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Mayor Joe Parker to resign

Kilgore mayor announces resignation; special election to be set for May 8
By J. LOUISE LARSON news1@kilgorenewsherald.com
Kilgore Mayor Joe T. Parker will resign his post in time for a special election to be held alongside the regular city elections in May. More...

Pat Anderson building to get Art Deco facelift

By J. LOUISE LARSON news1@kilgorenewsherald.com

A splash of South Beach color and Art Deco sensibility is coming to downtown Kilgore. The Main Street Advisory Board gave the nod Thursday to a green and coral color scheme for a façade improvement grant to rejuvenate the building at 106 Main St. 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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Lifestyles

MISS DAWG 2010 “AIN’T SHHE SWEET”

Beauty, style, talent, the Miss Dawg Pageant, had it all

Project Graduation, a program at many high schools across the country, to provide a safe and entertaining environment for graduating seniors to celebrate in. More...

Look Who’s New

Britney and Cody Kirk of Gladewater are pleased to announce the birth of their daughter, Layla Grace Kirk. Layla was born January 7, 2010 at 6:54 p.m weighing 6 pounds and was 20 inches long. She was born at Longview Regional Medical Center. More...

Club Au Courant celebrate the life of Whoopie Goldberg

Members of Club Au Courant met Wednesday at Country Place Village with hostess Clemmie Richards. Anges Oliver, Ellen Watson and Justine Stanley shared hosting duties. More...

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Sports

It’s good to be a Ranger

Eckert and company stockpile talent, send 14 to four-year football programs
By MITCH LUCAS sports@kilgorenewsherald.com

When a football program has the kind of schedule that the Kilgore College Rangers have just about every year, it’s definitely nice to have an area like East Texas from which to draw talent. More...

District begins Tuesday for Kilgore teams

By MITCH LUCAS sports@kilgorenewsherald.com

The final non-district game of the season, against one of the best soccer programs in East Texas, didn’t go very well for the Kilgore High School boys on Tuesday night. The Bulldogs dropped a 4-1 decision to still-unbeaten Lindale. More...

Sabine teams win; KHS loses

By MITCH LUCAS sports@kilgorenewsherald.com

Kilgore High School’s basketball teams both lost to Henderson Tuesday, Sabine teams both defeated Elysian Fields, and the end of the regular season is coming for all four. More...

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NEW: State okays loan to repair city's troubled sewer line

Loan would provide up to $5 million to fix Rabbit Creek trunk

Kilgore city council will hear details of the low-interest loan at their meeting Tuesday, Feb. 9. More...

UPDATE: Two arrested, one charged with McGregor murder

Arrests follow last week's shooting at after-hours club

Kilgore 29-year-old charged with firing fatal shot; 65-year-old from Tyler believed to have shot but missed victim More...

Three council seats will be subject to election

Howell cautions candidates to follow signage rules
By J. LOUISE LARSON news1@kilgorenewsherald.com

There will be three places on the ballot in the City of Kilgore’s May 8 general election, and a special election for the place of city mayor is expected to be set for the same day. More...

KILGOROUND

BILL WOODALL

WE LEAVE IT TO the Chamber of Commerce to keep track of such things, but we’ll report it here: MORE than 100 student athletes and about 70 college coaches were in Kilgore last week for an athletic combine, allowing coaches to preview athlete More...

News

KFC murder conviction upheld on appeal

Darnell Hartsfield is still guilty of the Kilgore KFC murders. His conviction was upheld Thursday by the Texas Sixth Court of Appeals. In Oct. 2008 Hartsfield was convicted in the 1983 murder of five people. More...

RLM MAKES DONATION TO KC

Bob Metzler, owner/president of RLM General Contractors presented a $20,000 check to Kilgore College President Bill Holda Thursday. The money will help support the Process Technology Program at KC. More...

KILGORE POLICE REPORTS

Kilgore Police Department arrests are as follows; Veronica Ann Johnson, warrant (local), Kilgore, Nathen Owen Orourke, DWI, Gladewater, Richanna Finney, warrant (local), Kilgore, Tammie Lauraine Polk, warrant (local), Overton, Margaret Thompson, war More...

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Advice & Entertainment

HOROSCOPE

FORECAST FOR SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2010
JACQUELINE BIGAR

ARIES (March 21-April 19)  An easy approach works, and understanding could redefine a relationship. Use your high energy to bring other people together. Whether planning a day trip or thinking about a visit or vacation, it makes no difference. More...

Give thanks and do not worry

MINISTER’S MOMENT CHARLOTTE AUSTIN

"Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? More...

Scratching the exercise itch

YOUR HEALTH DR. DONOHUE

DEAR DR. DONOHUE: When exercising, I sometimes have itching. Will you comment on this? -- W.M. ANSWER: One possibility is something called cholinergic urticaria. It's an outbreak of itchiness and tiny red dots, so tiny they can be hard to see. More...

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Obituaries

MONDAY UPDATE: WILLIAM SCOTT TODD

Funeral services for William Scott Todd, 49, of Kilgore, will be 10AM Tuesday, February 9, 2010 at Forrest Home Baptist Church with Reverend Earl W. More...

LOLA MAE SUMROW

Services for Lola Mae Sumrow, 75, of Kilgore will be Monday, January 8, 2010 at 10 a.m. at The Cross Roads United Methodist Church with Reverend Ralph Rudy officiating. Burial will follow at Memory Park Cemetery in Longview. Mrs. More...

INEZ WELCH

Graveside services for Wilma Inez Welch, 88, of Kilgore will be 10 a.m., Saturday, February 6, 2010 at Kilgore Cemetery with Rev. Chris Vidacovich officiating. Mrs. Welch died Wednesday, February 3, 2010 in Longview. More...

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