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A Chapel Hill woman and her mother have opened a store in downtown Longview where customers can buy ready-made candles or customize their own candles as well as other products.

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Editor’s note: In celebration of Gregg County’s sesquicentennial, the Longview News-Journal is highlighting 50 of the historical markers spread throughout the county. A new marker will be highlighted each day, Monday through Saturday, in the News-Journal and on news-journal.com.

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It’s spring. It really is, in spite of the fact that the thermometer reads 34 degrees in the morning and 70 degrees in the afternoon. I love this season in spite of the allergies that many of us suffer along with the yellow vehicle syndrome, and the fact that we stay on weather alert pretty …

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QUESTION: There are a couple of houses in my neighborhood with boats, cars, trucks, trailers, buckets and equipment all over the yards.

HAWKINS — Jarvis Christian University (JCU) will host a daylong The Big Homecoming 365 Impact Tour in partnership with Wells Fargo on Tuesday during the university’s 111th Founder’s Homecoming Week to authentically celebrate the culture of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).

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Editor’s note: In celebration of Gregg County’s sesquicentennial, the Longview News-Journal is highlighting 50 of the historic markers spread throughout the county. A new marker will be highlighted each day, Monday through Saturday, in the News-Journal and on news-journal.com.

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Former President Donald Trump said he expected to be arrested next week on New York charges and, echoing his rhetoric before the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, called for protesters to “take our nation back.”

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A St. Patrick's Day block party partially shut down portions of downtown to make space for cornhole boards, skate ramps, food trucks, booths, live music and more. Food offerings included Funnel Cake Playground, Street-Licious Gourmet Grilled Cheese, Two-Step Cajun Cuisine and Uncle James BBQ…

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Cases filed from March 6-10 in Gregg County civil court. Cases that end in an “A” were filed in the 188th District Court; “B” in the 124th District Court; and “CCL2” in the County Court at Law 2:

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Cases disposed from March 6-10 in Gregg County civil court. Cases that end in an “A” were considered in the 188th District Court; “B” in the 124th District Court; and “CCL2” in the County Court at Law 2:

The failure of three banks in the last two weeks, including Silicon Valley Bank on Friday and Signature Bank on Sunday, is a saga of utter government incompetence. Call these bank collapses Biden’s Banking Busts. The Biden administration has been obsessing on woke causes while banks teeter t…

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Politicians generally don’t like looking silly. And yet a whole bunch of Republican politicians reacted to the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank by raging about “woke” banking” in ways that made them appear ridiculous to anyone actually concerned about the danger to the banking system and the …

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At least 12 units from the Longview Police Department, the Gregg County Sheriff's Office and the Texas Department of Public Safety responded Friday night to a disturbance at the Longview Public Library.

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CampV celebrated the opening of its new 4,000-square-foot fitness center last week. The fitness center offers a multitude of strength and cardio equipment along with a training room with a specialized spring-loaded floor to use for a multitude of classes including yoga, jiu-jitsu, women’s se…

Inflation, high-interest rates, and a microchip shortage that brought auto manufacturing to a grinding halt are just a few factors creating an incredibly tough market for anyone looking to buy a car. Experts say it’s unlikely the market will swing in favor of the buyer again anytime soon.

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Pizza boxes, pom poms, Popsicle sticks, pipe cleaners and an abundance of glue were the ingredients of choice as upwards of 70 people gathered to build mouse trap pizza boxes at the Longview Public Library on Friday morning.

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Military organizations on Thursday urged lawmakers to pass legislation named after Sgt. Bishop Evans, a soldier who died while rescuing migrants on the Rio Grande, that would guarantee National Guard troops on state deployment $500,000 in death benefits for their survivors.

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Jace Hughes eagerly checked his bingo card every few seconds a number was called with a marker ready in hand in case he got a match. Jace, 8, is an avid bingo player and the look of intent concentration on his face was enough to indicate so.