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KHS 2009 HOMECOMING QUEEN

The Kilgore High School Homecoming Queen for 2009 was announced last night at the Kilgore High School football game against Palestine. More...

Absence at KISD hit 1400

District to offer free flu shots
By LESTER MURRAY news2@kilgorenewsherald.com

With “swine flu” anxiety spreading nationwide, Kilgore ISD officials say they are monitoring students closely as flu season may arrive earlier than usual this year. More...

Petition now in hands of city attorney

By BRENDA BROWN knhedit@kilgorenewsherald.com

Downtown businessmen won’t get a “factual response” for at least another couple of weeks from the city council regarding their petition for restitution for alleged revenue losses due to construction. More...

KILGOROUND

BILL WOODALL

WE’RE UNABLE TO say with any certainty whether dancing skills are required. But we can say the season’s hottest charity event is called the Texas Two Step and it features live music. 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. TUESDAY More...

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Business

EAST TEXAS DRILLING REPORT

DEVELOPMENTAL Anderson County In a lease 8.1 miles west from Elkhart, in a Wildcat Field, the Coleman Well No.1 will be drilled by Parten Operating Inc. This well will bottom at 6,000 feet in the Box, J A Survey, A-10. +++ Gregg County More...

Lessons from a bear market

WILBUR F. YATES FINANCIAL FOCUS

If you invest for many years, you’ll eventually encounter both bull and bear markets. More...

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Lifestyles

DAR celebrates U.S. Constitution’s 221st year

Members of the Samuel Paul Dinkins Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution celebrated Constitution Week with a dinner hosted by Francye Phillips, Frankie Florey, Dorothy Brooks and Nancy Bullock. More...

Horton, Williams set sail

Jamie Lou Horton and Harold Truman “Casey” Williams, Jr. were united in marriage on June 21, 2009, at the home of Butch and Linda Williams in Jackson Hole, Wyo. The garden ceremony was officiated by the Rev. Frank Johnson. More...

Club Au Courant begins new year

Members of Club Au Courant gathered at the home of Ima Roberts for their first meeting of the new year. The hostess offered members a selection of a breakfast casserole, muffins, fruit, mixed nuts, orange juice, peach tea and coffee. More...

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Sports

Kilgore takes down Wildcats Sophomore Anthony sets single-game rushing record

By MITCH LUCAS sports@kilgorenewsherald.com

Kilgore High School, elevated by a huge night from sophomore running back Ladarius Anthony and the offensive line, took a big first-half lead and held off a late Palestine comeback to win the 2009 version of homecoming, 38-24, at R.E. St. More...

Overton opens district play by whipping Cushing, 28-6

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL
By JOE JONES Special to the News Herald

Maybe all it took was one win to get the Overton High School football team going. More...

Lady Bulldogs beat Jacksonville

HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL / DISTRICT 14-4A SCHEDULE OPENS
By MITCH LUCAS sports@kilgorenewsherald.com

The non-district schedule seems to provide the Kilgore High School volleyball team with more problems than the district schedule. Maybe that’s a good thing. More...

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UPDATE: Kilgore Night Out: still time to host a block party

Community's anti-crime parties are Tuesday night

By BRENDA BROWN knhedit@kilgorenewsherald.com More...

Neil Diamond tribute band opens CCA season - Free Access

Nearly Neil and the Solitary Band, featuring the talents of Bobby Bruce, opens the 2009-10 Kilgore Community Concert season at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 4, in Dodson Auditorium at Kilgore College. More...

KC homecoming week opens with spirit rally tonight - Free Access

Monday afternon activities include an ice cream eating contest. More...

Wells St. home torn down by city

By BRENDA BROWN knhedit@kilgorenewsherald.

There will be no more squatters and no more promises to renovate a home on Wells Street because it’s been demolished. B.J. More...

Cell phone use in school zone now banned

By LESTER MURRAY news2@kilgorenewsherald.com

Several new laws went into effect for the State of Texas on Sept. 1, but one new law whose enforcement was temporarily delayed in Kilgore was the ban on cell phone use in school zones. That ban is now official here. More...

News

District Governor speaks to Kilgore Rotary Club

By GREG COLLINS For the News Herald

District Governor Randi Duckworth of Wills Point visited the Kilgore Rotary Club on Wednesday to make her official stop at the local club. More...

Eckert talks college football at Kilgore Lions Club

By LESTER MURRAY news2@kilgorenewsherald.com

If you want to hear excuses, don’t look to Kilgore College’s head football coach because J.J. Eckert says he is looking to turn around KC’s dismal season start and he makes no excuses for their record thus far. More...

We the People’ protest sale of Muslim stamp

By LESTER MURRAY news2@kilgorenewsherald.com

On Friday, September 25, a group of Muslims gathered in Washington D.C. to “Day of Islamic Unity,” an event that was inspired by President Obama’s inauguration speech. More...

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Advice & Entertainment

Uncommon chest pain symptoms can be heart related

YOUR HEALTH DR. DONOHUE

DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I am a 64-year-old male, 6 feet tall and 215 pounds. I have never been an elite athlete, but I always have participated in sports and exercise. Currently I walk, bike and rollerblade. More...

HOROSCOPE

JACQUELINE BIGAR

FORECAST FOR SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 27 , 2009 ARIES (March 21-April 19) HHHH Take the lead, and others will follow. Someone who cares as much as you do states his or her feelings. The unexpected opens up unthought-of doors. More...

DARE TO LISTEN. DARE TO SPEAK

MINISTER’S MOMENT CHARLOTTE AUSTIN

“People were overwhelmed with amazement. “He [Jesus] has done everything well,” they said. “He even makes the deaf hear and the mute speak.” John 7: 37 More...

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Obituaries

Mary Katharin Rawls - Free Access

Services for Mary Katharin Rawls, 83, of Kilgore will be two p.m., Monday, September 28, 2009 at the First Presbyterian Church with the Reverend Dr. David S. Handley officiating. More...

MICHAEL SCOTT PLAYER

Services for Michael Scott Player, 50, of Liberty City will be held on Monday, September 28, 2009, at 10 a.m. at Grace Baptist Church of Kilgore with Reverends Don Beebe and Keith Wilkerson officiating. Burial will follow at Danville Cemetery. More...

PATRICIA R. HARDING

Graveside services for Patricia R. Harding, 79, of Longview will be 3 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 26, 2009 at Youngblood Cemetery in Beckville, with Terry Lindsay officiating. Services are under the direction of Hawthorn Funeral Home of Carthage. Mrs. More...

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School news

CHAMBER HELPS WITH SCHOOL FOUNDATION

Kilgore ISD superintendent Jody Clements, left, was sporting a huge smile Monday when chamber of Commerce officials presented $25,000 to Kilgore ISD Foundation. More...

J.T. “Red” Russell scholarship celebrated

The Sabine ISD Ex-Students Association celebrated the 10th anniversary of the establishment of the J.T. “Red” Russell Scholarship on Sept. 19 in the Devall Student Center Ballroom on the Kilgore campus. More...

KISD schools to implement WATCH D.O.G.S. program

Every Kilgore ISD campus except the high school plans to implement a new, innovative father-involvement program called WATCH D.O.G.S.® (Dads Of Great Students). More...

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