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Overton hosts 23rd annual festival

By J. M. JONES
joejones@kilgorenewsherald.com
Overton’s City Park echoed to the tunes of banjos, mandolins, dobros, guitars and fiddles Friday and Saturday at the 23rd Bluegrass Festival, sponsored by the City of Overton and Overton Bluegrass and Gospel Music Festival Committee. More...

Main St. manager accepts new job

By JAMES DRAPER
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Fallon Burns – Kilgore’s Main Street Manager since December 2006 – submitted her resignation Monday after accepting a job with Canada-based Maglin Site Furniture, Inc. More...

Kilgore College trustees rotate leadership

By AARON MAY
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Three members of the Kilgore College board of trustees once again took the oath of office Monday night during the board’s regular meeting. More...

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One Word: Barnstorming. Coming Saturday More...

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Daily Digest

DAILY DIGEST

WEDNESDAY POST OAK BAPTIST CHURCH, Hwy. 42 & I20, Kilgore meets the 1st, 3rd, and 4th Wednesday evening at 7 -8 p.m.of each month for Bible study, under the direction of Rev. Larry Washington, church pastor. More...

OVERTON

SATURDAY THE OVERTON AREA FARMERS MARKET runs from 8 a.m. to noon Saturdays at 130 E. Henderson St. Those wanting to sell produce – fruits, vegetables, plants, herbs, etc. – are welcome to participate, free of charge. TUESDAY More...

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Advice & Entertainment

TO YOUR GOOD HEALTH

Asthma and exercise
DR. PAUL G. DONOHUE

DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I have a 13-year-old boy who’s having asthma attacks. At least, that’s what they sound like to me. It started early this spring when the weather was still cold. He plays or practices baseball three times a week. More...

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Sports

Kilgore’s Shepherd, MSU stumble one step shy of CWS

Drafted by Rockies
By MITCH LUCAS
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For a few moments on Sunday, it looked as if Kilgore’s own Jaron Shepherd and the Mississippi State University baseball program would be on their way to represent the Southeastern Conference in the College World Series in Omaha, Neb. More...

’Jacks come home looking to break skid

By MITCH LUCAS
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After three straight defeats, the East Texas Pump Jacks are hoping a day off and the friendly confines of Driller Park will be just what the doctor ordered, so to speak, to get them back on track. More...

Reese, Cougars second

By MITCH LUCAS
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Second place was the best the University of Houston’s women’s 4X100 meter relay team could do, but it was still an impressive showing on a national stage. More...

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For The Record

KILGORE POLICE DEPARTMENT Arrest Reports

From Staff Reports

The Kilgore Police Department reported the following arrests between the dates of June 3 and June 8. June 3 Carmelo Almonte Cervantes, 26, of Kilgore, was arrested on two warrants from another agency. More...

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School news

Leverett’s Chapel board raises fees for school meals

By J. M. JONES
joejones@kilgorenewsherald.com

The STAR program, Texas’ new public school student performance grading standard, will be in Leverett’s Chapel curriculum in the 2011-2012 School Year, the LC Board of Trustees announced at their monthly meeting Monday. More...

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DA: Bus vandals will not face felony charges

Five KISD graduates will be charged with Class C misdemeanors

The Kilgore High School students accused of deflating the tires on Kilgore ISD school buses will not face felony charges, Gregg County Criminal District Attorney Carl Dorrough announced Thursday afternoon. More...

County puts event center poll online

Officials ‘reach out’ for opinions on proposal via unscientific questionnaire
By AARON MAY
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A community outreach questionnaire regarding the proposed Gregg County Events Center is now available online – officials hope residents will weigh in on the potential services and attractions they would like to see in the center. More...

Well-Intentioned

Bottlers donate proceeds to third world
By AARON MAY
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What would you do to save a life? Would you buy a case of water? More...

New London council ponders road request

The New London City Council might appeal to local oil and gas companies for help in repairing local roads; it was discussed at the council’s regular meeting June 13 in City Hall. More...

KILGOROUND

JAMES DRAPER

IT’S HARD to be afraid of heights when you’re having such a great time looking at Kilgore upside down from the open cockpit of a World War II biplane BACK IN the 1920s, stunt pilots would take their aerobatic tricks on tour around the cou More...

Our World

50 Things We Love About EAST TEXAS

#5. Kilgore Public Library

Possibly the most beautiful library in the country, certainly the most beautiful one in East Texas. Send us your suggestions of things you love about East Texas to news1@kilgorenewsherald.com More...

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Army Staff Sergeant Wardell Merchant received a patriotic and rousing surprise at New Home Baptist Church in Overton Sunday afternoon. More...

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West Rusk Junior High Cheerleaders for 2011-2012 finished a week of Cheerleader Camp in the High School gymnasium June 10. More...

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Obituaries

Barney Delbert Bigbie

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RONNIE DALE MOORE

Funeral services for Ronnie Dale Moore, 62, of Gladewater were Tuesday, June 14 at the Dodson Auditorium on the Kilgore College Campus with Joe Chase and Larry Osborne officiating. Interment was in the Gladewater Memorial Park. Mr. More...

DARRYL BURKETT

Services for Darryl Burkett, 60, of Kilgore will be 10 a.m. Wednesday, June 15 at the Rader Funeral Home Chapel with Revs. James McDonald, James Henderson, James Shepherd and Roy McDonald officiating. More...

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