KISD holds workshop to increase substitute teachers numbers
TEMPORARY RELIEF
By Lester Murray news2@kilgorenewsherald.com
      The flu circulating in East Texas affects everyone, but school districts are affected in a different ways. Jody Clements, human resource officer for KISD, said the staffing problem caused by the flu is less about teachers getting sick as it is about their children getting ill and the teacher havi...
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EARLY VOTING LOCATIONS
      GREGG COUNTY follows: - Gregg County Courthouse, through Feb. 22, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Saturday, Feb. 23, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Sunday, Feb. 24, noon to 5 p.m.; Monday, Feb. 25 through Feb. 29, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. - Greggton Community Building, through Feb. 22, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Saturday Feb. 23, 10 a...
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Strokes among middle ages women triple
By MARILYNN MARCHIONE AP Medical Writer
      NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Strokes have tripled in recent years among middle-aged women in the U.S., an alarming trend doctors blame on the obesity epidemic. Nearly 2 percent of women ages 35 to 54 reported suffering a stroke in the most recent federal health survey, from 1999 to 2004. Only about half a ...
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Feds hope to better flu vaccine developed for next year
      WASHINGTON (AP) - Even while we cope with this winter's flu season, scientists are working to develop next year's flu shot. Federal health experts have to decide what viruses to target. And they're hoping to do better than they did with this year's shot.
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McCain wins WA primary, struggling Clinton close to Obama
By DAVID AMMONS AP Political Writer
      OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) - John McCain, finally comfortable with declaring himself the Republican nominee for president, used a convincing victory in Washington to help seal his remarkable comeback from political roadkill.
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