraldine M. Sartor, 87, of Kilgore, were Friday, June 12, 2009 at 10 a.m. in the Chapel of Rader Funeral Home. Reverends Kenneth Mills and Kelly Bryan. Interment followed at Danville cemetery. Mrs. Sartor died Wednesday in Tyler. More...
• LILLIAN M. HALL
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 School news
• Kilgoreite takes top honors in GED class
Students from several area cities received their General Education Diplomas during the Kilgore College Adult Education Department graduation ceremony held Friday evening, June 12, at Dodson Auditorium. Rachel Parr, of Kilgore, gave the valedictory address. The salutatorian, Brenda Grimes of Longview, gave the welcome. Rev. More...
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