Here’s a look at roadwork planned this week across Northeast Texas by the Texas Department of Transportation:
The Bureau of Land Management has scheduled the 26th annual Wild Horse and Burro Expo on Oct. 9 and 10 in Lufkin at the George H. Henderson Expo Center.
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The weekend will start a little earlier at Spring Hill ISD starting Oct. 9.
Police have identified a woman who died Friday after being struck by a vehicle in Longview.
Longview-area hot air balloon pilots plan to fly this weekend to honor front-line workers in the COVID-19 pandemic.
No one was injured in a Sunday fire that destroyed a mobile home in North Longview.
Election websites in Upshur and Panola counties are among 80 in the state named in a federal complaint filed earlier this month by the nonprofit group Disability Rights Texas.
KILGORE — Kilgore College trustees have taken another step toward rebuilding the pedestrian bridge over U.S. 259.
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Longview Christian School is expanding its facilities to accommodate the school’s growth.
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EDMONTON, Alberta — After a very un-Dallas Stars-like first overtime period in which they sat back and let the Tampa Bay Lightning take it to them, players and coaches in the locker room had a very distinct message.
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After a recent court ruling, Longview private schools are expecting to receive thousands of dollars less than expected in federal coronavirus relief funding.
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Although elections officials across the country have voiced concerns about a shortage of poll workers ahead of November’s general election, that’s not the case in the Longview area.
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KILGORE — The COVID-19 pandemic has an annual Kilgore tradition down, but not out.
The Longview Public Library has been awarded $7,500 as part of a Humanities Texas Relief Grant.
A community forum is scheduled at 6 p.m. Oct. 5 for candidates for District 3 on the Longview City Council.
After tearing down the fence in July that separated burials based on race for decades, two Mineola cemeteries are coming together under one name and building a new fence that unites the two sides of land.
TYLER — Polly Hitt remembers waking up the morning of June 2, bleary eyed and thinking her glasses were dirty, before she realized the brown smudges that filled her vision didn’t come from unclean lenses, but a thick haze of rising smoke.
The Gregg County Historical Museum has set the first Downtown Historic Walking Tour from 10 a.m to 2 p.m. Oct. 3.
Duana “DJ” Couch has officially been selected as Harrison County’s new fire marshal, making her the first woman in the county’s history to hold that position.
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About 500 families were provided fresh produce and other food items Saturday as part of a new monthly outreach called Project Eliminate.
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On Wednesday, a teacher at Pine Tree Junior High School went to a counselor and told her a student who never thinks “outside his bubble” is now helping more around the classroom.
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A Gregg County commissioner charged with election fraud will continue to serve on the court while his case works its way through the judicial system.
One day after it was posted, the Texas Department of State Health Services withdrew school district-specific COVID-19 data.
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Several voter registration drives organized by the United States Christian Leadership Organization are scheduled today in the Longview area.
Maria Martinez-Murillo has been named the District 4 trustee on the Henderson ISD board.
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Public health officials on Friday announced another surge in recoveries in Gregg County residents who have been diagnosed with COVID-19.
Longview police are asking the public’s help to find a runaway teen.
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Editor's note: Since this story was published, the Texas Department of State Health Services has unpublished the data, citing "issues" with the numbers. The agency says it will post new data after consulting with the Texas Education Agency.
TYLER — The East Texas State Fair might be canceled due to COVID-19, but people are still coming out to the fairgrounds in Tyler for what some call the best part of the event: its unique food.
One Love Longview and the Longview Dream Center will provide fresh produce for about 500 families Saturday as part of a new monthly outreach.
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Public health officials on Thursday announced 15 new COVID-19 cases in Gregg County and no new deaths or change in recoveries from the virus.
Area businesses in the senior living and health industry set up shop Thursday morning in the parking lot of Parkview on Hollybrook in Longview with the goal of informing area seniors about the resources available to them.
Gregg County Pct. 4 Commissioner Shannon Brown and three others have been arrested in connection to an organized vote-harvesting scheme during the 2018 Democratic primary election.
The legislation, if passed by lawmakers in 2021, would create felony-level offenses for causing injury or destroying property during what is deemed to be a “riot.”
A holiday event that typically brings large crowds in early December to the Gregg County Courthouse is the latest Longview-area event to be canceled this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The pandemic’s effect on the economy has delayed plans to widen George Richey Road between Longview and White Oak.
TYLER — Tyler has a lot of unknown treasures, but hidden downtown within the Plaza Tower lobby is Gallery Main Street — an art exhibit promoting local artists that is sponsored by the city.
MARSHALL — The Texas Eastern 911 Network has donated another $120,000 to the Harrison County Sheriff’s Office.
Marshall police have increased patrols through the City Cemetery after five markers were vandalized this past week.
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Public health officials on Wednesday reported two new COVID-19 deaths in Gregg County along with seven newly confirmed cases.
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Katie Yoder believes the annual See You at the Pole prayer event at Pine Tree Primary School helps families “take home” important conversations.
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BOB SANDLIN: GOOD. Water slightly stained; 83 degrees. Black bass are good on drop shots, crankbaits, chatter baits, and Texas-rigged plastic worms. Crappie are good on minnows in brush piles, bridges and standing timber. Catfish are good on live bait and cut bait near baited holes.
A Longview man has been arrested and is accused of assaulting his brother with a “billy club."
In early 2018, the Avinger woman delivered about 26 grams of meth during a controlled drug buy in Morris County for $500 in cash.
Republican Gov. Greg Abbott is facing a lawsuit over his extension of early voting for the November election from prominent members of his own party — including state party Chairman Allen West, Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller and members of the Texas Legislature.
A Longview man and woman have been charged with child endangerment after the woman’s 1-year-old child tested positive for drugs, police said.
Editor's note: This story has been corrected.
