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March 30th, 2008
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FIRST LADY HONORED
Evelyn Bolding was honored as the 61st First Lady of Kilgore Friday night. She was introduced by Gladys Crouch, president of the city council of Beta Sigma Phi. Bolding was a founding member of the Board of Directors of Kilgore Crisis Center. More...
Relay for Life fund raiser scheduled

The annual Kilgore Relay For Life, the fund raising event for the American Cancer Society, is scheduled for Friday, April 18 and Saturday, April 19 at the Kilgore Youth Softball and Soccer field on SH 135 North. The event will kick off on Friday evening at 7 p.m. and end on Saturday morning at 7 ... More...

TSA changes piercing policy

LOS ANGELES (AP) - The Transportation Security Administration said it will change they way its officers search passengers with body piercings after a Texas woman complained she was forced to remove a nipple ring with pliers in order to board an airplane. More...

First Lady guests dine in tropical paradise

Complete with tropical flora and fare, Evelyn Bolding accepted the honor of membership in a long line of dutiful women who have been pillars and servants to this community as the 61st First Lady of Kilgore. Bolding told how she and her family came to Kilgore through the efforts of E.T. Laird, a c... More...

KILGOROUND

MAYBE THE MOST undervalued job - but one that's darned important under certain circumstances - is the job of locker opener. THAT'S the person who arrives with his bolt cutter and removes the padlock from the locker of those who lock their locker with the key inside. When you need him, you r... More...

 News
•Lions' daughter teaching English in Japan speaks to club
Want to see Japan? Want to help others learn how to speak English? Gillian Lightfoot wanted to do both of those things and now she is in Yacniyo City, Japan. Lightfoot is a graduate from Kilgore High School and a graduate of Austin College with a degree in International Economics and Finance and... More...
•PARADE OF ROSES
•HAIL TO THE CHIEF
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 Our World
•MIDDLE SCHOOL'S HISTORICAL SURVEY
Texas history students of Dana Sneed, Maude Laird Middle School, researched the oldest of Kilgore's downtown buildings. Some of their reports will be published in coming weeks. Patricia Baker's residence is a very old and historic building. It is in fact 76 years old. More...
•DAILY DIGEST
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 Business
•EAST TEXAS DRILLING REPORT
EAST TEXAS DRILLING REPORT DEVELOPMENTAL Cherokee County The Temple-Eastex G.U. No.3 Well No.3H will be drilled by Cordillera Texas, L.P. in a Wildcat Field. This well will bottom at 11,200-feet 15.2 miles west from Rusk in the Baugh, J P Survey, A- 137. More...
•WILBUR F. YATES FINANCIAL FOCUS
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 Lifestyles
•HOUSTON LIVESTOCK SHOW
The Kilgore FFA just returned from the Houston Livestock Show competing in both the Agricultural Mechanics contest and the Broiler Show. The team was led by Charles Taylor and Amber McRae, FFA instructors at Kilgore High School. More...
•A Word Please
•CHITCHAT CORNER
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 Advice & Entertainment
•HOROSCOPE
FORECAST FOR SUNDAY, MARCH 30, 2008 ARIES (March 21-April 19) You juggle enough responsibility for many different people. Use your unusual creativity and dynamic energy. Step up to the plate, understanding your long-term choices. Tonight: Enjoy every minute as the centerfold. This Week: Your fir... More...
•DEAR ABBY
•MASTER GARDENER
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 Sports
•New season, new attitude
There needs to be a disclaimer attached to those feel-good stretches of success the Texas Rangers had last season. "Obviously, it did give us a little bit of momentum going into the offseason and we played well in the second half," Ian Kinsler said. "But there wasn't a lot of pressure on us. ... ... More...
•Lady Cards beat Gladewater
•Everett continues to make progress, thanks to Miami Project
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 Obituaries
•MARY LUCY LEE BECK
Services for Mary Lucy Lee Beck, 85, of Kilgore, will be held at 10:00 a.m., Monday, March 31, 2008, at Cross Roads Methodist Church with Revs. Ralph Rudy, Jonathan Latham and Father Michael Adams officiating. Burial will follow at Hickory Grove Cemetery. Ms. Beck passed away Thursday, March 27, ... More...
•GWYNN GEE
•PEARL "POPPY" HEARN
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