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June 27, 2008
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TEXAS SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL OPENS JULY 3
On July 3 the Texas Shakespeare Festival opens its season with The Royal Hunt of the Sun and the season runs through August 2. The cast and crew for the festival have been working non-stop to get costumes, props and stage sets ready. Above, Jimmy Humphries works on a portrait of Benjamin Franklin fo... More...
Supreme Court rules for gun owners
By LESTER MURRAY news2@kilgorenewsherald.com

WASHINGTON (AP) - Americans can keep guns at home for self-defense, the Supreme Court ruled Thursday in the justices' first-ever pronouncement on the meaning of gun rights under the Second Amendment. Local law enforcement officials were happy with the ruling. More...

Inmates used for Pump Jacks clean-up
By KATHRYN MARTINEZ news1@kilgorenewsherald.com

Many - including two council members and the city's mayor- seem to be out of the loop about the fact that Gregg County inmate labor has been utilized to clean Driller Park after every Pump Jacks home game; and, no one is taking responsibility. More...

KILGOROUND
KATHRYN MARTINEZ

There is a new addition to my family this week. I am the adoptive mother of a new "fur baby." My new addition is an almost eightyear old Schnauzer. I was talking to Bruce Stanton, News Herald columnist, recently about his little Schnauzer, when he told me about a family in Wills Point that was l... More...

 News
•Majority of Americans says math yes, standardized tests, maybe
WASHINGTON (AP) - More math, please. A large majority of Americans think schools are placing too much emphasis on the wrong subjects, and more than half think they're doing just a fair job in preparing children for the work force or giving them the practical skills they need to survive as adults... More...
•HIGHLIGHTS OF A POLL BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ON EDUCATION IN THE U.S.
•Judge rules immunity exists for JP
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 Advice & Entertainment
•Vulgar new member puts pall on family celebrations
DEAR ABBY
DEAR ABBY: I am a woman in my late 40s. My father and siblings all live in the same town. We have always been close and spend holidays, birthdays, etc. together, even as our families have grown. Last year my brother's daughter married a horrible man I'll call "Willard." Willard is rude, vulgar an... More...
•Learning the T's and Z's of osteoporosis
•HOROSCOPE
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 Sports
•Pump Jacks' winning streak comes to an end in Bryan
TEXAS COLLEGIATE LEAGUE BASEBALL
After sweeping the Brazos Valley Bombers in a two-game series at Driller Park, the East Texas Pump Jacks took to the road Thursday night to open a two-game series against the Bombers in Bryan. Apparently, more than just the locations were reversed, as Brazos Valley got a measure of revenge with ... More...
•Rose top choice in 'trade draft'
•Mavs draft Vandy guard
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 Obituaries
•WILLIAM R. (YANKEE) CABRAL
Cremation services for William R. (Yankee) Cabral, 62, of Kilgore are under the direction of Rader Funeral Home of Kilgore. The family will receive friends Saturday afternoon from 4:00 until 6:00 p.m. Mr. Cabral passed away Wednesday in Kilgore. More...
•MONEY M. FRYMAN
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