News Herald photo by KATHRYN PENROSE Carl Clower, Expressions owner, assists a customer to find that perfect something for a gift at the shop's new downtown location. More...
"It is not perfect and we have no sign hung yet, but we met our deadline," said Carl Clower, owner of Expressions Hallmark. Clower and his staff moved boxes and bags of gifts, glassware, greeting cards and much more this week in order to re-open by Oct. 1. More...
With Expressions Hallmark moved out of 104 Midtown Plaza and into 104 N. Kilgore Street, some may still wonder what is coming to the vacant storefront at the strip mall. Hibbett Sports, a one-stop shop for athletic shoes, apparel and merchandise, with more than 700 locations nation wide, has a pr... More...
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - Taiwan's president on Saturday welcomed a U.S. decision to sell the island up to US$6.5 billion in advanced weaponry, while China said it strongly opposed the move. The U.S. government announced the package, which includes Apache helicopters and Patriot III missiles, in a n... More...
WASHINGTON (AP) - Millions of taxpayers, thousands of businesses and groups as diverse as solar power developers and natural disaster victims will see tax relief with the House vote Friday to approve and send to the president a $700 billion financial rescue More...
HOUSTON (AP) - First lady Laura Bush served dinner and offered comfort Friday to people still out of their homes three weeks after Hurricane Ike slammed into the Texas coast. More...
SOME DAYS AGO we read an essay by Dr. Peter Mires, a geographer from the University of Delaware. THE subject was the ages-old use of solar energy. BACK in the day - way before we worried about fading fossil fuels and carbon footprints - we captured solar energy passively through what he call... More...
News Herald photo by KATHRYN PENROSE Missy Watley, Kilgore College Registered Nursing student, administers a flu shot to Lu Linkinhoker, RN, as the Kilgore College Student Nurses' Association prepares for its annual flu shot clinic, through which 1,200 shots are made available to the community for $... More...
DEVELOPMENTAL Anderson County The Worley Gas Unit Well No.1 will be drilled 10.6 miles east from Palestine in a Wildcat Field. O'Benco, Inc. will drill the well to a depth of 13,000- feet in the Duty, R Survey, A- 233. More...
The Kilgore College Rahs put on a cheerleading camp this weekend to raise money for nationals. The cheerleaders are Taylor Wilkens, Sarah Lebus, Andrea Fox, Lauren Young, Jordan Belrose, Krista Morton, Ashley Stanley, Brittany Colvin, Brittany Colvin, Courtney Pool, Frankie Benavidez, Sunny Fasang, ... More...
DEAR ABBY: After 12 years on the West Coast, my husband and I moved back East last year with our 3-year-old son, "Adam." My parents, my husband's mom and our siblings live here, and we wanted Adam to know his family. The problem is, our son has taken to everyone except my mother. He'll hug and ki... More...
Kilgore native named St. Louis' top minor league pitching prospect
Driving around Kilgore and taking it easy might not be the first thing one would choose. But after two years of non-stop traveling, baseball, moving and more baseball, it fits Jess Todd just fine. More...
Services for Dell Birdsong, 81, of Kilgore will be 2 p.m., Monday, October 6, 2008 at the Rader Funeral Home Chapel with Chris Vidacovich officiating. Burial will follow in Danville Cemetery. Mrs. Birdsong died Saturday, October 4, 2008 in Kilgore. More...