KEDC and Merritt Tool enter into economic development agreement
By KATHRYN MARTINEZ news1@kilgorenewsherald.com
      Kilgore Economic Development Corporation voted yesterday to cover half of costs associated with removal of high placticity soil and the replacement of other soil in association with the construction of the Phase II Shell Building at Synergy Park.
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Capital murder warrant issued for suspect in trooper's death
      KELLYVILLE (AP) - A capital murder warrant has been issued for a former police officer who is the main suspect in the shooting death of a Department of Public Safety trooper, officials said. Authorities issued a statewide search and a capital murder warrant for 37-year-old Brandon Wayne Robertso...
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KC theater instructor honored for excellence in teaching
      Kilgore College theater instructor Kathy Barber will be honored by Stephen F. Austin State University School of Theatre for her excellence as a theater director and educator. She will be honored 6 p.m., May 3, at the annual W. K. Waters Convocation of the School of Theatre in Turner Auditorium of...
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Delay in ruling on endangered right whales criticized
By H. JOSEF HEBERT Associated Press Writer
      WASHINGTON (AP) _ An attempt to protect the endangered right whale from being killed by commercial ships has languished for more than a year in part because Vice President Dick Cheney's office and White House economists questioned the conclusions of marine scientists, according to internal documen...
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Another record number of warrants for secret spy court
By MATT APUZZO Associated Press Writer
      WASHINGTON (AP) - The nation's spy court approved a record number of requests to search or eavesdrop on suspected terrorists and spies last year, the Justice Department said Wednesday. The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court approved 2,370 warrants last year targeting people in the United St...
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