December 23, 2009 RSS feed / Front Page

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JINGLE ALL THE WAY

It’s Christmas time and Santa Claus is hearing what all the good boys and girls want for Christmas, but occasionally Santa takes requests from pets, too. More...

Martin Gas acquires Crosstex Energy Company

Kilgore-based Martin Midstream Partners L.P. More...

KILGOROUND

BILL WOODALL

MERRY CHRISTMAS, KILGORE. +++ THIS MARKS my 8th yule season here. Each year I’m happier (Merrier) to be here than I was in the year before that. It may not be bearable in another 20 years or so. +++ More...

News

Worker survives 60 foot fall in tree trimming accident

On Monday, a worker for a tree service fell approximately 60 feet while cutting limbs on a pine tree and had to be taken to the hospital by helicopter. Det. More...

KIS NOVEMBER STUDENTS OF THE MONTH

Kilgore Intermediate School Fifth Grade Students of the Month for November are Back Row Left to Right: Miguel Juarez, Shrina Patel, Audrey Jamerson, Rosa Amaro, Rachel Galvan, Lizet Chavez and Keylin More...

City will offers recycling depot for Christmas trees

Sorry, no artificial trees. Only “live” Christmas trees will be accepted at the city’s free tree-recycling depot, according to street superintendent Tim Hobbs. More...

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School news

5TH GRADE HONOR ROLLS

Kilgore Intermediate School 5th Grade A Honor Roll Regan Bennett Sloan Berger Averi Botter Jay Copeland Callie Costello Oren Cummings Kadrie Davis Haleigh Dollins Hunter Falco Be’la Free Hunter Fyffe Lindsay Zuniga-Garcia Rachael Garner Hannah More...

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City to refinance KEDC bonded debt

By BILL WOODALL knhedit@kilgorenewsherald.com

City council last week signed off on a plan to refinance $2.7 million in bonded debt for Kilgore Economic Development Corporation (KEDC). More...

Holidays bring holiday schedules

Holidays bring holiday schedules for local businesses and government offices. More...

Justice of the Peace Wolverton seeks re-election

Jerdy Wolverton, Rusk County Justice of the Peace since 2000, announced Tuesday that he has filed for re-election. More...

Sports

Warming up for spring

Kilgore tennis players prepare for upcoming spring season in winter tourney, with help from former players
By MITCH LUCAS sports@kilgorenewsherald.com

Christmas week seems like the last week for tennis, but the Kilgore High School tennis team got a good warm-up for the upcoming spring season last Saturday in the program’s annual winter tournament. More...

Kilgore teams get big wins

HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL
By MITCH LUCAS sports@kilgorenewsherald.com

The Kilgore High School girls basketball team went into the Christmas holidays on a high note over the weekend, and the Bulldogs are still playing. More...

Sabine boys win LMS, beat Raiders; girls 2-0

HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL
By MITCH LUCAS sports@kilgorenewsherald.com

Mission accomplished for the Sabine High School girls basketball team, who go into the Christmas holidays with a perfect District 18-2A record. More...

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Obituaries

R. L. “PEEWEE” MCFADDEN

Services for R. L. “Pee- Wee” McFadden, 67, of Kilgore will be 3:00 p.m., Wednesday, December 23, 2009 at the Rader Funeral Home Chapel with the Reverend Don Beebe officiating. Mr. More...

CARY H. FINLEY

Services for Cary Finley, 54, of Kilgore will be two p.m., Saturday, December 26, 2009 at the Rader Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Bill Blanks officiating. Mr. Finley died Tuesday, December 22, 2009 in Longview, Texas. More...

JOHN JENKINS GOODWIN

John Jenkins Goodwin, 55, of The Woodlands, passed away Dec. 13, 2009 in Houston. He was born June 21, 1954 in Port Sulphur, LA to Helen Goodwin and the late Dr. Dan Frank Goodwin, Jr. More...

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