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May 14, 2008
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KISD BAND CONCERT
Despite rain, the Kilgore Independent School District held their end of year band concert at the Kilgore High School gym. The Maude Laird Middle School bands, 6th, 7th and 8th performed along with the KHS band. (photos left to right) Lauren McCormick, 8th grader, plays her french horn. Jeff Smith, M... More...
KC faculty and staff salaries addressed
By LESTER MURRAY news2@kilgorenewsherald.com

Kilgore College Board of Trustees met last night to discuss salaries for teachers and administrators. By the time the session ended, the board had authorized five percent raises for faculty and 3.78 percent raises for administrators. More...

New rule requires pedetrians to use Hwy. 259 overhead crossing
By KATHRYN MARTINEZ news1@kilgorenewsherald.com

Kilgore College students - and others - are now required to use the overhead pedestrian crossing instead of crossing US Highway 259 in traffic. More...

Texas authorities investigate more polygamy charges
By ANGELA K. BROWN Associated Press Writer

CLYDE (AP) _ Behind guarded, ornate gates at the end of a rural road, a self-proclaimed prophet warns his followers about the end of time and rails against a dangerous and unclean world outside their West Texas compound. The women are covered in long skirts and long-sleeve shirts. Many of the chi... More...

Risk Management Institute begins free safety training classes here

The new Kilgore College Risk Management Institute will offer free courses to the public beginning in May. The institute, created through a grant from Texas Mutual Insurance Company, is a division of the KC Workforce Development Program, and will use the money to offer and promote free safety train... More...

KILGOROUND
LINDA BALLARD

"He married in 1968 to a pretty young girl who had just graduated from Kilgore High School and off to Houston they went," said Frances. "Since then, Freddie and I have been everywhere from Tampa to Boston trying to keep up with him," she continued. More...

 News
•KISD canvass May 10 election
The Kilgore Independent School District board of trustees held a special meeting yesterday to canvass the May 10 KISD trustee election. Revard Pfeffer, business manager for KISD said official numbers for the election from Gregg County were as follows. More...
•Three in ten households only get calls on cell phones
•DAILY DIGEST
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 Advice & Entertainment
•DEAR ABBY
Bride-to-be confesses her lack of kitchen confidence
DEAR ABBY: My fiance, "Keith," and I are being married at the end of June. We met at a fraternity party last fall and knew right away we were meant for each other. We're both in college in Hawaii. We don't live together -- and that has been lucky for me because Keith doesn't realize how inexperien... More...
•YOUR HEALTH
•HOROSCOPE
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 Sports
•Savony, UT ladies in Houston regional on Friday
Here's a quick update on the three former Kilgore High School softball and baseball standouts now suiting up for the University of Texas. Shelby Savony and the Longhorns' softball team is seeded No. 3 in the upcoming NCAA regional tournament in Houston. More...
•Cardinals honored at all-sports banquet
•Thomas, BU track team to compete in Big 12 meet this weekend
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 Obituaries
•A.L. MCGRAW
Graveside services for Mr. A.L. McGraw, 77, of Liberty City were held Wednesday, May 14, 2008 at 11:00 A.M. at Kilgore Cemetery with Rev. Jack Broadwater officiating. Mr. McGraw was born October 2, 1930 in Rusk County (Crim's Chapel) and passed away May 11, 2008 at his home. More...
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