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Kilgore family mourns loss of sisters

By AARON MAY news2@kilgorenewsherald.com
The family of Kilgore resident Virginia “Jenny” Lee Knight is in mourning today after she and her sister, Diana Knight Rivers, were fatally stabbed in Louisiana Sunday morning. More...

Gregg election system updated

By J. LOUISE LARSON
news1@kilgorenewsherald.com

Gregg County’s election system is about to enter the 21st century. More...

Hospital retirees ask for cost-of-living adjustments

By J. LOUISE LARSON
news1@kilgorenewsherald.com

Smarting from cuts made by the Kilgore City Council to their cost-of-living increases, some retirees from the city’s Roy H. Laird Memorial Hospital are feeling like second-class citizens these days. 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

Building permits top $5 Million in first six months of ‘10

From Staff Reports

The City of Kilgore issued 60 building permits during the months of January to June 2010, totaling more than $5.5 Million in new construction and remodels. COMMERCIAL 210 E. More...

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Advice & Entertainment

YOUR HEALTH

Hernias can be watched
DR. DONOHUE

DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I have a small, soft bulge in my right groin. No pain is involved. I think it might be a hernia. I am active and 43. I don’t do any really heavy work. If it is a hernia, I can’t afford time off from my job right now. More...

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Sports

Annual chamber golf tournament set for MCC on Sept. 13

By ARCHIE WHITFIELD
Special to the News Herald

The annual Kilgore Chamber of Commerce & Visitors Bureau Golf Tournament is scheduled Monday, Sept. 13 at Meadowbrook Country Club. Team sponsorships and reservations are now being taken, according to Dennis McFadin, tournament chair. More...

Daniels expected to shine for Frogs

By STEFAN STEVENSON
Special to the News Herald

Wayne Daniels isn’t sure why, but he’s one of the few players who hasn’t lost weight during TCU’s first three practices. More...

Big week for Ragin’ Red, ending with scrimmage

Watermelon feast Friday night, scrimmage with Carthage Saturday
By MITCH LUCAS
sports@kilgorenewsherald.com

Kilgore High School football fans have got to be happy to the point of giddiness right now. The official start of football season for the Bulldogs isn’t until Sept. More...

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School news

West Rusk Elementary to hold Meet the Teacher

Special to the News Herald

West Rusk Elementary students, grade pre-kindergarten through fifth, will have a chance to view their classrooms for the upcoming year and meet their new teachers on Aug. 20 from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. More...

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Chief Moore named Kilgore's assistant city manager

Council says its preparing for his eventual retirement

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Flying Colors

Library reading program ends with world-class juggling show

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KILGOROUND

BILL WOODALL

WE’VE ALWAYS LIKED GOOD sports. We’ve not always been one, but we certainly appreciate those who are. ROLAND Fanning, manager of the McKinney Marshals of the Texas Collegiate League, appears to be one of those good sports. More...

High-priced senior meals lead state to a $200,000 audit of ETCOG program

By J. LOUISE LARSON
news1@kilgorenewsherald.com

Measures to provide stopgap meal service to elders in rural East Texas counties turned out much more costly to the taxpayers than expected. More...

News

Airport gets $500,000 federal grant for improvements

By J. LOUISE LARSON news1@kilgorenewsherald.com Improvements at East Texas Regional Airport got a $500,000 federal boost this week. U.S. Sen. John Cornyn made the announcement Thursday. More...

Gohmert to hold town hall meeting in Kilgore

Special to the News Herald

U.S. Congressman Louie Gohmert will be in Kilgore Saturday, August 21 for a town hall meeting hosted by the Kilgore Chamber of Commerce and Visitors Bureau. The event is scheduled from 12 – 2 p.m. At Meadowbrook Country Club. More...

Summer street project to make school dropoff zones safer

By J. LOUISE LARSON
news1@kilgorenewsherald.com

Hard work on city street projects is paying off around the city. More...

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Obituaries

DIANA KNIGHT

Services for Diana Irene Knight will be Friday, Aug. 13, 2010 at 4 p.m. at the Logansport High School Gym in Logansport, La. Officiating the service will be Rev. Charles Hall, pastor of the Logansport Baptist Church. More...

JOHN C SPRADLEY JR.

1925-2010

Honoring the longstanding tradition of the Quiet Birdmen, John C Spradley, Jr., the consummate pilot, flew West at six AM, August 9, 2010. Born April 29, 1925, in Duncan, Oklahoma, John C was preceded in death by his parents, John C Sr. More...

CLOYTNE DANIELS BARNETT

Funeral services for Cloytne Daniels Barnett, 72, of Kilgore will be 11 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 14, 2010 at New Hope Baptist Church with Rev. Donald Daniels Sr. officiating. Burial will be in New Hope Cemetery. More...

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