March 13, 2010 RSS feed / Front Page

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Charges filed in child’s death

Five-year-old run down on the way to the bus stop
Jesus Martinez Soto, 28, has been charged with criminally negligent homicide in the death of 5- year-old Jae Michael Mc- Naughton. The boy died Thursday after he was run over at the corner of Gulf-Hercules Rd and Burns St in west Kilgore. More...

City balks at ‘urgent need’ label

Kilgore will take Ike grant funds, but not in dire straits
By J. LOUISE LARSON news1@kilgorenewsherald.com

Don’t look for the City of Kilgore to be just another hog bellying up to the federal disaster trough. More...

Art students make greeting cards for soldiers

Alpha Delta Rho, a service organization composed of Kilgore school teachers, sends “care packages” to soldiers in Afghanistan as often as possible. More...

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Business

EAST TEXAS OIL AND GAS

DEVELOPMENTAL Gregg County Burk Royalty Company, Ltd. will drill the Double K Gas Unit Well No.1H in a Wildcat Field. This well will be drilled 6.99 miles southwest from Diana in the Page, E G Survey, A-164 with a depth of 10,750-feet. More...

Plan now for unexpected early retirement

WILBUR F. YATES FINANCIAL FOCUS

None of us can see what the future holds for us. But you have to make certain assumptions if you’re going to create a strategy for building the resources you’ll need for a comfortable retirement. More...

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Lifestyles

KIBA’s vision of spring

Kilgore Improvement and Beautification Association (KIBA) this week announced its monthly beautification award winners. More...

A Word Please

by June Casagrande

Good writing means keeping the reader engaged – presenting meaningful information clearly and efficiently while always keeping the focus on substance. More...

How time flies

CHITCHAT CORNER LINDA K. BALLARD

YES, IT’S THAT TIME OF YEAR AGAIN. More...

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Obituaries

Davis Russell Lee

  Services for Russell “Rusty” Lee, 89, of Kilgore will be two p.m., Monday, March 15, 2010 at the Rader Funeral Home Chapel with the Reverend Jonathan Latham officiating. Burial will follow in the Hickory Grove Cemetery. M More...

JAE MICHAEL MCNAUGHTON

Services for Jae Michael McNaughton, 5, of Kilgore will be held at 10 A.M. Tuesday, March 16, 2010 in the Chapel of Rader Funeral Home of Kilgore. Burial will follow at the Kilgore Cemetery. Jae passed away Thursday. More...

CHARLES TRUMAN HARVEY

Memorial Services for Charles Truman Harvey were held at 4:00 p.m. Thursday, March 11, 2010 at Danville United Methodist Church in Kilgore with Reverend Jerry Turner officiating under the direction of Rader Funeral Home in Kilgore. Mr. More...

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...BUSTIN’ OUT ALL OVER

In Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “Carousel,” Nettie proclaimed that June was “bustin’ out all over.” In East Texas, spring is bustin’ out and Kilgore Improvement More...

Park plan reordered by council

City would also like to relocate KBBA ball fields
By J. LOUISE LARSON news1@kilgorenewsherald.com

New directions are ahead for the city’s parks master plan but the old business of completing the Meadowbrook Park facility on Houston heads the city’s to-do list. More...

Kathleen St. will get upgrades, as well

By J. LOUISE LARSON news1@kilgorenewsherald.com

The Chandler Street extension improvement project just got extended. Kilgore city council members voted in Tuesday’s meeting to improve another leg of Kathleen Street down to Whipporwill. More...

KILGOROUND

BILL WOODALL

YEPPERS, AS OUR country cousins might say, this is the weekend you lose an hour of sleep. DAYLIGHT savings time becomes effective at 2 a.m. Sunday. Should you fail that task, you could miss the Sunday sermon entirely. More...

News

SIGN UP

Workmen on Thursday were installing the sign for Napolis Italian Restaurant on E. Main Street in Kilgore. The restdaurant is expected to open by April 1. More...

“intoxicated driver”

An “intoxicated driver” is arrested while his passenger lay dead in the parking lot at Overton High School Thursday. More...

Inter-local deal with Longview causes county clash

By J. LOUISE LARSON news1@kilgorenewsherald.com

Part of the following story was omitted in Wednesday’s News Herald. With over $3.5 million worth of road-building equipment in the county’s parking lot, Pct. More...

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Advice & Entertainment

HOROSCOPE

FORECAST FOR SUNDAY,MARCH 14, 2010
JACQUELINE BIGAR

ARIES (March 21-April 19)  Take a stand and move in a new direction. You might have a problem getting an older relative or friend to go along with the program. You don't need to have all the answers. Decide that it is OK to do for yourself. More...

Bearing bad news

MINISTER’S MOMENT CHARLOTTE AUSTIN

"You stiff-necked people, with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You are just like your fathers: You always resist the Holy Spirit! Was there ever a prophet your fathers did not persecute? More...

Hanging a dead man

BOB BOWMAN’S EAST TEXAS

George Hughes of Sherman may have been the only man in East Texas to be lynched while he was dead. Hughes was working on a farm near Sherman in May of 1930 when he went to the farm to collect his wages. More...

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School news

KC campuses closing for spring break

Kilgore College will close 3 p.m. Friday and remain closed until Monday, March 22, for Spring Break. The Rangerette Showcase Museum will also close during Spring Break—from Saturday, March 13, through Friday, March 19. More...

Maude Laird Middle School

On Feb. 16-17, Tonia Loper's Maude Laird Middle School eighth grade GT students entered their science fair projects in the 16th annual Tyler Junior College District Science Fair. More...

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