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July 3, 2008
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KNIT ONE, PEARL TWO
As part of the summer reading program held at the Kilgore Public Library, for three weeks the kids are taking a knitting class. Janet Marley, librarian said there will be some type of activity every Thursday throughout the summer. Above Bailey Green works on knitting a bookmark for her first project... More...
Pentecost addition could be rezoned
By KATHRYN MARTINEZ news1@kilgorenewsherald.com

Approximately half of the households in Kilgore's Pentecost Addition - between Stone Road and US 259 - were represented at a neighborhood meeting with city council Monday night. More...

Rusk County looks to buy an Emergency Notification System

Rusk County and the cities of Henderson, New London, and Overton, will holding "Town Hall" meetings for residents to express their opinion on the purchase of an Emergency Notification System for Rusk County. More...

No quick fix to calm record oil prices
By DAVID STRINGER Associated Press Writer

LONDON (AP) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson warned Thursday that rising oil prices are likely to prolong the world economic slowdown. Speaking at a London news conference, he said there will be no quick fixes to calm soaring oil prices which hit a trading record, above $145 a barrel on T... More...

Bushmen denied visas to come to U.S. to build mud huts

STAUNTON, Va. (AP) - Three West African bushmen recruited to build a mud-hut village at the Frontier Culture Museum of Virginia have been denied visas because officials say the men were poor, didn't speak English and failed to convince them that their visit only would be temporary. More...

KILGOROUND
LESTER MURRAY

FOR those of you who doen't know, John Daniels - born and raised in Kilgore - and just recently suffered a stroke and is paralyzed on his left side. JOHN is currently in Good Shepherd Hospital but is going to need extended rehabilitation, according to Gay Lynn Ellerd. More...

 News
•The 'mushy middle' hard to reach for Obama, McCain
WASHINGTON (AP) - They're the most fickle voters, and potentially the most powerful. Thus, with party nominations secure, John McCain and Barack Obama now are pushing toward the center to win them over. Meet the "mushy middle," a complex chunk of people likely to decide the presidential election... More...
•A LOOK AT THE POLITICAL CENTER
•DAILY DIGEST
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 Advice & Entertainment
•Hospice can lend support to families facing grief
DEAR ABBY
DEAR ABBY: "Sad Dad in Arizona" (May 2) wrote that he was concerned because his teenage son didn't want to attend his mother's funeral and preferred to remember her "the way she was." Please tell Dad to contact his local hospice. Many hospices provide support counseling during this difficult time... More...
•Many suffer from sleep attacks
•HOROSCOPE
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 Sports
•Marshals hand 'Jacks a road loss
Team comes home to Driller tonight for lengthy home stand
Walking onto the field tonight at Driller Park and not having to get back on a bus is probably very popular right now in the East Texas Pump Jacks' locker room, although the first-year Texas Collegiate League franchise didn't do too badly in its six-game road trip. More...
•OKC gets team, but not Sonics
•Favre to play again?
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 Obituaries
•LAWRENCE HUDSON "BOOTS" TAYLOR
Graveside services for Mr. Lawrence Hudson "Boots" Taylor, 94, of Kilgore will be 10:00 A.M. Saturday, July 5, 2008 at Hickory Grove Cemetery with Preacher Chris Vidacovich officiating under the direction of Rader Funeral Home in Kilgore. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Friday... More...
•WILLIA BRAGER
•JAMES E. JONES
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