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ETCOG approves Rural Planning Organization, joins with neighboring groups for 35-county transportation coalition
By JAMES DRAPER
news1@kilgorenewsherald.com
When it comes to funding transportation projects, the East Texas Council of Governments is ready to grab a seat at the table. More...

Teens escape serious injury in Martin St. rollover wreck

By JAMES DRAPER
news1@kilgorenewsherald.com

A white Dodge Durango Sport cut a significant swathe of destruction in the 600 block of Martin St. Monday afternoon. More...

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Lifestyles

Holiday Homes Tour Set Today

The Kilgore Historical Preservation Foundation today is hosting the 14th annual Holiday Happenings in Historic Homes from 2 to 6 p.m. Four historic homes are festively decorated for the Christmas season. Admissio More...

KIBA judges to light up one resident’s holiday

You invested all that time and money those Christmas decorations. You deserve some recognition. Kilgore Improvement and Beautification Association will judge the annual Christmas lighting contest Monday, Dec. 13. More...

Jingel Bells for Jimi

Fun run, golf tournament set to help raise money for Mankins family A group of Kilgore citizens is hosting a fun run and golf tournament in December to help pay for medical expenses for Jimi Mankins, a Kilgore businessman who was injured in an acc More...

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Sports

Softball booster meeting Monday

The Kilgore High School softball booster club will meet Monday at 6 p.m. in room 403 of the high school complex. More...

On-target KC squads host TVCC today

By MITCH LUCAS
sports@kilgorenewsherald.com

Today’s showdowns between the basketball programs from Kilgore College and Trinity Valley are a good appetizer for the meat of the season, which comes mainly after the Christmas holidays. More...

KHS boys now 4-0; Sabine girls 7-0

By MITCH LUCAS
sports@kilgorenewsherald.com

The last time the Kilgore High School boys basketball team was off to this good of a start, America was tuning in to J.R. Ewing’s escapades in “Dallas,” the No. 1 show on TV. More...

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People

Look Who’s New

Dee and Dennis Reese II are pleased to announce the birth of their daughter, Emily Marie Reese, 4 pounds 14 ounces and was 17 inches long born Nov. 18, 2010 at 12:00 p.m. More...

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School news

KHS grads take home $21K in scholarships from Harvest Festival

Four 2010 Kilgore High School Graduates were awarded scholarships Saturday night, October 30, at the annual Harvest Festival Youth Livestock Show and Sale. More...

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Opinion

Letter to the Editor

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Letter to the Editor

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Letter to the Editor

Editor, I would like to share my experience with a local hospital. On October 15, 2010, I experienced intolerable pain in my left side. I was advised to go to the Emergency Room at Good Shepherd Medical Center in Longview. More...

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Cup O’Cheer Cheer Kilgore’s

Cheer O’Cheer A crowd numbering in the thousands lined Main and Kilgore Streets Tuesday night waiting to for the season's first peek at Santa Claus. The chilly scene was the Kilgore Chamber of Commerce's annual lighted Christmas parade. More...

KEDC grants $125K to city for parking at Harris St. Park

By AARON MAY
news2@kilgorenewsherald.com

The Kilgore Economic Development Corporation voted Wednesday night to set aside $125,000 for the city of Kilgore to use in the construction of a new parking lot at Harris Street Park. More...

KILGOROUND

BILL WOODALL

OUR FAVORITE HOLIDAY is now behind us. But that certainly makes us no less thankful for Odis Cochran, always available when a News Herald staffer locks his keys in his car. More...

News

Overton citizens hope to turn town around

"Make Overton Beautiful" is dedicated to the aesthetic improvement of the city of Overton, with an overall objective of helping bring economic and community revitalization. More...

POLICE REPORTS

From Staff Reports The Kilgore Police Department reported the following arrests between the dates of Nov. 22 and Nov. 29. Nov. 22 Collin Ray Glover, 20, of Ceder Hills, was arrested on one warrant from another agency. More...

Gohmert to announce winners of art contest

U.S. Rep. Louie Gohmert will be a holding a reception to honor the participants and annouce the winners of the Congressional Art Competition “An Artistic Discovery” at 3 p.m. More...

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Advice & Entertainment

CHITCHAT CORNER

Oklahoma Oilfields
LINDA K. BALLARD

Like many other families, we gathered, we ate, we ate and we ate again until we were miserable watching what has become another Thanksgiving tradition in America called football. More...

THE SHERIFF POSSES

BOB BOWMAN’S EAST TEXAS

In early East Texas, it wasn’t unusual for a local sheriff to recruit a posse of men and horses to run down outlaws and fugitives from the justice system. More...

MINISTER’S MOMENT

Living our words through our actions
CHARLOTTE AUSTIN

There is a marvelous old story about St. Francis. Brother Juniper said to St. Francis, "Teach me to preach as eloquently as you. I am not good with words." "I will teach you to preach more eloquently than I," said St. Francis. More...

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Obituaries

TRENT PAYTE

Funeral services for Trent Payte, 24, of Dallas, formerly of Kilgore will be two p.m., Saturday, December 4, 2010 at the Rader Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Buddy Duggins officiating. Burial will follow in Danville Cemetery. Mr. More...

JERRIE LOUISE PAGE

Jerrie Louise Page Hughes, 79, of Arlington passed away on December 1, 2010 in Arlington, TX after a long illness. Visitation is at Moore Funeral Home on Friday evening, December 3rd between 6:00 and 8:00 p.m. More...

Wilson R. Shaw

Wilson R. "Papaw" Shaw was born December 19, 1912, in Eustace, Texas to Frank and Della Shaw. After a brief illness, Wilson "Papaw" died at Good Shepherd Medical Center in Longview, Texas on November 28, 2010. More...

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