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June 26, 2008
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TO BE OR NOT TO BE, MAYOR PARKER PROCLAIMS
Kate DeBuys, an actress here for the Texas Shakespeare Festival dressed as Olivia from Shakespeare's Twelfth Night and Derek Ewing, an actor dressed as Chalcuchima from Peter Shaffer's Royal Hunt of the Sun, joined Raymond Caldwell, artistic director (at right), as he accepted a proclamation made by... More...
Standards raised for disciplinary schools
By LESTER MURRAY news2@kilgorenewsherald.com

Billy Gillum, principal at Elder School, on Tuesday told the Kilgore school board about proposed standards for Disciplinary Alternative Education Programs (DAEP). Elder Cooperative Alternative School is governed by those standards. More...

Girls benefit from dress code changes
By LESTER MURRAY news@kilgorenewsherald.com

Kilgore school adminstrators asked the school board to loosen dress code restrictions for girls. Jody Clements, KISD superintendent, presented proposed changes to the dress code for the 2008/2009 school year to the KISD board of trustees Tuesday night. The dress code applies to students from four... More...

Gas prices fuel drop in car owner satisfaction
By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer

DETROIT (AP) - Drivers of new cars were less satisfied with their vehicles this year for the first time in at least five years due mainly to rising fuel prices, according to an annual survey released Thursday. The survey by the J.D. Power and Associates marketing and consulting company saw the i... More...

OPEN HOUSE FOR KHS PRINCIPAL

Faculty, staff, administrators and parents came to Kilgore High School on Wednesday to meet and welcome the new Kilgore High School principal, Greg Brown. Brown has taken over the duties of Bobby Wheeley who has moved to KISD administration. Jody Clements encourages parents who could not come to Wed... More...

LEDC says students have numerous career choices
By KATHRYN MARTINEZ news1@kilgorenewsherald.com

"You cannot count on anyone but yourself," Kelly Kinsey, Longview Economic Development Corporation career development coordinator said following a presentation at Kilgore Chamber of Commerce yesterday. "That is why we need to let students know they have choices. More...

KILGOROUND
LESTER MURRAY

ONE OF Kilgore's own is coming home from war and the Patriot Guard will escort him into Kilgore. Shelia Manning, who is a Patriot Guard Rider, said she and other members of the Patriot Guard will be standing by on Friday at Hwy. 31 at Country Tavern to escort Sgt. Don Paul Maxwell II (Sgt. More...

 News
•Math teachers might have to go back to school
WASHINGTON (AP) - For kids to do better in math, their teachers might have to go back to school. Elementary-school teachers are poorly prepared by education schools to teach math, finds a study being released Thursday by the National Council on Teacher Quality. More...
•Study shows many teens get alcohol from adults for free
•Academics make startling finds as they sweep through untapped Nazi records
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 Advice & Entertainment
•Third husband is not charmer when he puts down his wife
JEANNE PHILLIPS
DEAR ABBY: I was divorced twice before I met my present husband, "Lou." We have been married seven years. When we're with his extended family or new acquaintances, Lou makes a point in his loud, animated way of letting everyone know that he is my third husband. It's embarrassing. And because I am ... More...
•Fixing a fallen uterus
•HOROSCOPE
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 Sports
•Rangers hold on, beat Astros for 40th win in '08
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
HOUSTON (AP) - Before they even took on Texas, the Houston Astros apparently were fighting among themselves. Astros pitcher Shawn Chacon was suspended indefinitely by the team Wednesday after he reportedly grabbed general manager Ed Wade by the neck and threw him to the ground. More...
•'Jacks win third straight
•Ready for some (ladies) football?
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 Obituaries
•MARION "M.J." BRASHER
Funeral Services for Mr. Marion "M.J." Brasher, 84, of Kilgore were10 A.M. Thursday, June 26, 2008 in the Chapel of Rader Funeral Home. Burial followed at Kilgore Memorial Gardens. The Rosary was recited at 6 P.M. Wednesday, June 25, 2008 at Rader Funeral Home. More...
•BOBBIE BURRESS
•WILLIAM ROGER CABRAL
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