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September 4, 2010 / Front Page

Smoke leads to restaurant evacuation

By AARON MAY
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Employees and patrons at the Jalapeno Tree Mexican Restaurant received a minor scare Thursday night when fire broke out in the building’s attic. More...

Gregg archives come into digital era

By J. LOUISE LARSON
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Heartbreak and holy matrimony will soon be preserved forever and a digital age in curly-cued penmanship. Gregg County marriage records dating back to 1873 are going down in history, thanks to new digital archiving techniques. More...

Rusk officials approve budget, increase tax rate

By AARON MAY
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The Rusk County Commissioners Court voted to adopt the 2011 fiscal year budget during a called public hearing Thursday morning. More...

New church looks forward to first Sunday service

By LINDA K. BALLARD
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Cornerstone Fellowship Church, established through the shared dreams of the Rev. Carl Mohn and Elder Tim Capps, has been in organized in Kilgore. More...

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Council to adopt budget, weigh Barton St. change

By J. LOUISE LARSON
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Kilgore City Council members will consider adopting a new official city emblem/logo in their special meeting set for Tuesday, Sept. 7 at 5:30 p.m. More...

Oil Museum to be open Labor Day weekend

The East Texas Oil Museum on the Kilgore College campus will be open regular weekend hours this Labor Day weekend – Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday from 2 to 5 p.m. The museum is open Tuesdays-Fridays from 9 a.m. More...

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Advice & Entertainment

THE IDLE AMERICAN

Life’s alarming situations

DR. DON NEWBURY

Details are murky at best about Rome’s big fire in AD 64. Historians, for example, back away from the long-accepted account that Nero fiddled while the city burned. More...

YOUR HEALTH Total injury prevention might be a stretch

DR. DONOHUE

DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I am 57 and play softball twice a week and racquetball two to three times a week. My job requires an extreme amount of physical exertion. I am able to do this in spite of my earlier years of partying with no regard for exercise. More...

MINISTER’S MOMENT

Who needs a helpful honk?

CHARLOTTE AUSTIN

We who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak and not to please ourselves. Each of us should please his neighbor for his good, to build him up. More...

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Obituaries

BETTY BATEMAN

Services for Betty Joy Bateman, 82, Kilgore, are scheduled for 2 pm, Tuesday, Sept. 7, at the Cottle Pearson Funeral Home Chapel, Overton, with the Rev. Doctor Ron Klingsick officiating. Burial will be in the Mason Cemetery, Arp. Mrs. More...

FALYN BRADBERRY

Memorial services for infant Falyn Grace Bradberry of Kilgore will be 2 p.m. Sept. 4, 2010 at Grace Fellowship Church with Rev. Brian Nutt officiating. Falyn passed away Wednesday, Sept. 1 in Dallas hospital. More...

JIMMIE WARREN

Funeral services for Jimmie Warren are pending at Cunningham Funeral Home. He died Sept. 2, 2010 in Tyler. More...

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LOCAL SPORTS IN BRIEF

— BY SPORTS EDITOR MITCH LUCAS

VOLLEYBALL Henderson beats KHS The Kilgore High School volleyball programs were all swept by former district rival Henderson on Tuesday night. The Lady Bulldogs were in action Friday at New Diana, following the publication of this paper. Catch More...

Stores, stores everywhere but not a place to park

By J. LOUISE LARSON
news1@kilgorenewsherald.com

The quest for additional downtown parking found allies among the Main Street Advisory Board on Thursday. Attracting traffic downtown is one thing, but finding the place to park it is another, the board found in their monthly meeting Thursday. More...

KILGOROUND

BILL WOODALL

YES, THE newspaper office will close for the Labor Day holiday. +++ THE LINE OF FLAGS planted by Kilgore Rotarians and stretching down the street is a stirring – and oddly humbling – sight. More...

GANG SQUAD

KHS grad among top U.S. prosecutors

By J. LOUISE LARSON
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Wherever there’s a battle underway to fight organized gang crime in America, you’ll find Kilgore High School graduate Cody Skipper and his colleagues. More...

Daily Digest

DAILY DIGEST

SATURDAY KILGORE FARMERS MARKET will be held at the World’s Richest Acre Saturdays from 8 a.m. to 12 noon, but farmers are setting up their wares as early as 7 a.m. More...

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Business

Kilgore College SBDC offering eight-part course for entrepreneurs

The Kilgore College Small Business Development Center (SBDC), a partnership program with the U.S. More...

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Lifestyles

KC Ranger Band Day Sept 18; Pudge Griffin Distinguished Alumni

The Ranger Band Alumni Association is hosting its annual Band Day on Sept. 18. The event will consist of a luncheon at 12:30 p.m. in honor of Helen “Pudge” Griffin of Kilgore, this year’s Ranger Band Distinguished Alumni. More...

WHO’S NEW

Bryson Marquardt

Bryson Yates Marquardt, son of Kristin and Danny Marquardt, was born June 11 in Dallas. Very proud grandparents are Wilbur and Kay Yates of Kilgore and Dudley and Debbie Marquardt of Fredricksburg. More...

Kilgore Garden Club members receive books, disucss upcoming programs

Kilgore Garden Club met Sept. 2 in the home of Peggy Bowne with Jean Robertson serving as co-hostess. All enjoyed a wonderful lunch. Melynda Keenon, president, opened the meeting and asked Darlene Bingham to read the Gardner’s Prayer. More...

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Sports

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL

Mustangs 0-2 after 14-0 loss to Union Grove

(Reported by Joe Jones)

Despite a drive down to the opponent’s three-yard-line, the Overton Mustangs were blanked Friday night, 14-0, by Union Grove. The Mustangs are now 0-2 and Union Grove is 1-1. More...

SIX-MAN HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL

Lions roll to 77-49 win over Trinity

By EDWIN FINLEY
For the News Herald

LAIRD HILL — The Leverett’s Chapel Lions (2- 0) defeated the Longview Trinity Titans (0-2) 77-49 Friday. More...

HIGH SCHOOL TENNIS

Kilgore netters win district opener at Whitehouse

By MITCH LUCAS
sports@kilgorenewsherald.com

The Kilgore High School tennis team began the 2010 district season in familiar fashion: with a win. The defending fall season district champs beat Whitehouse on Tuesday, 10-4 (13-6 overall), completely sweeping the Wildcats in nine girls matches. More...

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For The Record

KILGORE PD ARREST REPORTS

From Staff Reports

The Kilgore Police Department reported the following arrests during the week of Aug. 27 to Sept. 1. Aug. 27 Jose Luis Lara, 32, of Kilgore, was arrested on a charge of public intoxication. Lashanna Rena Dennis, 39. More...

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School news

RANGERETTES ANNOUNCE NEW OFFICERS

Kilgore College Rangerette officers for the 2010-2011 school year include (dressed in black, left to right): Lt. Maci McClain, Corinth; Lt. Cassie Rowland, Allen; Capt. Leslie Harris, Tyler; Lt. More...

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