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Gohmert delivers a sermon on history

Congressman tells faith-based political group Christians built the U.S.
When Dale Sistrunk introduced Congressman Louie Gohmert at Forest Home Baptist Church last night, he reminded the audience that Gohmert "is a Christian politician representing a Christian district in a Christian nation." The Congressman, a deacon More...

KEDC funds Pentecost Park improvements

KEDC will give the city $46,460 to pay for playground equipment, fall protection for the playground, a pavilion, parking area, water drinking fountain and the installation of electrical plugs. More...

Cudd and KEDC ink new agreement

By BRENDA BROWN knhedit@kilgorenewsherald.com

Kilgore Economic Development Corporation last week inked an agreement with a local business to keep 100 jobs and add more than $2 million in new investments to its facilities here. Cudd Pumping Services Inc. More...

KILGOROUND

BRENDA BROWN

I must admit when Linda Ballard told me that Suzie Humphreys was coming to town for a Kilgore Crisis Center fundraiser, I replied, "Who? More...

Daily Digest

DAILY DIGEST

MONDAY TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) meets 5:30-6:30 p.m. Mondays at St. Luke's United Methodist Church. For more info call Linda Myhand at 903-834-6794 or Linda Brotherton at 903-736-8837. Come lose something you don't want to find! More...

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News

United Fund off to good start

By BRENDA BROWN knhedit@kilgorenewsherald.com

Two weeks before the official kick-off of the 2009-10 United Fund drive, donors have already pledged almost $10,000. More...

Soldier with Kilgore roots retires from Air Force

HURLBURT FIELD, Fla. — Chief Master Sergeant Ralph O. Dent has retired as the Chief of Airborne Communications, Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) at Hurlburt Field. Dent was born a "military brat" in Stuttgart, Germany. More...

Kilgore man pleads guilty to possessing child pornography

TYLER — A 31-year-old Kilgore man has pleaded guilty to federal child pornography violations in the Eastern District of Texas on Tuesday. More...

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Sports

Kilgore solid in scrimmage against MP

Bulldogs open '09 Friday in Carthage
By MITCH LUCAS sports@kilgorenewsherald.com

If the Kilgore High School football team isn't ready for the season to start, it certainly didn't appear that way Friday night in their only preseason scrimmage. More...

MEETING SPARKY

Michael Stanley (left) of the Kilgore Fire Department looks on as children interact with Sparky, the fire department's mascot, at Saturday night's charity softball game between the KFD and the Kilgore Police Department at Driller Park. More...

Softball game raises over $5,000 for injured officer

By MITCH LUCAS sports@kilgorenewsherald.com

"Guns vs. Hoses, Part Two" turned out to be quite a success. More...

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YOU GO, GIRL

Great crowd and great food for a great cause. The fundraiser at Historic Driller Park on Saturday for Kilgore Police Officer Kevin Stewart, who was injured in a vehicle accident on duty, was well attended. More...

Grant-built homes near completion

B.J. Owen, the city More...

KEDC budget 12 percent lower then last year

By BRENDA BROWN knhedit@kilgorenewsherald.com

Kilgore Economic Development Corporation directors have approved a $3 million budget for the coming year. Amanda Nobles, KEDC manager, said the $3,005,550 budget for 2009-10 is about 12 percent lower than last year. More...

Kilgore Fall Film Festival hits big screen next month

The Kilgore Fall Film Festival will features six films with settings ranging from 18th century France to the Japanese cove where "Flipper" was trained to outer space. The festival will kick off Wednesday, Sept. More...

Advice & Entertainment

Teenager needs help dodging questions about his dating life

DEAR ABBY JEANNE PHILLIPS

DEAR ABBY: I'm a 16- year-old male high school sophomore in what I think is a pretty common predicament. A lot of my friends have had sex, and some are having it pretty regularly. Abby, I've never even kissed a girl! More...

A Word Please

by June Casagrande

At last count, 9.4% of America's workers were out of work. More...

Gout, once the illness of aristocrats

YOUR HEALTH DR. DONOHUE

DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I am a man of 64 years. Please discuss gout. -- J.R. ANSWER: In the bad old days, people believed gout to be the illness only of aristocrats who ate rich foods and drank fine wine. More...

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Obituaries

REV. KENT R. JACKSON

Funeral services for the Rev. Kent R. Jackson, 68, of Paducah, Ky. will be held at 1 p.m. Friday at Lone Oak First Baptist Church with burial following at Woodlawn Memorial Gardens. He died Tuesday, August 25, 2009 at his home. More...

FLOYE NELL JONES

GILMER — Graveside services for Floye Nell Jones, 77, of Tyler will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, August 29, 2009, at Cherokee Cemetery in Upshur County, with Elder C.C. Morris officiating. More...

LYNNA ANN STEWART

Services for Lynna Ann Stewart, 70, of Overton, will be 10 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 27, 2009, in the Chapel of Rader Funeral Home in Kilgore, with the Rev. Wayne Welborn officiating. Interment will follow at Danville Cemetery. Mrs. More...

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