KISD staff gets required defibrillator training
By LESTER MURRAY news2@kilgorenewsherald.com
      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...
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Landowners want Legislature to change laws
By BETSY BLANEY Associated Press Writer
      CHILDRESS (AP) _ Nearly all of the some 175 landowners raised their hands during a meeting here Friday when a West Texas lawmaker asked how many wanted legislators to oppose billionaire T. Boone Pickens' efforts to obtain rights of way for water pipeline and electricity transmission lines.
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State honors KEDC for Economic Excellence
      Kilgore Economic Development Corporation garnered another award from Texas Economic Development Council. The council presented KEDC with the 2007 Award for Economic Excellence, given annually to agencies that meet a desired threshold of professionalism and advocate professional economic developme...
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Wedgeworth inducted into Adult Ed honor society
      Twenty-two students from the Kilgore College Adult Education Program were inducted into the National Adult Education Honor Society Thursday evening at the Kilgore College- Longview campus. Students were nominated from nearly 1,300 students throughout KC's three county service area (Gregg, Rusk a...
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      The Rotary Group Study Exchange Team from the Dominican Republic exchanged Rotary Club banners with Kilgore rotary President David Castles, center.
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UT Tyler recognizes technology students
      Seventeen technology students, including one from Kilgore, were inducted in The University of Texas at Tyler chapter of Epsilon Pi Tau, Dr. Jim Tarter, College of Business and Technology dean, announced.
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College and city police join Click It or Ticket campaign
      Kilgore College Police Department and Kilgore Police Department are joining with hundreds of other law enforcement agencies across the country in renewing a pledge to save lives by intensifying efforts to enforce seat belt laws - among all motorists and around the clock - during the 2008 Click I...
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