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June 10, 2008
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KISD hires new high school principal
By LESTER MURRAY news2@kilgorenewsherald.com
Greg Brown, assistant principal at Pine Tree High School, has been named principal at Kilgore high School. Kilgore Independent School District has been searching for a replacement for KHS principal Bobby Wheeley since his transfer to a new position in KISD administration. More...
WELCOME TO KILGORE

News Herald Photo by Lester Murray Saturday night was meet the players at Historic Driller Park, the new home for the East Texas Pump Jacks. The home opener is set for Thursday night at 7 p.m. If baseball is truly a field of dreams, the smile on Alexander Macedo's face as he gets to meet the team, a... More...

Citizens question coliseum project
By KATHRYN MARTINEZ news1@kilgorenewsherald.com

After a presentation on the proposed Gregg County Coliseum by Keith Bonds, Longview director of public works, Gregg County Commissioners opened a public forum and heard from David McBride, Gladewater Rodeo board member and former two-term Pct. 3 commissioner, who posed a question concerning county... More...

Still time to sign up for TSF workshop

The Texas Shakespeare Festival will be offering an Acting and Stage Combat Workshop here July 15- 29. The Texas Shakespeare Festival Workshop gives young theater artists the opportunity to work closely with theater professionals at Texas' only resident repertory company in an environment that cre... More...

Tomatoes pulled for salmonella scare
By CARLA K. JOHNSON Associated Press Writer

CHICAGO (AP) - Federal officials hunted for the source of a 16-state salmonella outbreak linked to three types of raw tomatoes, while the list of supermarkets and restaurants yanking those varieties from shelves and menus grew. More...

KILGOROUND
MITCH LUCAS

WELL, IF YOU'RE EXCITED about the East Texas Pump Jacks and their very first season, you don't have long to wait. In fact, you don't have to wait past tonight, if you want to make a trip to McKinney. The Pump Jacks open their season tonight at McKinney, a 7 p.m. More...

 News
•KC accepts $100,000 in donations to fund various college programs
Kilgore College President Bill Holda is pleased to announce that the college has accepted donations totaling $100,000 from former KC student and long-time geologist Wenert Trich of Longview. "It is so wonderful when we have people such as Wenert who are dedicated to the success of the educational... More...
•Bush and allies embrace possible Iran sanctions
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 Advice & Entertainment
•Obituary photos can be a window into the past
DEAR ABBY
DEAR ABBY: I just read the letter from the reader (April 7) who was bothered by the use of youthful pictures of the deceased in obituaries. I have heard that criticism before, and it baffles me. People aren't just who they were at 84, the age when they passed. More...
•Medicianes sometimes cause bone death
•HOROSCOPE
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 Sports
•Beginnings
Pump Jacks open season today; play first home game on Thursday
The preparations for a home opener may be going on today and tomorrow at Driller Park, but the very first game for the East Texas Pump Jacks is being played tonight in McKinney. More...
•EAST TEXAS PUMP JACKS 2008 ROSTER
•Greene, Nard win tourney
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 Obituaries
•J. L. (WINKY) WILKINS
Graveside services for J. L. (Winky) Wilkins, 81, of Kilgore will be 2:00 p.m. Thursday, June 12, 2008 at the Mt. Moriah Cemetery with burial following services. Mr. Wilkins passed away Monday, June 9, 2008 in Kilgore. The family will receive friends at Rader Funeral Home in Kilgore Wednesday eve... More...
•MRS. DOROTHY KELLY
•RONNY KING
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