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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. More...

KILGOROUND

BILL WOODALL

MUSIC, MUSIC, MUSIC… KHPF'S Third Thursday in the Patch next features delightful local singers Debbie Dane and John Whitehead with Mark Fried. IT'S free, it's fun and it's at the World's Richest Acre Park, Thursday, Sept. 17, at 7:30 p.m. 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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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. More...

Invest in your grandchildren's future

WILBUR F. YATES FINANCIAL FOCUS

This time of year marks National Grandparent's Day. While not as well known as Mother's Day or Father's Day, Grandparents Day is, nonetheless a reminder to us of the importance of grandparents in the lives of their grandchildren. More...

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Lifestyles

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. More...

Civic Garden Club kicks off new year

Civic Garden Club members recently held their first meeting of the 2009-10 year at the Community House. Hostesses were Diana Ponder, Joy Foster, Kim Gore, Karen May, Alma Nell Farmer, Wanda Bittick, Martha Clark and Judy Wilkins. More...

Kilgore Garden Club starts new year

Kilgore Garden Club members met Sept. 3 in the home of Helen Goodwin, with Patsy Abernathy serving was co-hostess. The serving table was beautifully appointed with Helen's pink roses from her yard and silver pieces. More...

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Sports

Mavs run by Kilgore

Bulldogs drop a home game to Mavs in tough non-district slate; Gilmer is up next
By MITCH LUCAS sports@kilgorenewsherald.com

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. More...

Big Sandy escapes Overton with 27-20 win in overtime

By JOE JONES Special to the News Herald

The Overton High School football team fell to 0-3 on Friday night, and Big Sandy moved to 3-0, but the Wildcats got all they wanted — and then some — from the Mustangs at Coach Chester Roy Stadium. More...

TJC holds off Rangers in slugfest

Nation's top two teams up next for the Rangers
By MITCH LUCAS sports@kilgorenewsherald.com

About 6,000 people were in attendance Thursday night at Rose Stadium for the 106th playing of the Tyler Junior College Apaches and Kilgore College Rangers rivalry — and it wasn't even a conference game. More...

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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...

Accused child murderer's trial moved to Montgomery County

By BRENDA BROWN knhedit@kilgorenewsherald.com

HENDERSON — The trial for a Rusk County man accused of murdering a 13- month-old baby during an exorcism will be moved to Montgomery County. J. More...

News

Lions learn the ups and downs of KHS volleyball

By LESTER MURRAY news2@kilgorenewsherald.com

Everything you wanted to know about Kilgore High School volleyball was on the agenda at the Kilgore Lions Club on Thursday. More...

KPD POLICE REPORT

Kilgore police officers worked 31 calls and made one arrest on Tuesday. More...

Improvements to be made on two city parks

By BRENDA BROWN knhedit@kilgorenewsherald.com

Councilmen discussed deadlines for improvements to two city parks and agreed to go forward with plans for a third during a parks workshop Tuesday night after the regular council meeting. The council agreed Martin Luther King Jr. More...

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Advice & Entertainment

Muscle shrinkage comes with aging

YOUR HEALTH DR. DONOHUE

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. More...

HOROSCOPE

FORECAST FOR SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 13 , 2009
JACQUELINE BIGAR

ARIES (March 21-April 19) You could be pushed by family and/or a personal responsibility. Your frustration increases as you deal with a roommate or family member. More...

CLOGGED MINDS AND CLOGGED SPIRETS

MINISTER'S MOMENT CHARLOTTE AUSTIN

"I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty" (John 6:35). More...

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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...

WALLACE RICHARD MOORE, SR.

Funeral services for Wallace Richard Moore Sr., 85, of Overton will be 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept.13, 2009, at the Cottle-Pearson Funeral Home chapel with the Rev. Atwell Hankins officiating. Burial will follow at Overton City Cemetery. More...

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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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