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Hot enough for you?

Outside work takes a toll in Texas heat
By J. LOUISE LARSON
and AARON MAY
news1@kilgorenewsherald.com
Searing temperatures and unrelenting August sunshine have prompted Kilgore area residents to get innovative about keeping their cool. It goes without saying that pets and children must not be left in cars for even a minute in the Texas heat. More...

KILGOROUND

BILL WOODALL

SO KOOL AID – the season calls it to mind – was invented in Hastings, Nebraska and a museum a museum there honors the 1950s favorite. More...

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News

Churches, non-profits partner to bring school supplies

By AARON MAY
news2@kilgorenewsherald.com

As parents begin the backto school shopping process, several local churches and non-profit organizations are joining forces again to provide school supplies and shoes to families in need. More...

Democratic nominee for top ag post has local roots, big plans for reform

Gilbert’s Stetson in ring for ag commissioner
By J. LOUISE LARSON
news1@kilgorenewsherald. com

With the smell of Country Tavern ribs wafting through the dining room, a chat with area media brought Hank Gilbert close to his Kilgore-area roots Monday afternoon. More...

Biofuel study looks at cost to environment

AgriLife scientist: 'Time to take the monoculture blinders off'
By ROBERT BURNS
Texas A&M research Center

OVERTON -- Whether we can grow bio-energy crops such as switchgrass and forage sorghum isn't the question, said a Texas AgriLife Research scientist. More...

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Sports

Even coaches get in on PumpJacks-McKinney excitement

The East Texas Pump Jacks, coming off two close losses on the road, found their cure in a home doubleheader against the spiraling McKinney Marshals Thursday night. More...

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Obituaries

AGNES PEMBERTON FOUT

Graveside services for Mrs. Agnes Pemberton Fout, 95, of Kilgore will be 11:00 a.m. on Monday, August 9, 2010 at the Kilgore Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Kilgore with Dr. More...

JEAN “BETTY” RIEPER

Jean “Betty” Elizabeth Harris Rieper, 77, of Kilgore died Wednesday, August 4, 2010 in Kilgore. Mrs. Rieper was born on April 4, 1933 to the late Henry and Zollie Henderson Harris. More...

ALISA SIBLEY SILAS

Memorial services for Alisa Marie Sibley Silas, 48, of Tyler will be 1 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 7, 2010 at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses Lake Park Congregation in Tyler with Brother Ricky Walker officiating. More...

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Shelter faces financial woes

250 angels sought to keep Crisis Center afloat
By BILL WOODALL
knhedit@kilgorenewsherald.com

Community Crisis Center is in the midst of its own crisis. A financial crisis years in the making threatens the facility and, as a result, also threatens the future of the women and children who rely on the center. More...

KISD online registration now open

By AARON MAY
news2@kilgorenewsherald.com

The time for school is just around the corner and Kilgore ISD is trying to help speed up the registration process with the Family Access program available online. More...

Maness rebuild puts city fire code to test

By J. LOUISE LARSON
news1@kilgorenewsherald.com

When Ronnie Pate rebuilds his burned-out furniture store, it will have stateof the-art fire detection and prevention measures. Monitored smoke detectors, the kind with strobe lights and horns outside. Automatic sprinklers. 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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Lifestyles

MEET THE TEACHER

Parents can meet with their students’ teachers on Aug. 19. The times for each campus are as follows: • Kilgore Heights Elementary School – 12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. • Chandler Elementary School – 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. More...

KBBA beauty spots for August

The home of Craig and Kim Hughes, 2702 Spruce Street More...

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Advice & Entertainment

A Word Please

by June Casagrande

If you’re one of the small percentage of people in this country who know they have good grammar, you write with confidence. More...

They’re in the race

CHITCHAT CORNER
LINDA K. BALLARD

THEY ARE OFF TO THE RACES – barrel racing that is. Ms. Rena Peek and Maison Davis will be barrel racing this weekend in Glenrose and Cleburne, Texas. More...

BOB BOWMAN’S EAST TEXAS

Landing a B-17

If readers of this column ever stop calling or writing me about East Texas history, I suppose someone will have to put me out to pasture. More...

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For The Record

Gregg Co. Grand Jury indicts 61 in recent session

From Staff Reports

The 188th Judicial District Court Grand Jury returned 61 indictments during the July 28 – July 29 session. Twenty-one indictments were sealed due to no arrests at the time of indictment. More...

KILGORE POLICE ARREST REPORTS

From Staff Reports

The Kilgore Police Department reported the following arrests during the week of July 29 to Aug. 4. July 29 Cornelius Marquet Pegues, 29, of Kilgore, was arrested on two warrants from another agency. More...

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People

25th Wedding Anniversary

James and Velma Willey of Kilgore will mark their 25th wedding anniversary on Aug. 10, 2010. The couple was married Aug. 10, 1985 at Calvary Baptist Church in Nederland. More...

Seniors warned of scam dangers

The Kilgore Senior Citizens met Wednesday, July 28 in the Lions building. President Martha Keenon called the meeting to order at 11:25 a.m. Red Fleming led in the Pledge of Allegiance., and President Keenon gave the opening prayer. More...

Local 4-H’ers attend roundup

Texas 4-H Roundup was held on the campus of Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas on June 8th- 11th. More...

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