Kilgore News Herald

4 days ago | kilgorenewsherald.com | James Pheby |Peter HUTCHISON AFP

Prime Minister Keir Starmer vowed Monday to "finally take back control" of Britain's borders as his government unveiled policies designed to reduce immigration and fend off rising support for the hard right. Labour leader Starmer announced he was ending an "experiment in open borders" that saw net migration rise to nearly one million people under the previous Conservative government, which lost last year's election.

5 days ago | kilgorenewsherald.com | Keith Roach

DEAR DR. ROACH: I just found out that I have a kidney stone. I’m 77 years old, and I don’t want to deal with it. I’ve heard of potassium citrate and pulverizing it with sound waves. Are these options? — J.M.ANSWER: When a person gets a kidney stone, the goals are to manage any symptoms, determine if a person’s health is at risk (especially from infection or kidney damage), and decide which treatment might be necessary to prevent any new stones.

5 days ago | kilgorenewsherald.com | Lucas Strough

“All great achievements require time.’— Maya Angelou■ ■ ■Happy Mother’s Day to all moms, grandmas and great-grandmas! Things may come and go, but Mom will always be another word for “love”. ■ ■ ■Kilgore Historical Preservation Foundation will present an Open House event at the historic Dean Keener Crim Home Saturday, May 17. ■ ■ ■The next regular meeting of the City of Kilgore Council will be Tuesday, May 13, at 5:30 p.m. in council chambers, located inside City Hall at 815 N.

5 days ago | kilgorenewsherald.com | Gary Borders

A Texas House bill would eliminate the State of Texas Assessment of Academic Readiness test and replace it with a test comparing students’ performance to one another rather than state-set standards, the Austin American-Statesman reported. House Bill 4 would also create benchmark tests to measure students’ academic performance throughout the year. Superintendents from across the state testified in support of HB4 at a committee hearing last week.

1 week ago | kilgorenewsherald.com | Philip Wegmann

Sen. Jim Banks was uncharacteristically curt. The Indiana Republican was walking to the elevator last month when a fired federal employee caught up to him on Capitol Hill. The protester, a budget analyst who had received a pink slip from the Trump administration like thousands of other government employees, demanded an answer for the ongoing mass layoffs. If he was looking for sympathy, he picked poorly. “You probably deserved it,” Sen. Banks said. “Wow.