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January 23, 2008
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Faber to step down after 24 years
By LESTER MURRAY news2@kilgorenewsherald.com
George Faber, a Kilgore school trustee, said last night he has decoded not to seek another term. At their regularly scheduled meeting last night, board members learned that Board President Faberwill retire after this spring's election. More...
BELIEVE IT OR NOT, SOFTBALL TIME

The Girls of Summer were out in force Monday and Tuesday when the Kilgore High School Lady Bulldog softball team held tryouts. Head Coach Cassie Newell said 39 girls tried out for varsity and junior varsity. More...

Laird lease on hold
by KATHRYN MARTINEZ news1@kilgorenewsherald.com

City Council last night postponed action on two Laird Memorial Hospital discussion items slated for approval. Item two, approval of consent to the sublease of a portion of the hospital's former emergency room to Diagnostic Clinic for operation of an urgent care clinic, was tabled until contract d... More...

Presidential candidates endorsed by Governors
By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS Associated Press Writer

Twenty-three of the country's governors have endorsed a presidential candidate at a time when their support matters most, lending their names, fundraising and organizing machinery to campaigns desperate for an edge in the primaries. More...

KILGOROUND
LINDA BALLARD

We have to call her Ms. X because of the situation she was in. She is a sweet woman; kind and considerate, and perhaps the reason she is where she is today. Because today, Ms. X has been given a second chance for a life she could only previously dream about. More...

 News
•Leak retires after 60 years
Essie Mae Leak, executive secretary of Region 7 Education Service Center, was honored at a retirement reception last Thursday with more than 200 guests at the Region 7 ESC Pecan Room. Current and retired employees, including with retired executive director, Dr. Eddie Little, congratulated Leak on... More...
•Missionary to Africa to speak at Lt. Luke's UMC
•KC music faculty in concert
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 Our World
•DAILY DIGEST
TUESDAY UT HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER OFFERS FREE DIABETES EDUCATION CLASSES A new Empower series of diabetes education sessions is meeting in Hudnall Auditorium at UTHSCT, 11937 U.S. 271 in Tyler. Each free session is offered from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. on successive Tuesday: Jan. 29. For more infor... More...
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 Advice & Entertainment
•DEAR ABBY
Young stay-at-home mother's fuse gets shoter every day
DEAR ABBY: I have four beautiful children. I have tried to raise them to appreciate the importance of family and understand that love is the most important thing of all. My problem is my youngest daughter, "Samantha," who is 24. She's divorced with two boys, ages 5 and 15 months. She lives at hom... More...
•YOUR HEALTH
•HOROSCOPE
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 Sports
•Misery loves company
All four Kilgore High School teams lose district games; back in action Friday
It doesn't happen often, but it does happen - a bad night all the way around for Kilgore High School athletics. All four teams in action on Tuesday night - boys and girls soccer, and boys and girls basketball - tripped up, with Whitehouse sweeping the basketball teams and Lindale sweeping the ... More...
•SPORTSVIEW
•KHS tennis team opens spring with good outing in Ennis
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 Obituaries
•MADELINE ROSE SACCOCCIO SIMMONS
Services for Mrs., Madeline Rose Saccoccio Simmons, 62, of Longview will be 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2008 at the Chandler Street Church of Christ in Kilgore with Mr. Chris Vidacovich officiating. Interment will follow at Rosewood Memorial Park in Longview. Mrs. Simmons passed away Sunday, Ja... More...
•THOMAS LIGHT
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