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Kilgore man dies as a result of a vehicle accident

A Kilgore man was killed in a two-vehicle accident Friday morning at approximately 9 a.m. More...

Kilgore congregation gives $21,000 to Haitian relief

By J. LOUISE LARSON news1@kilgorenewsherald.com

For his entire life, the Rev. Darwood Galaway will always remember his one loavesand fishes moment. The pastor of St. More...

KILGOROUND

J. LOUISE LARSON

Tickets are still available for the Kilgore Crisis Center Casino Night tonight at 7 at Meadowbrook Country Club. Ticket prices of $75 include full dinner, gaming chips, band and a chance to win a Vegas trip at the end of the night. More...

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Business

EAST TEXAS OIL AND GAS REPORT

DEVELOPMENTAL Cass County The Lake Texarkana (Travis Peak) Field will see the Patman Well No.1 drilled by Machin & Associates, Inc. More...

Don’t be am “opposite day” investor

WILBUR F. YATES FINANCIAL FOCUS

On Jan. 25, some of us celebrate Opposite Day. More...

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Lifestyles

GIRLS OF SUMMER

Get out your blankets, it’s time for KHS softball

Some might consider it winter still, but for the Kilgore High School Lady Dog softball team, they are the girls of summer. More...

Civic Garden Club receive a history lesson

Celebrating Kilgore’s history and repeating a club tradition (since 1960) highlighted the January meeting of Civic Garden Club. Hostesses were Louise Raby, Betty Hren, Dorothy Forth and Alma Nell Farmer. More...

Tehan and Westbrook to wed Jan. 30

Mr. Mrs. Walter F. Tehan of Liberty City are please to announce the engagement of their daughter Mary Evelyn Tehan of Liberty City to Brian Westbrook, of Kilgore, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wes Westbrook of Longview. More...

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Home & Garden

Rangers beat Lamar for huge conference victory

KC at J’ville today; home Wednesday
By MITCH LUCAS sports@kilgorenewsherald.com

A conference win might have been just what the doctor ordered to jump-start the Kilgore College Rangers basketball team, and that’s what the Rangers got at home Wednesday night. More...

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Obituaries

HELEN CLAIR STEPHENS

Funeral services for Helen Clair Stephens, 93, of Kilgore will be four o’clock in the afternoon, Thursday, January 21, 2010 at Crim’s Chapel Baptist Church with the Rev. Kelly Brian and Rev. Nathan Cain officiating. Mrs. More...

KENNETH (KEN) TAYLOR

Services for Kenneth (Ken) Taylor will be conducted at 1 p.m. on Saturday Jan. 23, 2010 at Westview Church of Christ, 409 Gladewater St. Kilgore, with Bro. James Venters officiating. More...

TONY FORD

Anthony Glenn Ford, 53, New London, died Jan. 18, 2010 in Tyler. He was born June 13, 1956 in Irving, TX to the late Glenn and Sue Ford. He had lived in the East Texas area all of his life and worked as a carpet installer. More...

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NEW: Boys dress like girls for project graduation

Sabine and Kilgore both stage fund-raisers

By J. LOUISE LARSON Upcoming gender-bending activities offer a little fun for a good cause at local high schools. More...

KISD seeks community guidance

A new facility study shows problems at every campus in the Kilgore Independent School District. Now the district is seeking public input on facilities issues. More...

Kilgore official concerned about area church fires

With five East Texas church fires ruled as arson, the Kilgore Fire Department and Kilgore Police Department are on alert. More...

KPD investigates Haiti disaster relief scam

By J. LOUISE LARSON news1@kilgorenewsherald.com

Kilgore police are investigating a possible scam related to Haiti disaster relief efforts. More...

News

ETCOG talks about services and long range goals to Lions

The executive director for the East Texas Council of Governments (ETCOG) spoke to the Lions on Thursday. His message: serve the customers. More...

KC RECEIVES $100,000 GRANT AWARD

Terry Frakes, (left) senior vice president for Texas Mutual Insurance Company presents a $100,000 check to Kilgore College President Bill Holda and Eva McClellan, contract compliance specialist at KC More...

Pinson talks about Gregg County Historical Museum

By GREG COLLINS Publicity Chairman

Dr. Gerald Pinson, retired Kilgore College administrator, was the guest of the Kilgore Rotary Club on Wednesday. More...

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Advice & Entertainment

HOROSCOPE

FORECAST FOR SUNDAY, JANUARY 24, 2010
JACQUELINE BIGAR

ARIES (March 21-April 19)  Think before you say yes to a money matter. You could be unusually tired and drawn considering everything that you have done lately. By listening to a friend, you'll gain new insight about this person. More...

Shake it off and step up

MINISTER’S MOMENT CHARLOTTE AUSTIN

There’s an old parable about a farmer who owned an old mule. The mule fell into the farmer's well. The farmer heard the mule braying and went to the site. More...

Blisters are running her walking program

YOUR HEALTH DR. DONOHUE

DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I cannot find an answer to my problem. Maybe your readers can help. I started walking a year ago and can now walk five miles a day. What do walkers do to protect their feet? I wear tennis shoes for walking. More...

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Sports

18-2A no match for Sabine teams so far

By MITCH LUCAS sports@kilgorenewsherald.com

Turns out that one-point district loss last weekend wasn’t devastating at all to the Sabine High School girls basketball team, who got right back up on Tuesday night. More...

World of Outlaws returns to Lone Star on March 12

By TONY VENEZIANO Special to the News Herald

It’s said everything is bigger in Texas, and especially when the World of Outlaws come to town. More...

KHS teams fall to Whitehouse

By MITCH LUCAS sports@klgorenewsherald.com

Last Tuesday night was not a red-letter day in Kilgore High School basketball history. More...

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School news

Project Graduation events at both KHS and Sabine HS

Projection Graduation is a great way to support both Kilgore High School and Sabine High School and both schools have a great show coming up. More...

Motivational speaker talks life and dreams at Kilgore High School

With Kilgore High School softball season about to kick off, Cassie Newell, head coach for the Lady Dogs and her team brought in a motivational speaker Thursday night for KHS. More...

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