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KEDC PRESENTS CHECK

Jeff Howell, city manager, was all smiles last week as Kilgore Economic Development Corporation officials presented the city with a $200,000 check for the Main Street program. More...

Kilgore Main Street Program selected for national honor

Kilgore's Main Street program is among 54 Texas cities chosen for a national honor. The city's downtown preservation effort was named by the National Trust for Historic Preservation as a 2009 National Main Street Program. More...

RANGERETTE CAMP ROCKS

Lisa Fortenberry's Rangerette Camp for girls in fifth through eighth grades was held last week at Kilgore College. 126 campers attended with 26 Rangerettes volunteering to lead the girls in dance and all kinds of other activities. More...

Daily Digest

DAILY DIGEST

MONDAY KILGORE MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH will host Vacation Bible School 6:30-8:30 p.m. June 22-26. Kids will hop on board the Boomerang Express as they take a train ride across the Land Down Under. More...

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Advice & Entertainment

Wife dreams of dressing husband in lacy lingerie

DEAR ABBY JEANNE PHILLIPS

DEAR ABBY: My husband and I recently watched a comedy that featured men crossdressing. Ever since, I have had a burning desire to have my husband wear sexy lingerie and makeup. More...

HOROSCOPE

JACQUELINE BIGAR
FORECAST FOR THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 2009

ARIES (March 21-April 19) Your creativity and dynamic energy could separate you from the flock and help you find solutions. If you want to, you will move into a new realm. The pros and cons of a situation could be an eyeopener. More...

Is circumcision necessary?

YOUR HEALTH DR. DONOHUE

DEAR DR. DONOHUE: Will you comment on the advantages of circumcision? My two sons, like their father, have not been circumcised because my husband, for reasons I don't quite understand, is opposed to it. More...

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Sports

Pump Jacks win again

The East Texas Pump Jacks picked up another road win Tuesday night in Victoria. More...

Two KBBA All-star teams advance to state

Two teams playing in all-star tournaments won their games on Tuesday, and clenched spots in state tournaments next month. More...

YOUR EAST TEXAS PUMP JACKS ARE LOOKING PRETTY GOOD

WHACK! — Brett Nicholas (23) of the East Texas Pump Jacks gets a hit against McKinney in the Pump Jacks' 12-1 rout of the Marshals at Driller Park on Saturday night. More...

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For The Record

KPD POLICE REPORTS

Kilgore police officers worked 86 calls and made 12 arrests between 12:01 a.m. Friday and midnight Sunday. More...

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Church News

SINGING FOR THE LORD

The Whole Heart Gospel Quartet out of Mansfield performed at the Danville United Methodist Church on Saturday. The quartet travels all over Texas and the United States, they also just returned from Russia performing. More...

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School news

West Rusk students honored

Fifty eighth graders graduated during West Rusk Junior High's awards assembly on May 29, and several students were lauded for their academic success. Malorie Herron was named valedictorian and Hannah Elaine Waller was salutatorian. More...

Kilgore girl named to Who's Who Among Students

NACOGDOCHES — Jami Shaw, a 1995 graduate of Kilgore High School, has been chosen for inclusion in Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges. Shaw is a May 2009 graduate student at Stephen F. More...

GRADUATIONS AND HONORS

A&M GRADUATES COLLEGE STATION — Nine local students were among the 5,787 to receive degrees from Texas A&M University during spring commencement ceremonies. More...

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Two killed, two injured in collisions near Kilgore

By BRENDA BROWN knhedit@kilgorenewsherald.com

Two men were killed and two other persons were injured in accidents near Kilgore Sunday night and Monday morning. The first accident occurred around 10 p.m. Sunday on US Hwy. 259 about 2.1 miles south of town. More...

Job fair begins Monday morning

Congressman Louie Gohmert and local organizations are readying for the upcoming East Texas Job Fair being held in Longview Monday morning. The event has 60-plus employers registered who are seeking to fill more than 1,500 positions. More...

Don't drink and drive, deputies are watching

July 4th will begin early for Gregg County deputies as they look in earnest for DWI offenders on area roadways. More...

KILGOROUND

BRENDA BROWN

Rachele Tycksen was talking my language when she dropped by the newspaper office Monday to talk about her new family business, H&R Farms on Hwy. 31 West. More...

News

PETS OF THE WEEK

Chandler the Schnauzer greets everyone who enters the kennels at the Human Society of Northeast Texas. Lively and sweet, but a bit on the high-strung side, he enjoys people but would be best suited for a quieter home with no children. More...

ETMC launches 11th annual free prostate cancer screening

TYLER — It's time to sign up for East Texas Medical Center Regional Healthcare System's 11th annual free prostate cancer screening for men. Last year, ETMC screened almost 1,700 men. More...

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Home & Garden

Overton Horticultural Field Day to include flowers and vegetables

By DENNIS SMITH Gregg Co. Extension Agent

For the first time in many years, the Overton Horticultural Field Day will include vegetable trials, not just flowers. That's not to say there won't be plenty of flowers at the field day, said Dr. More...

MULCH TIME FOR SHAKESPEARE GARDEN

The Kilgore Improvement and Beautification Association and the Master Gardeners got together on Saturday to clean up and add new mulch to the Shakespeare Garden. More...

JUNE GARDENING CHORES

Gardeners must plan for heat, low moisture
By DENNIS SMITH County Extension Agent

June, the first month of summer, comes bearing an abundance of flowers and fresh garden vegetables. The productive landscape will call for early summer care and important and timely gardening chores. More...

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Obituaries

JOHN HENRY KEY

John Henry, 68 of Boerne, Texas, passed away June 20, 2009. He was born to Davis L. and Billie Rebecca Key in Lafayette, Louisiana, October 18, 1940. He was a devoted son, brother, husband, father and grandfather. More...

MARY DOROTHY 'DOT' GLASGOW

Funeral services for Mary Dorothy "Dot" Gibson Glasgow, 81, of Henderson, will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, June 24, 2009, at Crawford-A. Crim Funeral Home Chapel in Henderson with the Rev. Jim Conway officiating. More...

BERNESTENE 'BONNIE' LEWIS-HILL

Services for Bernestene "Bonnie" Lewis-Hill, 62, of Henderson, are pending with Southern Funeral Home in Henderson. Mrs. Lewis-Hill died Tuesday, June 23, 2009, in Longview. More...

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