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April 22nd, 2008
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Maurice Durufle's Requiem at the 2008 Masterworks Concert
Kilgore College will present its 2008 Masterworks Concert on April 29 at First United Methodist Church in Longview. The Kilgore College Chorale and the East Texas Community Chorus will perform with a festival orchestra of East Texas area symphony players. More...
Memorial for MLMS teacher tomorrow

Maude Laird Middle School and Kilgore Intermediate School students this week are grappling with the death Sunday of long-time teacher Shannon Utzman Gilley. Students returning to school yesterday morning were greeted by flags at half-staff and athletes at Monday's youth baseball games wore black ... More...

Kilgore Chamber gears up for Taste & Trade Day

Kilgore Chamber of Commerce is gearing up for the Annual Taste & Trade. This marks the ninth year the chamber has organized the Taste of Kilgore and the second year since trade was incorporated. Carol Hinton, chamber coordinator of tourism, said those who attend the event are in for a treat. More...

Defense secretary says Iran 'hell bent' on nukes

WASHINGTON (AP) - Defense Secretary Robert Gates said he believes Iran is "hell bent" on acquiring nuclear weapons, but he warned in strong terms of the consequences of going to war over that. More...

More felons allowed in military

WASHINGTON (AP) - The military is looking for a few good ... felons? Under pressure to meet combat needs, the Army and Marine Corps brought in significantly more recruits with felony convictions last year, including some with manslaughter and sex crime convictions. More...

KILGOROUND

SHANNON GILLEY was a respected teacher, a mother, a friend, and the entire Kilgore community, it seems, is mourning after she was killed in an accident over the weekend. This is very uncharacteristic of me, but I wrote much of this Kilgoround on Sunday afternoon after church because, rather th... More...

 News
•Gas hits new high as oil marches higher
NEW YORK (AP) _ Rising gasoline prices tightened the squeeze on drivers Monday, jumping for the first time to an average $3.50 a gallon at filling stations across the country with no sign of relief. Crude oil set a record for the sixth day in a row - this time closing above $117 a barrel - afte... More...
•Government to release fuel economy rules
•Garden dedicated to KC Early Childhood's former director
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 Advice & Entertainment
•DEAR ABBY
DEAR ABBY: I am writing in response to the letter from "Concerned Grandpa" (Feb. 11), regarding his son-in-law taking his 4-year-old grandson hunting. I'll bet you were inundated with mail from both sides of this issue. I fail to see how a 4-year-old can comprehend the safe use of a firearm, or ... More...
•YOUR HEALTH
•HOROSCOPE
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 Sports
•Baker to lead Sabine
Sabine High School football fans have had very little to cheer about, and Jerry Baker hopes to change that. Baker has been named the new head football coach and director of athletics at Sabine High, being offered the job and then approved in a special Sabine Independent School District board meet... More...
•Mavs-NO Game 2 tonight
•Bulldogs at Henderson tonight
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 Obituaries
•SHANNON UTZMAN GILLEY
Services for Shannon Gilley, 38, of Kilgore will be 4:30 p.m., Wednesday, April 23, 2008 at Dodson Auditorium at Kilgore College with the Reverends Bill Blanks and Charlotte Austin officiating. Private family committal service will take place in the Utzman Cemetery. Mrs. Gilley died Sunday, April... More...
•GENE PEPPER
•LEOPAL BREWER
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