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June 24, 2008
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TSF DRESS REHEARSAL
News Herald Photo by Lester Murray The Texas Shakespeare Festival held at Kilgore College will have its season opening performance on July 3 and dress rehearsals have already begun. (photo) Brendan Marshall-Rashid as Atahuallpa, King of the Inca Empire in TSF's production of The Royal Hunt of the Su... More...
McCain's VP search super secret
By LIZ SIDOTI Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) - The choice for John McCain's running mate is such a mystery that few people even know who is helping in that search. The Republican is leaning on a consummate behind-thescenes player in Washington - attorney Arthur B. Culvahouse Jr. - for this maximum-discretion, minimal-disc... More...

Body recovered in Lake Cherokee

Law enforcement officers yesterday afternoon recovered the body of a 27-year-old Gladewater man from the waters of Lake Cherokee in Southeastern Gregg County. Christopher Carpenter had been the subject of a water search since late Saturday night. More...

Next battle over border fence may be about Texas
By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN Associated Press Writer

McALLEN (AP) - A U.S. Supreme Court decision paving the way for a 670-mile federal fence along the U.S.-Mexico border drew swift criticism from environmentalists, who promised to make another legal stand in Texas. More...

Houston ISD hopes to give workers gas money
By ANA LEY Associated Press Writer

HOUSTON (AP) - These days, everyone's feeling the pain at the pump, but for Houston's lowest-paid school district employees - who make as little as $15,000 a year - some relief may be on the way. This Thursday, the Houston school district will vote on a plan that could give employees who make... More...

KILGOROUND
BILL WOODALL

SURELY YOU'VE BEEN waiting for an opportunity to meet Greg Brown, the new principal at Kilgore High School. Here's your chance. A MEET-the-principal soirée has been scheduled for tomorrow (Wednesday) at noon in the high school cafeteria. AND, as if meeting the new principal's not enough to... More...

 News
•Marines getting a few good triplets
CADILLAC, Mich. (AP) - The Marines are getting a few good triplets. Andrew, Sam and Elizabeth Foltz may have disagreed now and then growing up, but they're taking the same posthigh school path - enrolling in the U.S. Marine Corps. More...
•East Texas sex club trial postponed
•PETS OF THE WEEK
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 Advice & Entertainment
•Daughter-in-law's language can be a bridge, not a barrier
DEAR ABBY
DEAR ABBY: I'm writing in response to "The In-Laws in New Jersey" (April 26), who think their daughter-in-law is rude for speaking a foreign language to her parents and children in front of them. I'm disappointed you didn't point out the opportunity Carmella has to enrich the lives of her husband'... More...
•Surgery not the only treatment for spinal stenosis
•HOROSCOPE
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 Sports
•Pump Jacks thump Coppell
There wasn't a cloud in the sky Sunday evening at Driller Park, but that doesn't mean there wasn't some thunder. The East Texas Pump Jacks and Coppell Copperheads combined for 23 runs in the Jacks' 14-9 victory over the defending TCL champions Sunday. The win was a measure of redemption for East ... More...
•Beale, Hale claim top spots at Meadowbrook Men's Championship
•Top pitching prospect signs with Pump Jacks
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 Obituaries
•MARION "M.J." BRASHER
Funeral Services for Mr. Marion "M.J." Brasher, 84, of Kilgore will be held 10 A.M. Thursday, June 26, 2008 in the Chapel of Rader Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Kilgore Memorial Gardens. The Rosary will be recited at 6 P.M. Wednesday, June 25, 2008 at Rader Funeral Home. The family will rec... More...
•INEZ REECE "LEAR"
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