February 13, 2010 RSS feed / News

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City weighs cost of fixing sewer line

By J. LOUISE LARSON news1@kilgorenewsherald.com
Fix it or replace part of it. The Rabbit Creek Interceptor sewer line needs real help some 23 years after it was poorly installed, the Kilgore city council was told by KSA Engineering of Longview Tuesday night. More...

Sales tax continues decline

City says good planning minimizes problems
By J. LOUISE LARSON new1@kilgorenewsherald.com

Sales tax numbers say it was a blue Christmas for retail sales in Kilgore – but things may be looking up. Christmas 2009 sales were down by almost a third from the year before in the City of Stars. More...

Court appoints volunteers to represent children as guardian in the courtroom

Special to the Kilgore News Herald

Judge Robin Sage, of the 307th Family District Court, swore in nine new Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) volunteers Tuesday. More...

Ribbon cutting will mark streetscaping progress

Kilgore city officials Monday will celebrate the completion of the first phase of downtown’s overhaul. More...

THE SNOWSTORM OF 2010

K’winn, K’havia and Kaylee’ Reese can likely claim “first snowman” -- with mom keeping an eye on them, the siblings built a snowman at Meadowbrook golf course at midnight More...

Storm leaves thousands powerless

SWEPCO expects lights back on by Sunday
By J. LOUISE LARSON news1@kilgorenewsherald.com

A Winter Wonderland dump of an estimated 8 inches of snow left some 3,054 Kilgore homes and businesses without power by Friday afternoon. More...

Kilgore Lions Club

The Kilgore Lions Club on Thursday held an installation for new members. The club just had a membership drive which yielded 12 new members. (photo left to right) Wendell Tucker, A.J. More...

City committee to study right-of-way issues in Kilgore

By J. LOUISE LARSON news1@kilgorenewsherald.com

Roadside for rent. Well, right-of-way – the 10 feet or more behind the curb and before the private property rights begin. More...

Former owner says The Showboat Inn was not an after-hours club

By BILL WOODALL knhedit@kilgorenewsherald.com

Phyllis Bell, former owner of The Showboat Inn, said including that club in a conversation about troubled after hours-clubs is a mistake. More...

Kilgore donates laptops to Gladewater

By J. LOUISE LARSON news1@kilgorenewsherald.com

Connectivity between cities – and between police officers – is getting a helping hand. More...

Merritt honored here by police chiefs

Tommy Merritt, state representative from Longview was honored Friday morning for support of Texas law enforcement. Merritt is chairman of the Public Safety Committee in the Texas House of Representatives. More...

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