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Houston businessman offers new beginning for tattered mansion

By J. LOUISE LARSON news1@kilgorenewsherald.com
Grand, complicated, majestic, the original Potter mansion is being restored to its original splendor under the loving eye of John Schreiber. More...

KISD committee will seek architect

By AARON MAY news2@kilgorenewsherald.com

Members of the KISD facilities study committee agreed to form sub-committees to research the four options presented during Monday night’s meeting. More...

KILGOROUND

BILL WOODALL

KILGORE ACRO-FLYERS depart tomorrow, Thursday, for Orlando, Fla. to compete at the USA Gymnastics - Junior Olympic National Championship. THIS is the second year the team has participated in the national event. More...

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Advice & Entertainment

Brain aneurysms and their treatment

YOUR HEALTH DR. DONOHUE

BRAIN ANEURYSMS AND THEIR TREATMENT More...

HOROSCOPE

FORECAST FOR THURSDAY, JULY 22, 2010
JACQUELINE BIGAR

ARIES (March 21-April 19)  Seek out new ways of thinking and better ideas. For some of you, this search entails finding experts. For others, surfing the Net might work. Creativity starts to flow, and you cannot cap it! More...

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Sports

Pump Jacks gunning for a TCL title

By MITCH LUCAS sports@kilgorenewsherald.com

With the 2010 Texas Collegiate League season hitting its climax — and all seven of the league’s teams having a realistic chance of being in the postseason — every game could be very important. More...

Sign-up for new fall league begins next week

By MITCH LUCAS sports@kilgorenewsherald.com

Registration dates, a site and time, and other details have been finalized for Kilgore’s participation this fall in a youth football league. More...

Kilgore-area teams finish up

YOUTH BASEBALL / ALL-STARS
By MITCH LUCAS sports@kilgorenewsherald.com

Summer baseball is over for the Kilgorearea all-star teams, many of which made it to the state tournament round. More...

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Stoudt: Cities and county must cooperate

Kilgore and Longview seek TIRZ assistance
By J. LOUISE LARSON news1@kilgorenewsherald.com

To work together or not, that’s the question. How well the county should work with the cities in its boundaries seemed to be an underlying issue over two Gregg County commission agenda items Monday. More...

County looks to slash spending by 20 percent

By J. LOUISE LARSON news1@kilgorenewsherald.com

Leaner times call for a streamlined budget. More...

TSF’s ‘Two Gents’ pleases full house

By J. LOUISE LARSON news1@kilgorenewsherald.com

Shakespeare’s “The Two Gentlemen of Verona” makes for fine time travel. More...

News

PETS OF THE WEEK

Brownie is a 4-year-old tan and white male Chihuahua. He is good with other dogs, kids and is housetrained. He’s shy at first, but with some tender loving care, he will warm up. More...

Volunteers from Brookshires came to lend hand at the Kilgore Community Crisis Center

Volunteers from Brookshires came to lend a hand at the Kilgore Community Crisis Center on July 17. More...

Longview man pleads to meth manufacturing charge

A 28-year-old Gregg County man has pleaded guilty to federal drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today. More...

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Obituaries

MARJORIE LEWIS

Services for Marjorie Lewis, 93, of Kilgore will be eleven A.M, Tuesday, July 20, 2010 at St. Luke’s United Methodist Church with Reverend Darwood Galaway officiating. Mrs. Lewis died Saturday, July 17, 2010 in Kilgore, Texas. More...

ELIZABETH NEAL

Services for Elizabeth Neal, age 92, a longtime school teacher, formerly of Kilgore, will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, July 21, 2010 at Rader Funeral Home Chapel in Kilgore with Rev. David Hampton officiating. Burial will follow at 4 p.m. More...

SYLVIA “TOMMIE” LANDERS BEASLEY

Services for Sylvia “Tommie” Landers Beasley, 95, of Kilgore will be 10:00 a.m. Friday, July 23, at Rader Funeral Home in Kilgore with the Reverends Kelly Krone and Paul Whitely officiating. More...

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