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Downtown concert series returns

FRIDAYS AFTER FIVE
By J. LOUISE LARSON news1@kilgorenewsherald.com
First Fridays are about to get much more fun. More...

KISD faces looming shortfall

By MELISSA GREENE for the News Herald

Kilgore Independent School District trustees heard presentations Monday night about challenges and changes for the 2010- 2011 school year. Dr. Liz Jodry-Gaton, curriculum director, presented the board with upcoming changes in assessment. More...

KILGOROUND

BILL WOODALL

FRIDAY will still be Good Friday. But for Kilgore students, it won’t be a holiday. ADMINISTRATORS are using that day to make up for the snow day last month. IT’LL be class as usual on April 2. Go out an make it a good day anyway. More...

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News

Concert Association campaign underway

By ARCHIE WHITFIELD Special to the News Herald

The Kilgore Community Concert Association membership drive for 2010-2011 is underway through Friday. More...

Baxley ends 39-year printing career

By J. LOUISE LARSON news1@kilgorenewsherald.com

After almost a half century in the printing and newspaper industry, Royce Baxley is looking forward to doing a little fishing. The Kilgore News Herald’s press manager is trading barrels of ink for a bait bucket as he retires today. More...

Bikers for Christ rally here

A Benefit Rally will be on Saturday, April 3 at City Park in Kilgore. The Piney Woods Chapter of Bikers for Christ is sponsoring the day-long event to benefit the Samaritan House in New London. More...

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Obituaries

JAMES D. “BIG J’ BARBER, JR.

Funeral services for James D. “Big J’ Barber, Jr. 23, of White Oak will be held at Ten O’clock AM Thursday April 1, 2010 at the Chapel of Rader Funeral Home 1617 Judson Road with Reverend David Reeder officiating. More...

WALTER T "SNOW" ODUMS

Funeral services for Mr. Walter T "Snow" Odums, 60 of Kilgore, TX. will be held Saturday, April 3, 2010 at 3:00 P.M. More...

WILLIAM W. “BILL” TROBOY

Graveside services for William W. “Bill” Troboy, 85, of North Richland Hills, former longtime resident of Kilgore will be 11:00 a.m., Thursday, April 1, 2010 at the Danville Cemetery with Reverend David Hampton officiating. Mr. More...

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UPDATE: Mail box bombs found in Rusk County, Longview

Suspect may be changing MO

  By J. LOUISE LARSON news1@kilgorenewsherald.com Mail box bombs found Tuesday in Rusk County and in Longview prompted the ATF and U.S. More...

LONE STAR LUG NUTS ON THE LOOSE HERE

Kilgore City Park was filled Saturday when the Lone Star Lug Nuts, a White Oak-based club of car collectors, came to town. More...

Parker joins area mayors in effort to publicize Meals on Wheels

By J. LOUISE LARSON news1@kilgorenewsherald.com

Nutrition takes to the road in Kilgore, thanks to the help of the volunteers of Meals on Wheels. Kilgore Mayor Joe T. Parker volunteered to raise awareness of the organization during last week’s Mayors For Meals Day. 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. THURSDAY More...

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Sports

KHS soccer advances to Region 2 tournament

By MITCH LUCAS sports@kilgorenewsherald.com The Kilgore High School boys soccer program has entered uncharted waters with its latest playoff win. But so far, the sailing is just fine. The Bulldogs rocked R.E. St. More...

KHS diamond teams drop 14-4A games at Lindale

By MITCH LUCAS sports@kilgorenewsherald.com

A loss is a loss, without question, but when a team plays very well in defeat — perhaps better than it has in every previous game of the season — a coach still might like the direction in which his team is headed. More...

Bulldogs take down Henderson, 4-1

By MITCH LUCAS sports@kilgorenewsherald.com

The Kilgore High School boys soccer program is reaching rarefied air now, joining the school’s girls basketball team and football team in 2003, the soccer and baseball teams in the spring of 2004 and the eventual ’04 state championship f More...

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