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THE PEOPLE’S CHOICE

Kilgore residents cast votes for streetscaping phase II
By J. LOUISE LARSON news1@kilgorenewsherald.com
Kilgore residents got a chance to say it with Post-Its at Thursday evening’s forum on Phase 2 of the downtown construction project. More...

Chandler St. construction project gets green light from city council

By J. LOUISE LARSON news1@kilgorenewsherald.com

School traffic congestion will get some relief from a Chandler Street construction project that got the green light from Kilgore city council Tuesday night. More...

KILGOROUND

BILL WOODALL

IT’S TRUE. BIG T’s, that venerable culinary institution that served steak and fries to the oil patch for so long, is closed. More...

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Business

EAST TEXAS OIL AND GAS REPORT

DEVELOPMENTAL Cherokee County The Priest Well No.1 will be drilled by Forest Oil Corp. in the Rusk, Southeast (Pettit) Field. This well will be drilled to a depth of 10,600-feet two miles southeast from Rusk in the Latham, J Survey, A-508. More...

New year means new opportunities for Roth IRA conversion

WILBUR F. YATES FINANCIAL FOCUS

If you already have a Roth IRA, you’re aware of its biggest benefit: Your earnings grow tax free, provided you meet certain conditions. More...

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Lifestyles

HI-STEPPERS LEARN NEW MOVES

Hi-Stepper officer candidates learn the Cha-Cha

Colleen Clower, director of the Kilgore High School Hi-Steppers, recently sent 12 of her dancers to Plano to receive professional dance instruction. Raza and Ia Beggs are professional ballroom dancers and instructors. More...

Joymakers spice it up with chili

Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010, the Joymakers met at 6 p.m. for the first meeting of the year with Doris Snow presiding. After the prayer requests, Dale Sistrunk gave the invocation. More...

TOPS honors member Karen Hana

TOPS#TX1265 KILGORE, the local chapter of Take Off Pounds Sensibly, is getting ready for the New Year and all those New Years' resolutions to lose weight. More...

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Sports

Cole verbally commits to Northwestern State

National Signing Day is Wednesday, Feb. 3
By MITCH LUCAS sports@kilgorenewsherald.com

A Kilgore High School senior football player has made his decision on where he’ll be spending his time on the collegiate field. More...

Paris spoils KC doubleheader

By MITCH LUCAS sports@kilgorenewsherald.com

It was a tough night Wednesday at Masters Gymnasium for both Kilgore College basketball teams, but for different reasons. More...

Kilgore teams lose to Lindale

By MITCH LUCAS sports@kilgorenewsherald.com

After playing maybe the best basketball game in the area all season last weekend against Nacogdoches, Kilgore’s girls let one get away to Lindale Tuesday night, and the Bulldogs lost their district opener as they visited the Eagles. More...

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KC enrollment up 20 percent

By J. LOUISE LARSON news1@kilgorenewsherald.com

In less than a decade, spring enrollment at Kilgore College has increased from under 4,000 to pushing 7,000 students. More...

Kilgore Veteran’s Monument gets boost

By J. LOUISE LARSON news1@kilgorenewsherald.com

The U.S. Veterans Monument-Kilgore got a boost during a recent “recession sale” on names. Special pricing in the fall saw a flurry of sponsorships, said project organizer and Vietnam veteran John Edney. More...

Casino Night tickets still available

By GREG COLLINS for the News Herald

Tickets still remain for the Kilgore Crisis Center Casino Night scheduled for Saturday, January 23 from 7 until 11:30 p.m. at Meadowbrook Country Club, according to Eugene Davis, director of the center. More...

Daily Digest

DAILY DIGEST

MONDAY AGGIE MOMS, MEETING, Monday, Jan 18th at 6:30 p.m. at Shannon's Beading Basket at 100 W Tyler St. $2 cover charge For info, contact Lisa, 903-235-8222. More...

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News

EARLY VOTING SCHEDULE

Early Voting for March 2, 2010 Primary Election Gregg County Courthouse Tuesday, Feb. 16 - Friday, Feb. 19 – 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 20 – 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 21 – 12 noon to 5 p.m. Monday, Feb. More...

Lions governor on projects like the Annual Chili Luncheon

The Kilgore Lions Club held their Annual Chili Luncheon at the Community House on Friday. More...

DeCeault talks to Rotarians about her families trip to Portugal

By GREG COLLINS Publicity Chairman

Pam DeCeault, a member of the Kilgore Rotary Club and a vice president at Kilgore National Bank, was the guest speaker for the Rotarians on Wednesday at noon. More...

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Advice & Entertainment

HOROSCOPE

FORECAST FOR SUNDAY, JANUARY 17, 2010
JACQUELINE BIGAR

ARIES (March 21-April 19)  It is far too easy to fill in the gaps, where you don't have facts, with your imagination. On the other hand, it could be a lot more fun. You enter the last year of a 12-year cycle. Tonight: Make it early. More...

God shares our troubles

MINISTER’S MOMENT CHARLOTTE AUSTIN

Then he [Jesus] called the crowd to him along with his disciples and said: “If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. More...

How much water is enough?

YOUR HEALTH DR. DONOHUE

DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I am 64 years old and stay fit with daily bike rides, walks, kayaking, swimming in the summer and cross-country skiing in the winter. I feel terrific. I never drink water. I have never felt thirsty in my life. More...

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Obituaries

RUE TAYLOR

Services for Rue Reid Taylor, 85, of Kilgore will be two p.m., Monday, January 18, 2010 at the Forest Home Baptist Church with the Reverends S.H. "Andy" Andrews and Buddy Duggins officiating. Burial will follow in Kilgore Cemetery. Mrs. More...

EVA BRYANT GIBBS

Services for Eva B. Gibbs, 97, of Elderville, Texas were held at two p.m., Thursday, January 14, 2010 at Lakeview Cemetery, Longview, Texas. She passed away at her home Sunday, January 10, 2010. More...

JOE HENDRIX

Graveside services for Joe Frank Hendrix, 75, of Kilgore will be 3 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 16, 2010 at Hickory Grove Cemetery with Rev. Don Beebe officiating. He died Friday, Jan. 15, 2010 in Longview. The family will receive friends 6-7:30 p.m. More...

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School news

FIRST ADOBE WALLS

HISTORY YOU DIDN’T LEARN IN SCHOOL BRUCE STANTON

“Ten miles ahead” the native scouts told Kit Carson and his command out of Fort Bascom, along the Canadian River near the Texas line, “fresh trail, many Indians, much cattle and horses.” Carson started shouting orders. More...

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