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July 25, 2009  RSS feed
Rusk County starts new jail expansion
Ground has been broken as the expansion of the Rusk County Jail in Henderson begins to take shape. The project will triple the number of beds at the facility. Commissioners in October approved Kingham Construction, based in Tyler, as the contractor for the $14.6 million project. More...
Kilgore taxable values higher this year
By BRENDA BROWN knhedit@kilgorenewsherald.com

Kilgore is more valuable this year than last, according to the certified tax roll presented to city officials this week. Thursday night the council met for a budget workshop and Jeff Howell, city manager, told members Kilgore has several million dollars more in taxable values than last year. More...

City council agenda includes parks and "secondhand" goods

Kilgore City Council members will discuss a parks grant, the fate of the Lou Della Crim House and More...

 Daily Digest
• DAILY DIGEST
MONDAY DIVORCE CARE SUPPORT GROUP meets 6:30 p.m. every Monday at 201 S. Martin (the Singles Building) in Kilgore. All are invited for a weekly video and discussion. TEXAS SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL GUILD members will bid farewell to the 2009 TSF Company with a covereddish "Strike Day Dinner" 5:30 p.m. Aug. 3 in Christ the King Catholic Church's Parish Hall. More...
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 News
• article has image Red Cross serves seven East Texas counties
The American Red Cross wants people to know the organization is not just about blood or national disasters. Ann Brooks, director for the Longview East Texas Piney Woods Chapter of the American Red Cross, came to the Kilgore Lions Club on Thursday to speak about what occurs day to day at the Red Cross. More...
• KEDC to use "social networking" to draw businesses to Kilgore
• article has image RUMPELSTILTSKIN
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 Business
• EAST TEXAS DRILLING REPORT
DEVELOPMENTAL Freestone County XTO Energy Inc. will prepare to drill three new wells. The Hugh D. Whitaker Gas Unit II Well No.10 will be drilled 0.8 miles southeast from Donie in the Bear Grass (Cotton Valley Consolidated) Field. More...
• article has image Own a business? Put retirement plan in place
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 Lifestyles
• article has image Everyone needs an escape mechanism
How would you like to build your own personal escape mechanism, that's just what one Kilgore man did. Mitch Smith grew up with a piece of wood in his hand, that is because his dad, Robert B. Smith Jr., now 80, is a cabinet maker and taught Mitch and his twin brother Mike all about the craft. "My dad still has a cabinet making shop in Kilgore," said Mitch. More...
• article has image Walden and Tucker exchange vows in August
• article has image Summer time, summer time
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 Advice & Entertainment
• Sprinting and distance running depend on different energy systems
DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I have been running for at least five years and run five or more miles almost daily. Yesterday, I played basketball with my two teenage sons. I was out of breath, and they weren't breathing hard. Has all my running been in vain? I thought I was in excellent shape. -- D.R. More...
• HOROSCOPE
• WHO'S IN THE BOAT?
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 Sports
• Pump Jacks claim sweep of Brazos Valley
East Texas is 20-15 on the season and still chasing Victoria for the first-place spot in the TCL standings. They're 2 1/2 games back right now. More...
• Cards trade Todd to Cleveland
• article has image All-star game was a learning experience for Reddic
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 Obituaries
• VERNON L. RAYFORD
Services for Vernon L. Rayford, 95, of Temple, formerly of Kilgore will be 10AM, July 28, 2009 in the Chapel of Rader Funeral Home with Rev. David Hampton officiating. More...
• DERIK LEE ELROD
• Justin Rhyne
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