Lakeport News

Two major road projects in Gregg County moved closer to completion this week. County Commissioners on Monday accepted a $250,000 Texas Community Development Block Grant grant for improvements in the Camp Switch area.

Charles Taylor is challenging incumbent James Mathis for the Democratic nomination for Precinct 4 commissioner of Gregg County.

According to arrest reports, Lakeport police stopped Garcia-Cansler's vehicle after she veered all over the road traveling down Texas 322.

When Amy Randall's vehicle hyrdroplaned and flipped off of an Upshur County bridge, it wasn't a call to 911 that saved her life.

EDITOR'S NOTE: Stories on the Alamo inevitably stir deep emotions, and Jan Reid's personal reflection on the storied shrine in the September issue was no exception.

Repaving work on Marshall Avenue in Central and East Longview is all but complete, a transportation official announced Friday.

Maintaining public roads is one job almost everyone agrees is a proper function of government.

Several Lakeport residents met with Gregg County Precinct 4 Commissioner John Mathis on Tuesday morning to discuss the condition of Dodd Road.

Switching on the oven seems more like knocking on the gates of Hades this time of year, but we've got to eat.

Gregg County authorities captured a Tatum man suspected in a home burglary and shooting after a Friday afternoon vehicle chase on Texas 149.

Gregg County authorities are looking for a man who shot at an East Texas homeowner.

Kelli Jones tells her kids not to drive down Texas 149 unless it's an emergency.

Longview school consultants say they're ready to tap into Elderville's water lines to build a new elementary school.

Federal stimulus money for area highway projects nearly doubled after a state transportation oversight.