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October 24, 2009  RSS feed
State needs lean budget, says Eltife
Texas State Senator Kevin Eltife came to the Kilgore Lions Club on Thursday with one message: Tell the truth. Eltife, a former Tyler mayor who was elected to the District 1 Senate seat in 2004, said his district encompasses 16-1/2 counties and more than 700,000 constituents. He serves on the finance, business and commerce and natural resources committees. More...
Family of Fiddlers takes stage for local Concert Association

The Hunt Family Fiddlers will do more than fiddle when they take the stage at Kilgore College’s Dodson Auditorium at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 27, in the second program of Kilgore’s Community Concert Association. The family of nine performs Celtic, bluegrass, inspirational and popular tunes, offering a unique blend of diversity to their show. More...

Lions Club hosts circus at Harris Street Park

Carson & Barnes Circus will be in town for two shows Monday, but the location has changed. The Lions Club-sponsored event was to be held at Meadowbrook Park but due to flooding from the past week’s rains, the Big Top will go up at Harris Street/Driller Park. There will be two performances, the first at 4:30 and the last at 7:30 p.m. More...

 Daily Digest
• DAILY DIGEST
MONDAY CHRIST THE KING CATHOLIC CHURCH offers a free lunch for all Kilgore College students every Monday from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the church cafeteria. More...
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 News
• Kilgore Christmas Parade applications still being taken
Applications to enter Kilgore’s 79th annual Christmas Parade are now available at the Chamber of Commerce. The parade is set for 6 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 1, and the theme this year is “A Cowboy Christmas.” Entry fee is $25. More...
• article has image Hoberecht talks basketball to Kilgore Rotarians
• ‘Spooktacular’ workshop focuses on cemeteries, Kilgore ghosts
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 Business
• EAST TEXAS DRILLING REPORT
DEVELOPMENTAL Anderson County In a lease 2.94 miles northeast from Slocum, in the Slocum, North (Sub-Clarksville) Field, the Piper-Johnson Well No.1 will be drilled by Falcon Resources, Inc. This well will bottom at 6,000-feet in the Gibson, J Survey, A-26. ****** Cherokee County More...
• article has image Avoid these scary investment moves
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 Lifestyles
• article has image PUMPKIN PATCH VERSES TEAM SPIRIT
Last Saturday was Family Fun Day in St. Luke’s Pumpkin Patch and the kids took advantage of a beautiful sunny day. More...
• article has image Keeping food safe during power outage
• article has image Look Who’s New
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 Advice & Entertainment
• Pre-participation athletic exam should be thorough
DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I played high-school football in the late 1940s. One of my teammates died during a game. The memory has never left me. It was said he had a heart attack, but that sounds preposterous to me. He was only 16. My two grandsons are playing now. What kind of physical exams are required? In my day it was a check for a hernia and that was all. -- B.G. More...
• HOROSCOPE
• article has image THINK ABOUT SUCH THINGS
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 Sports
• article has image What a comeback!
Ragin’ Red trails by 21, bounces back to beat Whitehouse, 35-30
WHITEHOUSE — It wasn’t pretty, but the Kilgore High School Bulldogs picked up their second District 14-4A win of the season Friday night, coming back from 21 points down and leaving Whitehouse with a 35-30 victory. More...
• Carlisle shuts out Mustangs, 28-0, in Kilgore
• Cards’ comeback falls just short at EF
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 Obituaries
• Janie Richardson Adams
Services for Mrs. Janie Richardson Adams, 59, of Kilgore will be held Tuesday, October 27, 2009 at 10 A.M. at the Church of God of Prophecy in Liberty City with Mr. Wesley Vandever officiating. More...
• Mr. Carl Edward VanZandt
• article has image JAMES “JIM” MCCUBBIN
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 Church News
• article has image PIRTLE UMC DONATES TO HELPING HANDS
The Rev. Dudley Plaisance Jr., pastor of Pirtle United Methodist Church, presents a check to the Rev. David Hampton, Helping Hands board president. More...
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 School news
• article has image KHS CHOIR FUNDRAISER
Members of the Kilgore High School Choir held a fundraiser at Atwoods for their Spring Talent Show and trip on Saturday. More...
• article has image Citizens Bank student board holds orientation meeting
• article has image SABINE BAND EARNS FIRST DIVISION
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