July 22, 2009 RSS feed / News

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PETS OF THE WEEK

"Preston" is a friendly and playful tabby kitten. He loves attention and is very sweet about getting it. He will make a great addition to nearly any family. More...

Forest Service sets up air tanker base at ETRA

The U.S. Forest Service, in cooperation with the Texas Forest Service, has established an air tanker base at the East Texas Regional Airport in Gregg County to aid in the suppression of wildfires. More...

Guild to bid farewell to TSF Company at "Strike Day Dinner"

Members of the Texas Shakespeare Festival Guild will bid farewell to the 2009 TSF Company with a covered-dish "Strike Day Dinner" on Monday, Aug. 3. The last play will be performed on Sunday, Aug. More...

Silvey receives TCTM Leadership Award

HOUSTON - The Texas Council of Teachers of Mathematics (TCTM) has chosen to honor Jane Silvey, of Region 7 Education Service Center in Kilgore, with its annual TCTM Leadership Award. More...

CORRECTIONS

As a matter of policy, the Kilgore News Herald will publish corrections of errors in fact that have been printed in the newspaper. More...

WHO WILL BE TEXAS HOUSE SPEAKER IN 2011

GUEST OPINION DAVE MCNEELY

Joe Straus has his work cut out for him. More...

Kilgore man sentenced for drug, firearms crimes

TYLER — A 42-year-old Kilgore man has been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking and firearms violations in the Eastern District of Texas. More...

Kilgore offers another 'semester' of Citizen Police Academy

Classes will be held on Tuesday evenings in September and October. More...

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Editor, I have been riding all types of motorcycles approximately 40 years. I have always been pro-choice about wearing a helmet or not. More...

KC Fire Academy to graduate Class No. 74

Twelve students will graduate from the Kilgore College Fire Academy this month. The ceremony will begin at 6:30 p.m.Wednesday, July 29, in the Bert E. Woodruff Adult Education Center Auditorium. More...

HELPING HANDS OF KILGORE

Susie Prater, of Helping Hands, loads a package of frankfurters into a freezer at the local agency. Prater said Helping Hands served 340 families -- 1290 individuals -- during June, including 135 families that had not sought assistance before. More...

Kilgore Police Report

Kilgore police officers worked 98 calls and made seven arrests between 12:01 a.m. Friday and midnight Sunday. More...

WATER OR LACK OF IT. . .

If music that soothes the savage beast is the universal language, rainfall--or lack of it-- surely must be the topic that riles up conversationalists around the globe. More...