If there is a silver lining behind every dark cloud, the Kilgore school board is back there, looking. Last night, prior to a regularly scheduled school board meeting, the KISD board of trustees entered into their first budget meeting. More...

Kilgore City Council last night unanimously approved the issuance of $5.4 million in Certificate of Obligation bonds last night. The city will pay First Southwest Company interest at a rate of 4.29 percent. The bonds will primarily financ Chandler Street construction which council hopes will imp... More...

Rusk County Commissioners received a clean bill of health Monday when Richard Laughlin, CPA, presented the annual county audit report. Laughlin reported the county had taken in more than expected and spent less. He concluded that the county has an end-ofyear balance of $4.8 million. More...

WASHINGTON (AP) _ Despite persistently high oil prices, global energy demand will grow by 50 percent over the next two decades with continued heavy reliance on environmentally troublesome fossil fuels, especially coal and oil, the U.S. government predicted Wednesday. More...