January 30, 2010 RSS feed / Front Page

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A HALF-TIME SHOW

At the Kilgore HIgh School’s basketball game on Tuesday night, the team came away with a big win over Nac and the KHS Hi-Steppers were on hand at half-time to perform for the crowd. More...

Gregg County gets new high tech shredder

By J. LOUISE LARSON News1@kilgorenewsherald.com

It slices, it dices. There’s going to be a new partner in the war on crime at the Gregg County district attorney’s office. More...

No more chip seal paving for city streets

By J. LOUISE LARSON News1@kilgorenewsherald.com

Residents can expect relief from the cobbled surface left by the old chip seal paving. The city will not be doing any more chip seal for the time being, said Tim Hobbs, the City of Kilgore street superintendent. More...

Daily Digest

DAILY DIGEST

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...

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Business

EAST TEXAS OIL AND GAS REPORT

DEVELOPMENTAL Harrison County The Blocker Heirs Well No.14H will be drilled 8.5 miles southeast from Marshall in the Carthage, North (Bossier Shale) Field. This well will be drilled by GMX Resources Inc. More...

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Lifestyles

MAUDE LAIRD MIDDLE SCHOOL WINTER CONCERT

(photos, top to bottom) Yasmine Wilson, on flute, Dre’Auna Williams, trumpet, Noelle Garrett, xylophone and Alfredo Reyes and Brianna Farrell, on french horns perform at the MLMS Winter Concert More...

A Word Please

by June Casagrande

Grammarphiles should not marry people from Massachusetts. I know. Don’t get me wrong. I’m not down on Massachusetts folk. More...

CHITCHAT CORNER

The south ivated
LINDA K. BALLARD

THE BEST YANKEE POTATO SALAD was found in Kilgore last week at Trinity Assembly of God. More...

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Sports

Kilgore remains 4A

Bulldog sports still on 4A level; Sabine, Overton, W. Rusk athletic departments will compete in different districts in football, basketball

Realignment of the Texas high school districts has been announced, and the sports teams under the Kilgore High School umbrella will remain at the Class 4A level -- by just four students. More...

Stayin’ alive

Bulldogs get big night from Massenburge to beat Nac; Lady ’Dogs lose by one on road
By MITCH LUCAS sports@kilgorenewsherald.com

It was the kind of win that turns a season around — the kind that is sometimes the start of a playoff run. More...

Captain Kirk

Sabine’s Colton Kirk nets 41 in beat-down of Harleton; Lady Cards keep on winning
By MITCH LUCAS sports@kilgorenewsherald.com

This just in: Sabine High School basketball has hit its collective stride, and are mowing down opponents left and right. Just look at the point total for Colton Kirk alone. More...

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Fields & Yields

Opportunities Available to Obtain Pesticide Continuing Education Units

Blaine Jernigan Extension News

Pesticide applicators have several opportunities over the next several weeks to participate in a program or programs to obtain the necessary CEU hours to renew their pesticide applicators license. More...

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People

Look Who’s New

Leslie Kendall DeLange

Casey Davidson of Liberty City and Kevan DeLange of Kilgore are please to announce the birth of daughter, Leslie Kendall DeLange. Leslie was born January 20, 2010 at 6:18 a.m. at Good Shephard in Longview. More...

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Shooting victim was on felony probation

Henderson man found shot at Hwy 31 after-hours club

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City gets clean financial audit

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The City of Kilgore’s annual financial report for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2009 got a clean bill from the accounting firm of Brown, Bronstad, Habenicht & Rosson, P.C. More...

Tenant safety tops code enforcement meeting agenda

By J. LOUISE LARSON News1@kilgorenewsherald.com

Tenant safety is at the top of the agenda for an upcoming meeting hosted by the city’s code enforcement office – and it’s going to be enforced by the city as of February 15. A landlord/tenant meeting is set for Feb. More...

KILGOROUND

BILL WOODALL

GIVEN THAT THIS spring’s GOP primary offers the opportunity to return our 39 percent governor to the general election ballot, please don’t forget to register to vote. THE deadline for registration is Monday, Feb. 1. More...

News

Merritt talks politics with Kilgore Lions

By LESTER MURRAY news2@kilgorenewsherald.com

With fourteen years of service to East Texans and facing an upcoming election, Texas State Representative Tommy Merritt spoke with Kilgore Lions on Thursday. More...

Tyler Rotary visits with Kilgore Rotary about Belize

By GREG COLLINS for the News Herald

Tyler Sunrise Rotary Club members Barry Jones and Jo Dobbs were the guest speakers at the Kilgore Rotary Club on Wednesday. The duo described an education and lifestyle project the Tyler club has adopted in the remote jungles of South Belize. More...

Kilgore man escapes police custody, recaptured

One Kilgore man facing narcotics charges escaped from the back of a Kilgore police car Tuesday morning. He was recaptured that evening. More...

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Advice & Entertainment

MINISTER’S MOMENT

Jesus had a good idea
CHARLOTTE AUSTIN

“Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.” (1John 4:7-8 NIV) More...

YOUR HEALTH

Prevention the best treatment for frostbite
DR. DONOHUE

DEAR DR. DONOHUE: All my life I have skied. I live in a place where everyone does it, both downhill and cross-country. When I was young, I suffered from frostbite on the index finger of my right hand. More...

FINANCIAL FOCUS

Sandwich generation needs to avoid financial squeeze
WILBUR F. YATES

Are you a member of the “Sandwich Generation”? More...

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Obituaries

CHARLES RANDY HAYS

Services for Randy Hays, 56, of Longview will be held Saturday, January 30, 2010 at 10 a.m. in the Chapel of Rader Funeral Home of Kilgore with Rev. David Hampton officiating. Burial will follow Rosewood Park Cemetery in Longview. More...

DOLLIE MAE LUSTER

Funeral services for Mrs. Dollie Mae Luster, 92 of Kilgore will be held Monday, Feb. 1, 2010 at 1:00 P.M. at Judea Baptist Church, 599 FM 805 Jefferson. with Rev. Alvin Mayfield officiating. More...

MARY JO ALLEN

Graveside services for Mary Jo Allen, 87, of Kilgore will be 2 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 30, 2010 at the Kilgore Cemetery with the Rev. Kelly Brian officiating. Mrs. Allen died Friday, Jan. 29, 2010 in Longview. She was born in Troup, Nov. More...

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School news

KCHS-CBDHS Memorial Site Committee to month long celebration of history

To jumpstart the 2010 campaign events of Operation Commemoration, and in correlation to Black History month, the KCHS-CBDHS Memorial Site Committee is conducting “A Monumental Month of Fun and Historical Facts,” a four-week series of con More...

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