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May 27, 2008
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Is parking downtown a problem?
By KATHRYN MARTINEZ news1@kilgorenewsherald.com
Main Street is full of local businesses in buildings built in the early 1900s, although residents often complain that the downtown area does not have enough parking. But how big a deal is the parking issue for downtown Kilgore? More...
MAKE THE POOL A FAMILY AFFAIR

With the city pool opening on Memorial Day weekend, families took advantage of the cool water to beat the heat. Matt Smith provides the flotation device, himself for his two children, Ava,3 and Matt, 2 , as the family took to the water Monday. Jana the mom was also at the pool. Once school is out th... More...

Diesel $9 a gallon in Britain
British truckers jam key route into central London to protest rising cost of fuel
By DAVID STRINGER Associated Press Writer

LONDON (AP) _ Hundreds of trucks rolled into central London on Tuesday to jam a major route into the capital to protest the rising price of fuel. Around 300 truck drivers honked their horns and parked on a highway on the edge of the city, forcing police to close off a section of road and divert h... More...

Supply concern holds oil above $133 a barrel
By GEORGE JAHN Associated Press Writer

VIENNA, Austria (AP) _ Oil held steady above $133 a barrel Tuesday on worries about global petroleum supplies and the outlook for the U.S. dollar. Reports of an attack by militants on an oil pipeline in Nigeria, one of Africa's largest oil exporters, also supposed prices. More...

KILGOROUND
MITCH LUCAS

THANK YOU TO all veterans reading this for the service and commitment you contributed to this country, a belated happy Memorial Day from me. Your contributions are not lost on us - we do appreciate you and the sacrifices you made (many of them the ultimate sacrifice) so that the United States c... More...

 News
•KILGORE 4-H LEARNS RECORD KEEPING
Kilgore 4-H winds up year with lesson on Record keeping. Charlotte Hold, extension agent with the Gregg County Extension Office, brought examples of a good record book to share with the Kilgore 4H club as they have their last meeting before summer break. A good record book equals money for scholarsh... More...
•The era of big Clintons is soon to be over
•Company puts legal squeeze on Smucker
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 Advice & Entertainment
•Honest honors student has to compete with cheaters
DEAR ABBY
DEAR ABBY: I am a ninthgrade honors student in a highly rated public school. I have never cheated on any assignment, nor have I ever helped anyone else to cheat. However, I know several of my classmates cheat on quizzes and homework assignments because I have seen them. More...
•Vaccine available for most common kind of pneumonia
•HOROSCOPE
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 Sports
•Longhorns, McCrory win Big 12 tournament
Will play St. John's on Friday; Savony, UT finish softball season
The University of Texas baseball team, already champions of the conference variety, is headed to Houston on a quest for something more. And a former Kilgore High School standout is going with them. The Longhorns captured the Big 12 Conference title with a title game win over Kansas State over ... More...
•Spurs will try to tie up series with Lakers tonight
•LOCAL SPORTS IN BRIEF
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 Obituaries
•LOUISE CHREENE
Services for Louise Chreene, 94, of Kilgore, will be held at 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, May 28, 2008, at the Chapel of Rader Funeral Home with Rev. Roland Chamberlain officiating. Burial will follow at Danville Cemetery. Ms. Chreene passed away Saturday, May 24, 2008, in Kilgore. More...
•PAUL PETERSON
•F.L. "ROY" LUNSFORD
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