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Team works in heat to detect gas leakages

By J. LOUISE LARSON
news1@kilgorenewsherald.com
The vigilant search to detect gas leaks was on Monday on Commerce Street, where three members of a leak surveying team from CenterPoint Energy checked for signs that a line might be leaking natural gas. More...

KILGOROUND

BILL WOODALL

LET’S SAY THIS ABOUT OUR capitalistic society: If there’s a way to make a profit, someone will find it. ULTRINSIC is a web site that offers college students a cash incentive to make good grades. More...

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News

Gohmert: ‘This is a delicate time in our history’

By AARON MAY
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United States Congressman Louie Gohmert, a republican from Tyler, gave a somber speech to the members of the Kilgore Lion’s Club Thursday afternoon as he addressed out-of-control spending and national security concerns during the past and curr More...

CORRECTIONS

In Saturday’s issue, Forest Home Baptist Church was misidentified. The church plans to hold their first service in their new building this Sunday. We sincerely regret the error. More...

Man charged in father’s murder

By AARON MAY
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An Overton man remains in the Smith County Jail on murder charges Tuesday afternoon after witnesses said he stabbed his father to death on Monday. More...

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Sports

Victoria sweeps Pump Jacks in title series

By MITCH LUCAS
sports@kilgorenewsherald.com

If only the Texas Collegiate League championship series as a whole had gone the way the first six innings of game one had gone, the East Texas Pump Jacks might have captured their first TCL title. More...

LOCAL SPORTS IN BRIEF

FOOTBALL Buddy Day Thursday The Kilgore College football program invites area youth, and anyone who’d like to meet the team and coaches, out to R.E. St. John Memorial Stadium this Thursday to play a little football. More...

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School news

KISD announces free lunch program

By AARON MAY
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The Kilgore Independent School District released information for parents about the district’s free and reduced lunch program. More...

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Commissioners debate road biz

By J. LOUISE LARSON
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Commissioner Daryl Primo is accustomed to bucking the majority when it comes to who the county should do what for. It’s not just about what a city wants, it’s about who in the city asks for it. More...

There’s no place like it

Habitat for Humanity seeks more volunteers
By AARON MAY
news2@kilgorenewsherald.com

On the second and fourth Saturdays every month a unique breed of volunteers gather to make a difference in the lives of local individuals in need of a place to call home. More...

Merchants prepare for tax holiday, back-to-school rush

By J. LOUISE LARSON
news1@kilgorenewsherald.com

Shoes. Jeans. Pencils and Pens. Loose-leaf paper, narrow ruled. Time to drag out the back-to-school shopping lists. More...

Kilgore native to play Thursday concert

By J. LOUISE LARSON
news1@kilgorenewsherald. com

There’ll be cool jazz to chill by this Thursday evening in downtown Kilgore as a native son brings his talent home. 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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Advice & Entertainment

A granddaughter in stitches

THE IDLE AMERICAN
DR. DON NEWBURY

It’s an “old shoe” kind of common for grandparents, their “doting” in overdrive, to be proud of their grandchildren. More...

Tinnitus cure dubious

YOUR HEALTH
DR. DONOHUE

DEAR DR. DONOHUE: Some days ago, a patient inquired about a pill for tinnitus. I am enclosing an ad for such a pill. I know nothing about this treatment, but I believe it must be too good to be true. — R.P., M.D. More...

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Obituaries

WILLIAM GILSTRAP

Memorial services for William Franklin Gilstrap, 76, of Overton will be 2:00 p.m. Friday, August 20, 2010 at the Rader Funeral Home Chapel in Kilgore with Mr. Chris Vidacovich officiating. Mr. Gilstrap passed away Monday, August 16, in Tyler. More...

CHARLINE CAMPBELL

Charline Campbell was born October 11, 1929, to Charlie and Texie Ann Elizabeth Noland. She was born in a houseboat on the Saint Frances River in Cody, Arkansas. Charline went to be with her Lord and Savior on Sunday, August 15, 2010. More...

JOHN MARK GALLAWAY

John Mark Gallaway, husband, father, friend, witness. Mark was born August 5, 1925 in Laneville, TX and died August 15, 2010. More...

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