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Fire consumes Maness Furniture store

Building dates to 1930s, originally housed Citizens Bank
By J. LOUISE LARSON news1@kilgorenewsherald.com
A fire Wednesday evening destroyed Maness Furniture in Kilgore. The blaze at 306 E. Main got so hot it melted metal beams, resulting in collapse, said Ronnie Moore, public safety director for the City of Kilgore. More...

Main Street looks to nurture local artists

By J. LOUISE LARSON
news1@kilgorenewsherald.com

Façade grants may be on hold or scaled back in the coming year as Kilgore’s Main Street program kicks marketing and the arts into higher gear. 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. TUESDAY More...

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Business

ROTARY CLUB INSTALLATION

Kilgore Rotarians installed new officers Tuesday night. More...

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Lifestyles

Festival opens with ‘As You Like It’ - we like it

By J. LOUISE LARSON
news1@kilgorenewsherald.com

If you’re looking for a place to start with Shakespeare, it hardly gets much more accessible than the Texas Shakespeare Festival’s “As You Like It.” More...

Poker run for vets planned for July 24

The Rusk County Veterans Monument Association is planning its first annual motorcycle Poker Run July 24 in Henderson. The event is designed to raise money for a veterans monument to be built in front of the Rusk County Courthouse in Henderson. More...

Bobby Socks is back

Shake, Rattle & Roll returns with top doo-wop hits from 1950s and 1960s
Special to the News Herald

Kilgore’s Thursdays-inthe Patch summer concert series continues July 15, when Shake, Rattle & Roll returns for their third year on the stage of the World’s Richest Acre, under the derricks in Downtown Kilgore. More...

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Sports

LOCAL SPORTS IN BRIEF

BASKETBALL Rangers camp July 12-16 Coach Brian Hoberecht and the Kilgore College men’s program will also be hosting a basketball camp once again this year, scheduled for July 12-16, and for boys ages six through 17. More...

Kilgore to field teams in area youth football league

By MITCH LUCAS
sports@kilgorenewsherald.com

For many, many years, all boys in Kilgore who wanted to play league football had to compete in a league based in Longview, playing all their games there. More...

Several ’Jacks in all-star game on Monday

TCL BASEBALL
From special reports

The Texas Collegiate League this week announced North and South rosters for the 2010 TCL All-Star Game, to be held Monday in Victoria. More...

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Church News

Amazing grace

MINISTER’S MOMENT
CHARLOTTE AUSTIN

Once there was a pastor who saw a former burglar kneeling beside a judge, the very judge who had sent the burglar to jail for seven years. After his release this burglar had been converted and became a Christian worker. More...

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People

Jackson earns All-American honors

Samantha Jackson, a University of Texas at Dallas student and a Sabine High School graduate, has been named to the American Southwest Conference (ASC) Spring 2010 All-Academic Team. More...

Harley and Read to wed in Tyler

Lonnie Read and Debra Harley

Elise Ashley is pleased to announce the engagement of her daughter, Debra Harley of Houston to Lonnie Read of Kilgore, son of David and Patricia Baker and the late Lloyd Read. He is also the grandson of the late Lloyd Read Sr. More...

“Unusual Types Coffee Club” helps Sonny celebrate 80 years

Sonny Spradlin celebrates his 80th birthday with a circle of friends at the Circle Café on Wednesday, June 30th. More...

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KILGOROUND

BILL WOODALL

I’M REGULARLY – and often – surprised by folks who say they “hate Wal- Mart.” THE firm has taken lots of over the last three decades, taking the blame for issues that follow the arrival of “Big Box” shoppi More...

Rain clears way for fireworks

By MELISSA GREENE
For the news Herald

Local Fourth of July celebrations are still on, thanks in part to the recent rainy weather. Gregg County Fire Marshal David Kidder said this is the best shape the area has been in for fireworks he’s seen in several years. More...

News

Rusk County Grand Jury to hear Vickers case evidence

By MELISSA GREENE
For the News Herald

Prosecutors plan to present evidence in the Jason Neil Vickers homicide investigation to the Rusk County Grand Jury soon, according to Kevin Roy, lead investigator in the case. More...

Lexington Court will start renting new units soon

By MELISSA GREENE
For the News Herald

Construction on Kilgore’s newest apartment complex is proceeding on schedule, and developers said some of the planned 76 units could be available for rent by the end of this month. More...

City mulls storm water fees, engineering

By J. LOUISE LARSON
news1@kilgorenewsherald.com

Irony rained down Tuesday evening as Kilgore city council members discussed the idea of adopting storm water utility fees. More...

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Advice & Entertainment

A Word Please

by June Casagrande

“If anything I said this morning has been misconstrued to the opposite effect, I want to apologize for that misconstruction.” More...

Thou shall not steal

CHITCHAT CORNER
LINDA K. BALLARD

LAST WEDNESDAY EVENING, as I was traveling through town to head towards home, I came face-to-face with fire trucks and rescue units setting up to battle a fire at Maness Furniture Store. More...

How bad is high fructose corn syrup?

YOUR HEALTH
DR. DONOHUE

DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I would appreciate it if you'd share your knowledge on high-fructose corn syrup. I suffer with diarrhea after consuming only a small amount of it. Does this affect a significant number of other people the same way? More...

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Obituaries

MENEFEE F. “MIKE” KELLEY

Menefee F. “Mike” Kelley, 85, beloved husband and father, retired Master Chief Petty Officer, USN, and a retired salesman for Sears, passed away Friday, June 25 at his home in Millington. More...

RUTH COOKS MUHAMAD

Funeral services for Ina Ruth Cooks Muhamad, 60 of Winona, will be held Saturday July 3, 2010 at 1:00 p.m. at Silone Baptist Church 13496 CR 371, Winona, with Rev. Stephen Hampton officiating. More...

JERRY B. BURWICK

Services are pending for Jerry B. Burwick, 81 of Liberty City. Mr. Burwick passed away Thursday, July 1, 2010 in Longview. Services are under the direction of Rader Funeral Home in Kilgore. More...

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