Kilgore City Manager Resigns

KILGORE — Kilgore City Manager Jeffrey Howell has resigned. The action came during a special meeting on Tuesday. The Kilgore city council agreed to pay him for six months. Howell, who has been city manager since 2005, would not elaborate other than to say his actions stemmed from “philosophical differences about management.” Howell was one of four finalists interviewed for the city manager’s job in Cleburne. That job, however, went Wednesday night to the city’s interim city manager, Rick Holden.