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September 12, 2009  RSS feed
IN MEMORY
KC Fire Academy dedicates monument to fallen duo
Kilgore College Fire Academy officials dedicated a monument/memorial Thursday in honor of the two City of Kilgore firemen who lost their lives last January. Mounted in front of the Woodruff building, the monument has the names of the two firefighters, Cory Galloway and Kyle Perkins, inscribed into the stone. More...
Merchants petition for restitution
By LESTER MURRAY news2@kilgorenewsherald.com

With downtown construction more then halfway complete, some of Kilgore's downtown merchants are not quite optimistic anymore about the Main Street project. Doyle Turner, owner of The Dove's Kitchen located at 216 E. More...

City approves distribution of hotel-motel tax receipts
By BRENDA BROWN knhedit@kilgorenewsherald.com

Four organizations will split the first $277,000 of the new fiscal year's hotel-motel tax receipts and after that others may benefit. 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. TOPS people just love to lose. More...
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 News
• article has image Lions learn the ups and downs of KHS volleyball
Everything you wanted to know about Kilgore High School volleyball was on the agenda at the Kilgore Lions Club on Thursday. Lacy Thompson, head volleyball coach at KHS, said the team is adjusting, with only two players returning from last year's playoff team. More...
• KPD POLICE REPORT
• article has image Improvements to be made on two city parks
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 Business
• EAST TEXAS DRILLING REPORT
DEVELOPMENTAL Cherokee County The Doyle Creek (Travis Peak) Field will see XTO Energy Inc. drill two new wells to a depth of 13,000 feet. The Doyle Creek Gas Unit No.1 Well No.3 will be drilled 6.5 miles north from Wells and the Dolye Creek Gas Unit No.1 Well No.4 will be drilled 6.7 miles north from Wells. More...
• article has image Invest in your grandchildren's future
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 Lifestyles
• article has image Kilgore Crisis Center Director guest speaker at Kilgore Church Women
First Presbyterian Church hosted the Kilgore Church Women's quarterly meeting, with Eugene Davis, director of the Kilgore Crisis Center, as guest speaker. Davis shared several facts concerning the Crisis Center, which was started by concerned citizens of Kilgore in 1984. More...
• article has image Civic Garden Club kicks off new year
• Kilgore Garden Club starts new year
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 Advice & Entertainment
• Muscle shrinkage comes with aging
DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I was my state's wrestling champion in 1944, when I was a highschool senior. I became an accountant and haven't done any real physical activity since high school. I am 6 feet tall and weigh 175 pounds. My doctor says I'm in excellent health, but I have no strength. I find it hard to get out of a chair. My doctor fluffs this off. More...
• HOROSCOPE
• article has image CLOGGED MINDS AND CLOGGED SPIRETS
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 Sports
• article has image Mavs run by Kilgore
Bulldogs drop a home game to Mavs in tough non-district slate; Gilmer is up next
This week, the Kilgore High School Bulldogs didn't get to celebrate a last-second win, or a win at all — but they hopefully did learn some things that will help them down the road. Marshall, stocked with 38 seniors and a powerful running game, came calling to R.E. St. John Memorial Stadium on Friday night and left with a 41-14 victory. More...
• Big Sandy escapes Overton with 27-20 win in overtime
• article has image TJC holds off Rangers in slugfest
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 Obituaries
• JON STEPHEN 'STEVE' THOMPSON
Private wake services will be held by the family, according to his wishes, at a future date. Steve passed from this earth on September 7, 2009, at Country Place Village in Kilgore, Texas, where he had been a resident for some time. More...
• article has image WALLACE RICHARD MOORE, SR.
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 School news
• KC enrollment up 15.7 percent, 75th Anniversary celebration begins
Just as Kilgore College is beginning its 75th anniversary celebrations, the college announces its enrollment has increased 15.7 percent since last fall — up 868 students as of the 12th class day to more than 6300. More...
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