MARSHALL — A memorial service for Ken Cochran, 82, of Marshall, Texas will be held at 10:00 a.m., Thursday, July 2, 2026, in the Chapel of Downs Funeral Home. Mr. Cochran passed away on June 27, 2026, ...

LONGVIEW – Listed is the Blue Bell/Texas Sportswriters Association Class A All-State Softball Team for the 2026 season. Voting was conducted by TSWA members based on nominations from coaches and ...

The second annual Gladewater Jazz & Independence Festival returns to Main Street on July 3–4, bringing two full days of live jazz music and community celebration. The festival is produced by Jackson ...

It Was Twenty Years Ago Today… Shawn Hara, right, with the City of Longview, holds a trash barrel for his wife, Bethany, as she decorates it with her hand print Saturday, July 1, 2006. The City of ...

It Was Twenty Years Ago Today… Shelby Crittenden of Gilmer chases a pig in the Greased Pig contest Saturday, July 1, 2006 during the Rockin’ H Cowboy Fellowship Cowboy Fun Day in Diana. (Courtney Case ...

LONGVIEW — A celebration of Life for Savannah will be held at First United Methodist Church of Longview on Thursday, July 2 at 3pm. Our sweet daughter, Savannah, went to be with Jesus on Thursday, ...

Gov. Greg Abbott called for blocking new data center development in rural parts of the state during a campaign stop this week in East Texas. “We must prohibit them from building AI data centers in ...

NEW CARLISLE, INDIANA — James Shepperd Lovick, Sr., 85, passed away peacefully May 25, 2026 at his nursing care facility, Miller’s Merry Manor, in New Carlisle, Indiana, surrounded by loving family ...

GILMER — Leaders of four East Texas counties voted Tuesday to take part in a proposed regional groundwater conservation district, which they say is the only way the region can protect one of its most ...

GILMER — Funeral services for Mr. Cornell Wright, 84, of Gilmer, Texas will be 11:00 A.M. Thursday, July 2, 2026 at Valley View Baptist Church, Gilmer. Burial will follow at Valley View Cemetery.

A second suspect has been arrested in the shooting deaths of two people Saturday at a Whataburger in Marshall. Jamarrio Dominique Epps, 21, of Longview was taken into custody Monday by Longview police ...

LeTourneau women’s track and field/cross country student-athletes Peyton Chaney, Madelyn DeLosSantos, Nat Ferdi, Alayna Galloway, Felice Mullinax, and Victoria Wilson were all named to the College ...