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January 4, 2009
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SPRING OR WINTER, WHO KNOWS?
Stephen Wooldridge, a Maude Laird Middle School student gets some big air at Kilgore Park on Friday. With temperatures in the 70's, no shirts were needed, but don't put that jacket away, looks like the high could be in the 40's on Monday with bad weather. Remember, school is starting back on Monday ... More...
2008 wasn't a banner year, but it wasn't bad either
By BRENDA BROWN knhedit@kilgorenewsherald.com

Though Kilgore's building permits were about half the amount of what they were in 2007, construction continued to boom in 2008 and the city's building inspector is positive about the future here. Mike Green, director of community services, said building permits totaled $24,454,000 in 2008, less t... More...

Significance marked events for 2008
By KATHRYN PENROSE news1@kilgorenewsherald.com

A number of significant events marked our calendars and our memories in 2008, including the apparent end of a murder case 25 years old. Darnell Hartsfeld was convicted of capital murder for his role in Kilgore's Kentucky Fried Chicken murders. More...

Foreclosures remain low in East Texas
By BRENDA BROWN knhedit@kilgorenewsherald.com

As bad as last year was for U.S. and world economies, Kilgore and Gregg County made it through 2008 relatively unscathed as far as home foreclosures go. Connie Wade, county district clerk, said the county actually had more home foreclosures at the end of 2007 than it did in 2008. More...

Ana-Lab ups ownership level for employees

Employees of Ana-Lab Corp. are now owners of 70 percent of the corporation. Dr. Charles H. Whiteside, founder and president of the Kilgore-based organization, signed papers in December which gave employees an additional 20 percent of the organization, upping the ownership level by employees from ... More...

KILGOROUND
BILL WOODALL

THE LITTER patrol evidently skipped that whole Samples Road - Old Gladewater Hwy. area. Someone who drives that neighborhood apparently decided to BE 1-800-a dumper. ON the other hand, if you're looking for a good deal on a mattress or a sofa, that corner has become the place to go look. More...

 News
•Citizens Bank names Employee of the Year
Cheryl Pearson, a 10-year employee of Citizens Bank, was voted the Employee of the Year during the month of December and received the honor during the bank's annual Christmas party on Dec. 13 at the Cherokee Club. Sammy D. York, bank president, and Kenneth R. More...
•A year after oil eclipsed $100 a barrel, oil prices cut in half and headed lower
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 Business
•Financial guru foresees tougher times ahead
(MS) -- As Americans prepare to turn the calendar and begin a new year, many are happier than they've ever been to see one year leave and a new one arrive. That's due in large part to the nation's struggling economy, one that ensured 2008 will be remembered as a year many would like to forget. More...
•Cold Weather Energy Efficiency Options
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 Lifestyles
•It's a New Year!
CHITCHAT CORNER
It's a new year and I'm going to be a cookin'. You should see the recipes I have received over the last couple of months. One of the most precious ones came from Miss Becca Garrison. More...
•Pearce and Longoria unite in marriage
•Happy Birthday
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 Advice & Entertainment
•HOROSCOPE
FORECAST FOR SUNDAY, JANUARY 4, 2009 ARIES (March 21-April 19) Zero in on what you want. Friends play a big role. Be open to friends and associates. You could feel challenged financially. Look at your discomfort as an opportunity to head off a potential problem. Tonight: Happy with a friend or ... More...
•Parents object to being shut out by surgery-bound daughter
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 Sports
•What break?
Red-hot start lifts KC to big win over Ranger
That month-long break the Kilgore College Lady Rangers took in December didn't cause them to play with much rust, it appears. Kilgore College, hosting the annual Ozarka Lady Ranger Classic this weekend here at Masters Gymnasium, beat Ranger on Friday night by more than 40 points, finishing with ... More...
•Sabine wins again
•Bustin kicks way to Vegas!
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 Obituaries
•MRS. NARVELLA L. WASHINGTON BRAZIEL
Funeral services for Narvella Lynell Braziel, 76, of Kilgore will be 11 a.m. Tuesday, January 6, 2008 at Kilgore Baptist Church with Rev. Paul E. Rodgers officiating. Burial will be in Kilgore Memorial Gardens. Arrangements are under the direction of Victory Funeral Services. More...
•CLARENCE POWELL "TREY" TAYLOR III
•HAROLD L. RICE
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 School news
•DECEMBER STUDENTS OF THE MONTH AT CHANDLER
Students of the Month for December at Chandler Elementary School in the First Grade are, Front row (l-r) Justiss Ross, Jacquline Estrella, Wanya McIntyre, Jordan Callaway, Zowie Turner and Jayce McFarland. Back row (l-r) Leticia Vallejo, Victoria Davidson, Ivan Moran, Anna Watley and Diamond Smith. ... More...
•HEIGHTS DECEMBER STUDENTS OF THE MONTH
•Maude Laird Middle School Honor Roll
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