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April 23, 2008
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READY ON THE RIGHT, READY ON THE LEFT, FIRE
Spring starts a busy time for the East Texas Police Academy. Les Ferguson, rangemaster for the academy said he has six classes going right now. Two classes are going on in Kilgore and academy personnel have to travel to conduct the other classes. More...
KISD increases price of student meals
By LESTER MURRAY news2@kilgorenewsherald.com

There is such a thing as a free lunch and at Kilgore schools it will remain free. But, the school board last night raised the price on all other meals. The vote to raise the price of lunch and breakfast meals came during the board's regularly scheduled meeting. More...

South Street Park now Martin Luther King Park
By KATHRYN MARTINEZ news1@kilgorenewsherald.com

South Street Park, on Martin Luther King Blvd., is now Martin Luther King Park. City council last night also approved improvements to the Park using a list created by residents at a special council meeting at the park on April 5. More...

KC gets new vice president of student development

Kilgore College President Dr. William Holda announced yesterday that Mike Jenkins will succeed David Castles as Kilgore College's new Vice President of Student Development. Castles, who is retiring this summer after 35 years of service to KC. Castles has served at KC since 1974, most recently in ... More...

Early voting starts Monday

Early voting begins at city hall next week in the May 10 Kilgore Independent School District election. Four candidates are vying for the two seats subject to election. David Hedrick is be running for place one against Derreck Borders and Dale Henley will take on incumbent Terry George for place ... More...

KILGOROUND
LINDA BALLARD

"With every change of the oilfield, I have seen a change in Kilgore," said Justine Moore Stanley. "Kilgore used to be called the 'Biggest Little City in the Country' because we had it all. We didn't have to go anywhere for anything, it could be found right within our reach. More...

 News
•Science Investigation camp at KC
Kilgore College will hold a Science Investigation Summer Day Camp June 9-12, offered to students entering the eighth and ninth grades. Students will view staged crime scenes and try to solve them using chemistry and biology lab techniques. More...
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 Our World
•Nation's waterways need rescuing
ALONG THE SANTA FE RIVER, N.M. (AP) - Rosemary Lowe scoops up a shovel of dirt and dumps it into a hole around the base of a slender cottonwood tree. One down, thousands more to go. Lowe and dozens of volunteers spent a recent day planting native trees along a half-mile stretch of the Santa Fe ... More...
•Virtual border fence deemed insufficient
•Obama autograph gets students suspended
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 Business
•Morning Fuel Prices
Oil Natural Gas Prices as of 10:45 a.m. Change since yesterday's close More...
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 Lifestyles
•PETS OF THE WEEK
"Doggins" is a friendly male wire-haired terrier mix, approximately 10-11 months old. Doggins is better suited for a home without small children as his shy temperament makes him easily scared and sometimes More...
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 Advice & Entertainment
•DEAR ABBY
Suspicious daughter is wrong about dad's 'conniving woman'
DEAR ABBY: I have been divorced for four years. About nine months ago, I met "Cecil," a wonderful man who was widowed three years ago. We have fallen in love. The problem is his adult daughter, "Wanda." She told me she won't allow some "conniving woman" to get her hooks into her father. She says ... More...
•YOUR HEALTH
•HOROSCOPE
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 Sports
•Bulldogs top Henderson, 13-4
Sets up winner-take-all game Friday with Mavs
The playoff situation for District 12-4A is finally taking shape. And with one game left to play, it couldn't be more clear. Kilgore High School beat Henderson Tuesday night, 13-4, in Henderson, and the Marshall Mavericks defeated Whitehouse. That sets up a high school baseball version of a heavy... More...
•Sabine blanks PG
•Hornets sting Mavs, lead 2-0
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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
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