Over the span of about a week, Texas received $459,000 in private donations for the state’s planned wall at the southern border, the governor’s office said today.
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Over the span of about a week, Texas received $459,000 in private donations for the state’s planned wall at the southern border, the governor’s office said today.
Abbott’s move raises questions about the executive branch’s emergency powers, rekindling concerns raised during the early days of COVID-19 last year when Abbott used his broad emergency powers to enact restrictions shutting down businesses to curb the pandemic.
Late Longview News-Journal reporter Jimmy Daniell Isaac was recognized Wednesday during the Unity Honors Luncheon for his work promoting unity, diversity and inclusion in East Texas.
The Sixth Street Bodacious Bar-B-Q quickly fell into a rhythm Wednesday when it reopened its doors about nine months after a fire damaged the building.
Bikers Against Bullying East Texas will host a “baggage claim” and ice cream social Saturday following a ride from Tyler to Longview.
More than 300 cowboys and cowgirls will ride into Longview this weekend when the Real Cowboy Association brings its 28th annual Juneteenth Black Rodeo to the Longview Rodeo Arena.
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In her new role as superintendent of the Diocese of Tyler, St. Mary’s Catholic School Principal Darbie Safford hopes to bridge a gap between schools in Tyler, Longview and Lufkin.
East Texans are invited to bring their bikes, skateboards and scooters to downtown Longview this weekend for a scavenger hunt on wheels.
Norris Cylinder began spreading news this week it hopes will seal its place in the cylinder market: The company’s products will now carry the “Made in the U.S.A.” label.
A celebration is set tomorrow in honor of the 25th anniversary of Buckner Westminster Place in Longview, and the public is invited.
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The popular Broughton Recreation Center will be closed until early Fall 2022 as crews complete a $5.7 million renovation of the center and its adjoining park.
The Kilgore City Pool is slated to open for the season on Saturday.
Gov. Greg Abbott has set a special session of the Texas Legislature starting July 8, his office announced Tuesday.
Rico's Kitchen & Cantina will open Wednesday on McCann Road in Longview with a menu of authentic Mexican and Tex-Mex food and signature items.
A new organization is striving to create a safe space for members of the East Texas LGBTQ+ community — and a new Pride event Friday will serve as a kickoff point.
The best bedding Hollis Hill recalls sleeping under was a quilt his grandmother made when he was a child. So when Hill retired, he had a unique request for Heartisans Marketplace. He wanted to know if its volunteers could transform the ties he had worn throughout his career into a quilt.
When students go back to classes in the fall, Longview-area school districts expect to have further relaxed restrictions enacted as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Here’s a look at roadwork planned this week across Northeast Texas by the Texas Department of Transportation:
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TYLER — Dozens of faculty, staff and students watched in awe as a UT Health EMS Air1 flight crew landed in the middle of UT Tyler’s Patriot Plaza Monday morning to showcase career paths for nursing students.
A fifth district court will be coming to Smith County in just under two years after Gov. Greg Abbott recently signed House Bill 3774 into law.
Shannon Fell, owner of Sixth Street Bodacious Bar-B-Q in Longview, says she'll reopen Wednesday morning after a September fire forced the restaurant to close.
A Longview woman found dead this past week had been strangled and covered in bleach, according to the arrest warrant for a man described as her ex-boyfriend.
Construction on Gap Inc.’s e-commerce fulfillment and distribution center is moving forward in the North Longview Business Park.
The intersection of Marshall Avenue and Eastman Road in Longview has reopened after a "major collision," according to Longview police.
One Great Texas Balloon Race pilot had an extra special Father’s Day at the close of three days of flights over Longview — he took first place while competing alongside his son and nearly 60 other pilots.
May’s above normal rainfall means trouble for East Texas agriculture and an expected increase in mosquito activity.
There is one song my mom and I both love and make fun of regularly.
The Texas Associated Press Managing Editors has honored News-Journal staff members in the group’s annual contest.
Pilots this morning are again hitting the skies over Longview for the final flight of this year's Great Texas Balloon Race.
A new addition to the Veterans Museum in Carthage has been established in honor of the last fallen soldier from Panola County.
Each week, a customer at Taqueria Palacios Tortilleria would take his family to the small Mexican restaurant and tortilleria in Tyler.
The Kilgore City Council recently reviewed a proposal for an extensive overhaul of the city’s public safety facilities, including police headquarters.
Great Texas Balloon Race pilots this evening will be inflating — not flying — this evening at three locations around Longview.
The same week President Joe Biden signed a bill making Juneteenth a federal holiday, Longview-area residents celebrated the day with a march, parade and festival at Broughton Recreation Center.
Leaders at Longview-area school districts are identifying needs as they formulate plans to spend millions in federal stimulus funding.
A new partnership between Kilgore College and Gladewater ISD will help East Texas students better choose their path after high school.
Pilots this morning are again hitting the skies over Longview during the second competition flight of the Great Texas Balloon Race.
Rusk and Panola counties have received funding from the East Texas Council of Governments to help with debris cleanup from spring tornadoes, the organization announced.
Joe Heartsill has a Father’s Day gift in mind this weekend.
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Gov. Greg Abbott on Friday followed through on a threat to veto a section of the state budget that funds the Texas Legislature, its staffers and legislative agencies.
Longview-based ION Security and Investigation is launching a new security officer training academy Monday.
The first day of competition for the Great Texas Balloon Race kicked off Friday with several balloons launching from downtown Longview to catch the wind heading northwest toward targets.
State Rep. Jay Dean’s list of accomplishments from the recent legislative session was topped Thursday by a successful effort to kill a bill that likely would have wrecked plans for a Gap Inc. distribution center in Longview.
Roughly 60 pilots are headed into the skies this morning in the first official day of scoring in the Great Texas Balloon Race since 2019. Here's what you need to know.
While the average age of competitive balloon pilots is about 50, the Young Guns U.S. National Championship aims to excite and encourage younger competitors to continue in the sport.
Char-grilled oysters with a "smoky Tejas jalapeno mignonette." Chimichurri oysters, chargrilled with a South American salsa verde. Rolls and sashimi. Po' Boys with shrimp or oysters, and cornbread and fried bologna sliders.
