Longview News

LONGVIEW, TX Longview, Texas' fire chief has been put on administrative leave and asked to resign.

A Gregg County Grand jury indicted 15 people this week, including two men charged with murder.

Longview City Manager David Willard has asked Fire Chief Michael Pruitt to resign.

According to an arrest report, Longview police responded Wednesday to a burglary in the 800 block of Owings Street and arrested Henderson and a juvenile after a short chase.

An afternoon fire on Asaff Drive destroyed a vehicle parked in a garage and heavily damaged a home Thursday, Longview Fire Investigator Joey Cowan said.

Fire investigators require unique training. The investigators, such as fire marshals for cities and counties, are considered firefighters and police officers, and they frequently need continuing education in both fields, said Mark Moore, criminal investigator with the Upshur County Sheriff's Office and president of the East Texas Arson ...

Downtown Longview is open for business into the Thursday evening for the sake of its art.

U.S. Attorney John M. Bales announced today that a 35-year-old Longview man has pleaded guilty to federal drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas.

Nearly a year after pausing on plans for a multipurpose entertainment venue in Gregg County, city and county leaders still are waiting for economic storm clouds to clear up.

A Longview man remained jailed Monday after authorities said he struck two pedestrians with his vehicle.

October was the wettest it's been in Longview since record-keeping began in 1902, the National Weather Service reported Sunday.

A Longview woman on Thursday was sentenced to two years in state prison after pleading guilty to aggravated assault with a deadly weapon in a Rusk County court.

The Kilgore College Small Business Development Center will sponsor an educational seminar, "Workers' Compensation Overview for Texas Employers," on Wednesday, Nov.

The First Lutheran Church of Longview announced it has a new pastor. The Rev. Jeffrey E. Borgwardt is expected to move into his office Monday and preach his first service Nov.

"This ranking is about the improvement in the "standard of living" of the people who live and work in our area.

By KENNETH DEAN Staff Writer HENDERSON - A woman who police say used her vehicle as a weapon to run another vehicle off the road last year has been sentenced after entering a guilty plea.

After months of anticipation, nearly 100 East Texans got their H1N1 flu vaccines in Longview.

A Longview woman and Carthage man died during the weekend in a one-vehicle wreck in Panola County.

According to an arrest report, a Longview police officer responded Sunday to a family violence call at a home in the 500 block of Butler Drive.

An elderly man remained jailed Wednesday morning on charges that he shot his nephew.