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July 1, 2008
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Orange convicted of indecency with a child
By KATHRYN MARTINEZ news1@kilgorenewsherald.com
A Kilgore man was convicted of indecency with a child last week after a teenage boy recounted the abuse he suffered from a molester living with the boy's family and sharing a bed with the child. The offenses occurred between 2002 and 2004. More...
MEADOWBROOK PARK GETS PARKING

With lots of activity in Meadowbrook Park, traffic has always been a problem, patron had nowhere to park except on the grass. The City of Kilgore has put a remedy to that with a new parking lot going in on the Houston side of the park. Dirt work is being done at this time. More...

DPS increase holiday patrols

The Texas Highway Patrol wants drivers and passengers to have a safe July 4 holiday weekend, so they are increasing patrols to reduce traffic fatalities and crashes. Troopers will be looking for people who are driving drunk, speeding or not wearing safety belts. More...

Only two student athletes test positive for steroids

AUSTIN (AP) - Among 10,000 Texas high schoolers tested this spring, only two student athletes tested positive for steroids, officials said. Both supporters and critics of the largest steroids testing program in the country said the results validate their positions. More...

Oil company moves into River Bend

Since the formal grand opening of River Bend Business Center and Industrial Park in May, plans have been finalized and construction begun on a new facility, SandRidge Energy, Inc., a company focused on natural gas and oil exploration and production. More...

KILGOROUND
MITCH LUCAS

OF ALL THE THINGS OF NOTE going on in the next few weeks, one is more important to me than all the rest, and that's happening today. This is my son's eighth birthday. Jacob is eight today, and as hard as it is for me to believe, he's spent more than half his life here in Kilgore (where he lives ... More...

 News
•California firefighters pick their battles
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) _ The unprecedented number and size of wildfires burning in California this year has forced firefighters to strategically choose which ones to tackle. Their plan is this: Crews are dispatched to protect communities in the path of flames, while blazes are allowed to chew through... More...
•Giant Saudi field is key to boosting oil output
•PETS OF THE WEEK
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 Advice & Entertainment
•Disappearing husband may be sign of marriage breaking up
DEAR ABBY
DEAR ABBY: My husband of three years, "Mike," is never home. He goes to work and then hangs out with his buddies, leaving me at home with our baby and my two other children until late at night. On weekends, Mike jumps out of bed, showers and leaves -- sometimes not returning until the wee hours of... More...
•Alocohol only one cause of liver cirrhosis
•HOROSCOPE
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 Sports
•Bell feels his time is now
Will attempt to qualify this weekend in Oregon for Beijing Olympics
For Kenta Bell, 2008 is all about redemption. The Kilgore native wants to prove himself to the world after finishing ninth in the Olympic Games in Athens in 2004, and while 2004 might not seem that long ago to some, Bell said it definitely feels like four years have passed. More...
•Rangers' bullpen shuts down Yankees
•'Jacks split twinbill at Coppell; return to Driller on Thursday
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 Obituaries
•WILMA MARIE JOHNSON
Cremation arrangements for Wilma Marie Johnson, 81, of Kilgore are under the direction of Rader Funeral Home of Kilgore. Ms. Johnson died Thursday, June 26, 2008 in Henderson. Wilma Marie Johnson was born March 5, 1927 in Harrison County, Texas to the late Grady and Nora Johnson. More...
•Mary Evelyn Thornbrugh
•CLARA JEAN THORNTON
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