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February 26, 2006
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Merritt sues opponent for defamation
By BRENDA ALLUMS news1@kilgorenewsherald.com
The gloves have come off in District 7’s race between incumbent State Representative Tommy Merritt and political newcomer Mark Williams. More...
CHILI FOR HABITAT

Kaleb Nix, 17, a Kilgore High School student takes his lunch break at the First Baptist Church for the Habitat for Humanity chili lunch. Morris Hollowell, a volunteer handed out chili for the habitat. Travis Rossum with Kilgore Habitat for Humanity said most of the money raised at this lunch will go More...

Food, food and still more food
With promise of more to come, restaurants seats dominate Kilgore
By LESTER MURRAY news2@kilgorenewsherald.com

With some 30 restaurants in town – offering seating for more than 3,000 diners – and still more eateries on the way, someone has to ask: Where are all those hungry mouths coming from? More...

Iraqi violence surges to new level
By ALEXANDRA ZAVIS Associated Press Writer

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) A car bomb exploded in a Shiite holy city and 13 members of one Shiite family were gunned down northeast of the capital Saturday in a surge of attacks that killed at least 30 people despite heightened security aimed at curbing sectarian violence following More...

On his way out, Brady offers suggestions for City Hall
Commissioner submits his promised resignation on Friday
By BRENDA ALLUMS news1@kilgorenewsherald.com

A saddened Billy Bob Brady sat at his dining room table Friday afternoon, looking over the resignation he planned to submit to city officials later that day. More...

Commission, KEDC may ask voters to re-allocate taxes

Members of the city commission will meet Tueday night with directors of Kilgore Economic Development Corporation to discuss converting some KEDC money to “quality of life” projects. More...

KILGOROUND
BILL WOODALL

SPRING break for Longview, Spring Hill and Pine Tree school districts will be the week of March 13. Kilgore’s students must soldier on until the next week, the week of March 20. More...

 News
•Almanza speaks to Rotary Club
Manny Almanza, a veteran employee of KTPB Radio 88.7 FM at Kilgore College, was the guest speaker at Kilgore Rotary Club on Wednesday. He discussed his radio background, the station’s history and some of the directions where the local non-commercial station may be headed. More...
•Railroad Commission history
•District Governor praises Kiwanis
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 Our World
•KC opens with “Taming of the Shrew”
Kilgore College Theater Department’s first production of the spring semester, “Taming of the Shrew” by William Shakespeare, opens at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 28, and runs nightly, ending with a matinee performance at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, March 5, in the Van Cliburn Auditorium of the Anne Dean Turk Fine More...
•‘A la carte” cable could save viewers money or reduce TV’s diversity
•YOUR WORLD
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 Business
•BUSINESS HIGHLIGHTS
WASHINGTON (AP) Crude oil futures jumped 4 percent Friday after a thwarted attack on a massive oil facility in Saudi Arabia rattled a market already jittery about supply disruptions in Nigeria and Iran's nuclear ambitions. More...
•Weekly rig count declines
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 Lifestyles
•Ladies luncheon held at Meadowbrook
Meadowbrook Country Club held its Ladies Organizational Luncheon Thursday, Feb. 23. Tables were centered with derricks holding yellow roses. Place mats were copies of a picture of the original country clubhouse. Two large derricks were on each side of the podium. The walls for the ballroom and entra More...
•STUDY OF WOMEN OF THE BIBLE CONTINUES WITH STUDY
•Whos New
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 Advice & Entertainment
•Are you fit for the Kingdom?
MINISTER’S MOMENT
Some of the most arresting words to me in all of scripture are found in John 14:21. They read like this: Those who obey My commands are the ones who love Me. Jesus knew then what He knows now, and that is, talk really is cheap. It doesn't cost people much to say they love the Lord... but it costs More...
•Dan and brother’s girlfriend are caught in couch clinch
•HOROSCOPE
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 Home & Garden
•MARJORIE “MARGIE” NICHOLS
Services for Marjorie “Margie” Nichols 56, of San Jose, CA, were Feb. 25, 2006 at Southern Funeral Home Chapel of Henderson, with the Rev. John Mosley, Rev. Robert Brown and Rev. Hiawitta officiating. Burial followed at Prospect, under the direction of Southern Funeral Home, of Henderson. She passed More...
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 Sports
•Hat tricks galore as East Texas Hockey League opens spring season
EAST TEXAS HOCKEY LEAGUE
EDITOR’S NOTE: The East Texas Hockey League is a roller hockey league that plays games at Interskate, a skating rink in Kilgore. The ETHL’s spring season kicked off recently, and this is a roundup of the first two weekends of action. Games are played each Sunday afternoon at Interskate with players More...
•Rangers are high on Loe as No. 4
•Barry Bonds’ Jekyll-Hyde act won’t fool as many as he thinks
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 For The Record
•CIVIC MEETINGS
GREGG COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT Monday, February 27, 2006 at 10 a.m. 101 E. Methvin Street, Longview More...
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 Obituaries
•BRENDA FAYE (REEVES) MATHIS
Service for Brenda Faye (Reeves) Mathis will be Saturday 11 am at Miracle Tabernacle Prayer anbd Praise Cathedral with Arch Bishop J. L. Lawson officiating. Burial in New Hope Cemetery directed by Stanmore Funeral Home. More...
•GRACIE F. GLASPIE
•R. V. DAVIS
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 School news
•WEST RUSK PRIMARY HONOR ROLL
WEST RUSK PRIMARY HONOR ROLL FOURTH SIX WEEKS
ALL A’S First Grade: Madison Bobbit, Jakob Carlile, Kayla Cochran, Austin Craig, Maegen Fredrickson, Samantha Gibbs, Alexandria Hernandez, Tristan Hill, Tanner Keith, Alyson McMIllan, Tommy Morris, Adarian Parker, Cailyn Pickering, Danielle Reeves, Marco Rodriguez, Jasmine Session, More...
•EAST TEXAS CHRISTIAN ELEMENTARY HONOR ROLL
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