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May 18, 2008
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Legionnaires replace flag for two-time vet Brasher
By LESTER MURRAY news2@kilgorenewsherald.com
Marion Brasher, 84, served both in World War II and in the Korean War in the United States Army and an American Flag waves proudly outside his Kilgore home. That flag, as happens to us all, is worn with age. Members of the American Legion decided to surprise Brasher with a brand new flag to repla... More...
State tourism magazine's spotlight focused on Kilgore
DERRICK RESTORATION DRAWS ATTENTION
By KATHRYN MARTINEZ news1@kilgorenewsherald.com

When Texas Highways titled a ninepage spread in the June edition 'Gushing About Kilgore,' they were not far off the mark. It seems local people are still gushing about Kilgore, long after the gushing days of the 1930s oil boom. More...

Developers to show off biz park

1,500-acre industrial and business park slated for introduction to East Texas government, business and civic leaders. At noon Thursday, Gregg County Judge Bill Stoudt will address a luncheon audience to introduce the new River Bend Business Center and Industrial Park being developed at the inters... More...

Celebrants, staff and steak fete A.P. Merritt
By KATHRYN MARTINEZ News1@kilgorenewsherald.com

Approximately 150 people gathered to honor an admittedly humbled A.P. Merritt for the contributions Merritt Tool, a company founded by his father and since nurtured by his own hard work and dedication, has made to Kilgore and all of east Texas. More...

KILGOROUND
BILL WOODALL

WHAT PROMPTS A change as radical as the name change from Rangoon, Burma to Yangon, Myanmar? I remember when Peking became Beijing. Why is it that cities like Dallas or Detroit don't change their names? If we decide to change their names, we recommend Swampisi for what is now Houston and Hottern f... More...

 News
•KISD staff gets required defibrillator training
A law passed two years requires Texas school districts to maintain an automated external defibrillator on all campuses but didn't address the issue of training. A new rule now requires training. Jerome Towns, director of special projects for Kilgore Independent School District, is responsible for... More...
•Landowners want Legislature to change laws
•State honors KEDC for Economic Excellence
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 Business
•EAST TEXAS DRILLING REPORT
DEVELOPMENTAL Anderson County The Royal Well No.15I will be drilled 4.6 miles northeast from Elkhart in the Camp Hill Field. This well will bottom at 600-feet drilled in the Rogers, M Survey, A-883 by Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc. More...
•What can you expect from a financial advisor?
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 Lifestyles
•KISD TEACHERS OF THE YEAR
The Kilgore High School Teacher of the Year was presented to Susan Reinbach, a journalism teacher. Superintendent Jody Clements (right) presented her with the award. Also shown is KHS Principal Bobby Wheeley. More...
•A Word Please
•Mother's day happened
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 Advice & Entertainment
•Daughter-in-law is fit to be tied by manipulative parents
DEAR ABBY
DEAR ABBY: I have overbearing in-laws who refuse to let their children, all of whom are in their 40s, live their own lives. We are constantly forced to spend time with them by means of manipulation. We have all been under their thumbs for so long that when the opportunity presented itself for our ... More...
•HOROSCOPE
•Questions about love
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 Sports
•Mustangs drop first game of series to McLeod, 12-4
The last-minute change of location of the first game of the best-of-three playoff series between Overton and McLeod was likely irritating for Mustangs fans. After the game, it's probably a little more irritating. More...
•KILGORE'S ASHIA KELLY HEADED TO CENTRAL FLORIDA
•Labor strife could be on horizon for pro football
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 Obituaries
•EARNIE MAE WILLIAMS-HALL
Funeral services for Earnie Mae Williams-Hall will be held Tuesday, May 20, 2008 at 11 a.m. at New Birth Fellowship Church with Rev. Edgar Tatum officiating. Burial will follow at St. John Baptist Church Cemetery. More...
•NINA HENDERSON
•AURBIE WHITE
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 School news
•Kilgore high school, middle school choirs to perform
The choirs of Kilgore school district will present a spring concert, "Rockin' America," Tuesday evening. The concert in the high school auditorium begins at 7 p.m. Featured on the program will be the Maude Laird Middle School honor choir, middle school treble choir and the middle school tenor an... More...
•talent show
•Kilgore High School Texas Scholars
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