Kilgore Night Out dodged the rain and the evening was cool for all the block parties. (photos) John Carnett teamed up with his neighbors, Pete and Yolanda Williams at his house, 3105 Mimosa. More...
Petition seeks redress for business lost because of construction
Doyle Turner, pastor and owner of The Dove’s Kitchen on East Main Street, presented the petition with 21 signatures of downtown merchants to the council on Sept. 22. More...
There will be “Jazz under the derricks” Thursday night when the Jazz Professors take to the stage at the World’s Richest Acre.
Sponsored by the Kilgore Historical Preservation Foundation, the free concert begins at 6:30 p.m. Oct. 15 and features college music professors Kevin Kelley, Larry Greer and Mike McGowan, accompanied by drummer Jeff Shelton. More...
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...
A Kilgore woman reported Thursday that someone attempted to scam her and at least two other local women, saying they had “won” a Jamaican lottery.
The resident, who did not want the News Herald to publish her name, said she received a telephone call Wednesday evening from a man who advised she had won a lottery. More...
EAST TEXAS DRILLING REPORT
DEVELOPMENTAL Harrison County
In a lease 3.2 miles northeast from Crossroads, in the Carthage, North (Bossier Shale) Field, the Gulley Gas Unit No.1 Well No.16H will be drilled by Penn Virginia Oil & Gas, L.P. This well will bottom at 14,000 feet in the Cellum, J Survey, A-145.
+++ Panola County More...
Kilgore High School held their Annual Powderpuff
Football game last week at R.E. St. John Stadium. The
evening started with the freshmen girls taking on the
sophomores, with the sophomores winning. The next
game pitted the juniors against the seniors and the
juniors pulled off the upset. More...
TJC quarterback Vincent McNeil broke free for a 25-yard touchdown to finally end a double-overtime thriller, 40-37, here at R.E. St. John Memorial Stadium at about 10:45 p.m. Saturday. More...
Funeral services for Mr. Jack G. Leak, Jr., 85, of Longview will be held Saturday, October, 10, 2009 at 2 p.m. at Peatown Christian Church with Dr. Jim Lewis officiating. Burial will follow at Peatown Cemetery. The family will receive friends at Rader Funeral Home of Kilgore Friday from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. Mr. Leak passed away Tuesday. More...
Felipe Vogel, son of Alan and Lucilia Vogel, has been designated a Commended Student in the National Merit Scholarship Program.
Commended students place among the top five percent of more than 1.5 million students who completed the Preliminary SAT National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT) This achievement identifies students with exceptional academic promise. More...
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