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Guaranty teeters on collapse

By RANDY REESE editor@dibollfreepress.com
DIBOLL — Despite the fact that local investors may still have more Guaranty Financial Group stock per capita than other areas of the country, area investment specialists do not think the eventual failure of the Austin-based financial company More...

School board mulls employee pay raises

By MELISSA GREENE For the News Herald

Kilgore ISD teachers may be getting a pay raise this year, according to a $28 million preliminary budget proposal presented to the school board Monday night. More...

SWEPCO donates to Helping Hands for electric bills

By BRENDA BROWN knhedit@kilgorenewsherald.com

Helping Hands of Kilgore received a much needed boost Monday when officials accepted a $6,000 check from AEP SWEPCO. The donation, presented to Helping Hands board president Mary Helen Craig by Keith R. More...

Historic home owner has 30 days to start repairs

Code violations could incur heavy fines for non-compliance. 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. KHS CLASS OF 1959 will meet for lunch at 11:30 a.m. Monday, Aug. More...

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Advice & Entertainment

A Word Please

by June Casagrande

If you open "Webster's New World College Dictionary" to the noun "medium" you'll notice that the dictionary's preferred plural is "mediums." And if you're an overworked copy editor at an understaffed newspaper who lost sleep the night before wonder More...

THE MAGIC OF ACCORDION SONG

TODAY'S VIEWPOINT RHETA GRIMSLEY JOHNSON

FISHTRAP HOLLOW, Miss. -- Mississippi Bastille Day moved to Alabama this year for reasons too difficult to explain. When I mentioned the moveable feast to my French friend Marie-Lu, she looked sincerely puzzled. More...

Sister's generosity is tainted by way she earns her living

DEAR ABBY JEANNE PHILLIPS

DEAR ABBY: Two years ago my younger sister, "Cilla," generously set up college funds for my three children. Each of the accounts has more than $25,000. More...

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Obituaries

ROZELLA W. SIMPSON

Rozella Waller Simpson died on July 26, 2009, at North Oaks Hospital in Hammond, Louisiana, at age 92. Rozella was a long-time resident of Kilgore, Texas. She moved to Hammond in 2006 to be near her son, Rick, and his family. More...

JOHNNY JAMES 'CONE' JOHNSON

Johnny James Johnson of Kilgore died Tuesday, July 21, 2009. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Rader Funeral Home of Kilgore. Johnny was born on May 9, 1962, in Oak Ridge, Tenn. More...

FATHER JOHN WHITSELL

Services for Father John Whitsell, 77, of Kilgore will be 10 a.m. Friday, July 31, 2009, at St. Mary's Catholic Church with Father Gavin Vaverek officiating. Fr. Whitsell passed away Tuesday, July 28, 2009, in Longview, Texas. More...

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Water line break fixed but New London water still needs to be boiled

Thanks to a break in a main water line on Thursday, New London water customers are asked to boil water until further notice. More...

POLICE WERE ON FIRE

Driller Park was the site Friday, as Kilgore police officers and firefighters went head to head — softball, that is. Everyone had fun, including the crowd as they cheered their favorite player or team. More...

Federal Pre-K funding arrives just in time

By MELISSA GREENE For the News Herald

Kilgore ISD has been awarded funds for Title 1A from the federal stimulus package, and not a moment too soon. More...

KILGOROUND

BRENDA BROWN

JARRETT McALISTER will be featured in Main Street's "Fridays After 5" concert series in August, not "Jared McAllister," as published in Kilgoround on Sunday. More...

News

KPD seeking cadets for Citizen Police Academy

For those who wonder what it's like to be a police officer, Kilgore Police Department offers the chance to get to know in an up-close and personal way through its eight-week Citizen Police Academy. More...

Whiteside to be honored in Washington D.C.

Dr. Charles H. Whiteside, founder and president of Ana-Lab Corporation in Kilgore, is among the first class to be elected as a Fellow of the American Chemical Society. He will be honored and recognized at an ACS meeting in Washington, D.C. More...

ETTC to host a life line screening/preventive health event

East Texas Treatment Center will host the life-saving services of Life Line Screening in order to help local residents identify their risk of stroke, vascular disease and osteoporosis before the catastrophic effects of these conditions can occur. More...

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Sports

Todd excited about trade to Cleveland

Becomes a Triple-A Columbus Clipper first
By MITCH LUCAS sports@kilgorenewsherald.com

For Jess Todd, finding out that he was traded from the St. Louis Cardinals to the Cleveland Indians organization on Sunday was not a disappointment. In fact, it was an exciting new chapter to his already-promising baseball career. More...

UPDATE: Victoria dominates Pump Jacks -- again

Victoria might be destined to become the 2009 Texas Collegiate League regular-season champion. More...

Pump Jacks still chase Victoria, as season nears end

Gone this week; back on Monday
By MITCH LUCAS sports@kilgorenewsherald.com

It was a weekend sweep for the East Texas Pump Jacks and their trip to Brazos Valley, with the Pump Jacks winning Saturday's game big, then grabbing another win Sunday over the Bombers. More...

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School news

KC in-person registration set for Aug. 18-19

Students who plan to attend Kilgore College this semester may register in person Aug. 18-19. Registration will be held on both campuses in Longview and Kilgore from 9 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. More...

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