July 28, 2010 RSS feed / Front Page

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Allegiance, Good Shepherd to expand health care facilities

Deal gives Kilgore around-the-clock emergency room
By BILL WOODALL knhedit@kilgorenewsherald.com It took more than three years to make it happen, but Kilgore once again has ‘round-the-clock emergency room coverage. More...

So Close

KISD misses ‘recognized’ status by a fraction
By AARON MAY
news2@kilgorenewsherald.com

Missed it by that much. Superintendent Jody Clements said he is proud of teachers and principals this year, who brought the school district within 0.3 points from being a “recognized” campus by the Texas Education Agency. More...

KISD officials make progress in setting district budget

By AARON MAY
news2@kilgorenewsherald.com

The Kilgore Independent school board voted to schedule a public hearing to discuss and consider approving the 2010 – 2011 fiscal year budget and approve the proposed tax rate for 2010. More...

Kilgore’s July sales taxes way up

By J. LOUISE LARSON
news1@kilgorenewsherald.com

Between industry and tourism, things are looking up on the sales tax front. 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. More...

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Sports

Fall football league registration continues Thursday

YOUTH FOOTBALL
By MITCH LUCAS
sports@kilgorenewsherald.com

Sign-up continues tomorrow for a fall youth football league, geared to boys in kindergarten through sixth grade in the upcoming school year. More...

Pump Jacks split weekend with Alexandria

TEXAS COLLEGIATE LEAGUE BASEBALL
By MITCH LUCAS
sports@kilgorenewsherald.com

Jockeying for position in the last few weeks of the Texas Collegiate League race can be a tough road. More...

Kilgore’s Jess Todd back in Cleveland, getting better

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By MITCH LUCAS
sports@kilgorenewsherald.com

The journey is beginning again for young Jess Todd. Todd, a Kilgore native, was called back up to Major League Baseball’s Cleveland Indians last week — specifically, July 19 — from their Triple-A affiliate, Columbus (Ohio). More...

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School news

Leverett’s Chapel teacher attends humanities institute

Special to the News Herald

Ryan McBryde, who teaches social studies at Overton’s Leverett’s Chapel High School, recently joined outstanding teachers from across the state at “Shaping the American Republic to 1877,” an institute sponsored by Humanities More...

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57 low-income elders left hanging by program closure

ETCOG partner will no longer repair homes
By J. LOUISE LARSON
news1@kilgorenewsherald.com

Some 57 low-income elderly East Texas residents have been left wondering when they will get the home repair help they need. More...

Showdown at Driller Park

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KILGOROUND

BILL WOODALL

A GUY IN CALIFORNIA goes to a garage sale and finds a box of 65 glass negatives for which the seller wants $70. THE buyer talks him down to $45 and carries them home. More...

News

Overton Ex-Students plan biannual reunion

Special to the News Herald

The time has come again for the Overton Ex-Student Association’s biannual reunion. The event, set for Oct. More...

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Dear Editor, To all our family relatives and the dear friends in our beloved community and beyond, Thank you! Thanks for the outpouring of support you have given. More...

Kilgore student receives scholarship to attend Southwestern University

Special to the News Herald

Georgetown (Texas) – Natalie Aleman of Kilgore has received a President’s Achievement Scholarship to attend Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas. More...

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Obituaries

GLADYS HARRIS BORCHARDT

Gladys Harris Borchardt of Kilgore went to be with our Lord Jesus July 24, 2010. Mrs. Borchardt was born September 6, 1931 in Ogden, Arkansas. More...

DONALD RAY POTEET JR.

Memorial service are pending for Donald Ray Poteet Jr. He past to our good Lord Saturday, July 24, 2010 of cancer at Shady Creek Nursing Home in Beaumont. More...

OPAL BORDERS GLENN

Funeral Services for Mrs. Opal Borders Glenn, 96, of Kilgore will be held 2:00 P.M. Friday, July 30, 2010 at First Baptist Church of Kilgore with the Reverend David Hampton officiating. Burial will follow at Kilgore Cemetery. More...

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