July 20, 2008 RSS feed / News

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Shakesspeare Garden gets a Master Gardeners (interns) touch

The Shakespeare Garden was the beautification project of five Gregg County Master Gardeners interns this year, and they have done an outstanding job of planning, planting, watering and weeding the garden. More...

New bank to open in Kilgore

BankTexas, a Quitman-based bank that traces its roots to the 18902, has received permission from the Office of the Controller of the Currency to open a branch here. More...

Blood supply declines, need rises

With the busy summer months well underway, Carter BloodCare Stewart Center is working to keep ahead of the daily demand for blood. Levels of O positive and most Rh-negative blood types are still low. More...

Oil markets looking for signs of bubble burst

By ADAM SCHRECK AP Business Writer

NEW YORK (AP) - Prices at the pump pulled back from record highs Friday as another slide in oil capped crude's biggest one-week drop in more than three years. Gasoline dropped by nearly a penny at filling stations across the country. More...

Report: Jeffs married under-age daughter to adult

HOUSTON (AP) - Polygamist leader Warren Jeffs married his daughter to the 34-year-old son of his chief deputy the day after her 15th birthday, according to photos, diaries and a marriage record kept by his sect and obtained Friday by the Houston C More...

Texas OKs standards for elective Bible classes

By JIM VERTUNO Associated Press Writer

AUSTIN (AP) - The Texas State Board of Education gave final approval Friday to establishing Bible classes in public high schools, rejecting calls to draw specific teaching guidelines and warnings that it could lead to constitutional problems in th More...

KC Early Childhood Center meets all criteria for national re-accreditation

The Kilgore College Early Childhood Center found out this month that it has met all standards by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC), and will be reaccredited for the next five years. More...

Main Street coordinator speaks to Kilgore Rotary Club

By GREG COLLINS for the News Herald

Fallon Burns, Main Street coordinator for the City of Kilgore, was the guest speaker at the Kilgore Rotary Club meeting Wednesday. More...

Beijing begins massive Olympic shutdown

By STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer

BEIJING (AP) _ Beijing's Olympic shutdown begins Sunday, a drastic plan to lift the Chinese capital's gray shroud of pollution just three weeks ahead of the games. More...

New Hampshire will accept free oil from Chavez after all

By NORMA LOVE Associated Press Writer

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - Two years ago, New Hampshire refused to accept heating oil from Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, the pro-Castro U.S. critic who once called President Bush "the devil." But with fuel prices rising, well, free oil is free oil. More...