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City’s leaders gather for prayer service

By AARON MAY news2@kilgorenewsherald.com
Reverend Darwood Galaway encouraged citizens gathered for the National Day of Prayer service Thursday at Sesquicentennial Park, to “stop and think about” their differences and “galvanize in our hearts and souls … to glorify More...

Turnout is high for KISD vote

By J. LOUISE LARSON news1@kilgorenewsherald.com As the election season enters the final stretch, early voting totals show high voter interest in the Kilgore city/school election. More...

Bands’ concert in at City Park is Tuesday night

By AARON MAY news2@kilgorenewsherald.com

The Kilgore Independent School District invites everyone to bring their lawn chairs and come to the City Park Tuesday evening for the annual Concert in the Park, featuring music from all of the KISD bands. More...

KILGOROUND

BILL WOODALL

WE APPRECIATE CARS that start right up and we appreciate tools that stay where you put them. We appreciate buttons that don’t pop off and we appreciate a sharp razor. More...

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News

Dallas class welcomes 97 new Americans

‘You can help write the next great chapter in the book that is America’
By J. LOUISE LARSON

On the day authorities announced America’s most recent terrorist was a Pakistani-born naturalized American citizen, 97 wannabe Americans got their wings in Las Colinas. I was at the U.S. More...

KILGORE PD ARREST REPORT

The following arrests were made by the Kilgore Police Department in the week of April 30-May 5. More...

Garden checklist for may

The hot weather last week is a good reminder that summer is quickly approaching. There is still time to complete some gardening chores in the landscape before the hot weather comes to stay. More...

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Sports

KHS, Sabine, WR athletes make state meet

Will compete next weekend in Austin
By MITCH LUCAS sports@kilgorenewsherald.com

When the state track meet in Austin takes place next weekend, it will include two track and field athletes from Kilgore High School, a West Rusk long-distance runner, and a defending girls high jump champion looking to repeat and make history. More...

KHS STUDENTS BECOME FIRST TO JOIN KC ATHLETIC TRAINING PROGRAM

Four young men from Kilgore High School will graduate this month and head across town to become some of the first students ever enrolled in Kilgore College’s new program for athletic trainers. More...

Savony hits homer 11; Texas wins title

Shepherd tries to help MSU out of a slump
By MITCH LUCAS sports@kilgorenewsherald.com

Athletes from Kilgore certainly are no strangers to championships, and another former Kilgore High School athlete is now holding yet another trophy. More...

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School news

SABINE TEACHERS OF THE YEAR

Bo Barrow and Tina Baker were named the 2010 GLOBE Teachers of the Year for the Sabine Independent School District. More...

Middle School, Allied Waste team up on recycling effort

By AARON MAY news2@kilgorenewsherald.com

The recycling program at Maude Laird Middle School received a much-needed boost Thursday morning as officials from Allied Waste delivered a new recycling container to the school. More...

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Kilgore man found dead in Rusk County

Jason Vickers' body found in vacant home Sunday

By J. LOUISE LARSON A Kilgore man was found murdered this weekend, his body abandoned in a vacant mobile home. The wife of Jason Neil Vickers, 44,reported him missing on Saturday, May 8. More...

Spradlin elected mayor; Marley, Kinsey and Montgomery win

By J. LOUISE LARSON News1@kilgorenewsherald.com More...

Sewer repair cost get close look

By J. LOUISE LARSON news1@kilgorenewsherald.com

Kilgore next week could be a lot closer to a fix on the Rabbit Creek Trunk Main sewer project. City council members will hear cost estimates and recommendations for the flawed and aging line in their Tuesday meeting. More...

Ferguson named to national Chamber Ambassador board

By AARON MAY news2@kilgorenewsherald.com

Kilgore resident Theresa Ferguson was recently elected to the board of the National Association of Chamber Ambassadors, an honor she gladly accepted. More...

Daily Digest

DAILY DIGEST

TUESDAY THE WHITE ELEPHANT resale shop at the train depot on Commerce Street is open from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. every Tuesday. Proceeds benefit the Kilgore Improvement & Beautification Association. Donations welcomed. More...

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Lifestyles

Volunteer Appreciation Week dates to 1974

Established in 1974 by former President Richard Nixon, National Volunteer Week has grown exponentially in scope each year since, drawing the support and endorsement of all subsequent U.S. More...

Study says volunteers lead happier and healthier lives

“Everybody can become great becasue everybody can serve.” — Martin Luther King, Jr. More...

New federal report shows volunteering strong in America

A federal report found that 61.2 million Americans volunteered in 2006 – a figure that approaches historic highs – while pointing out that one in three Americans dropped out of volunteering between 2005 and 2006. More...

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Advice & Entertainment

When investing, learn all aspects of risk

WILBUR F. YATES
FINANCIAL FOCUS

In life, you can’t avoid all risks — and you shouldn’t try, because endeavors that carry risk also bring the prospect of reward. And it’s certainly the same in the investment world. More...

What’s the best rest time between exercise sets

YOUR HEALTH
DR. DONOHUE

DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I remember reading something in your column about the rest interval between sets of lifting weights. I thought it was interesting then, but I wasn't into weightlifting at that time. I forgot what you said. More...

HOROSCOPE

FORECAST FOR SUNDAY, May 9, 2010
JACQUELINE BIGAR

ARIES (March 21-April 19)  Know when to pull back and honor your needs. Know that you will be most appreciated when you decide to return to the scene. Take a nap or two. Tonight: Suddenly energized, now the world is your oyster. More...

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Obituaries

GERALD GLEN SCHULER

Services for Mr. Gerald Glen Schuler, 50, of Longview will be held 10:00 A.M, Saturday, May 8, 2010, at Croley Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Donnie Chamberlain officiating and interment to follow at Hopewell Cemetery in Upshur County. More...

BOBBY WAYNE KING

Memorial services for Bobby Wayne King, of Dallas, TX. formerly of Winnsboro, Texas will be held Saturday, May 8, 2010 at 11:00 A.M. at McGee Cemetery in Winnsboro, Texas under the direction of Cunningham Funeral Home. He died April 26. More...

WILLIAM ABBOTT

William Travis Abbott, 55, Gladewater, passed away May 6 in Longview. He was born May 9, 1954 in Kilgore, to the late Dorothy and Charles Abbott. He worked for AAON Coil and was a member of Zion Tabernacle, White Oak. More...

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Newest website updates:

Candidate corrects errant endorsements - 2012-05-24 16:05
Agricultural and rural organizations announce support for Rep. Simpson - 2012-05-24 10:03
City surveys residents on quality of life - 2012-05-23 17:02
Council commits to purchase country club - 2012-05-23 14:25
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott Endorses Republican State Rep. Chuck Hopson for Re-Election - 2012-05-22 15:41
Kilgore News Herald endorses Tommy Merritt - 2012-05-21 16:51
Joe Barber - 2012-05-21 14:19
Rep. David Simpson releases list of over 1,000 endorsements - 2012-05-21 10:25
Customer killed in accident at East Texas Lumber - 2012-05-18 16:54
Kilgore man shot to death in Longview Tuesday - 2012-05-16 17:31