White Oak News

White Oak School trustees are considering an election that would increase the district's property tax rate for maintenance and operation by 13 cents.

Work is a family affair for three employees at Longview's wastewater treatment plant.

Vicki Summers, who has led special education efforts in four Gregg County schools for a decade, is moving to Longview Independent School District to become the director of special education.

Protest hearings have been light at the Gregg County Appraisal District this summer, Chief Appraiser Tom Hays said.

Can the news get any better for Longview's economy? Our city is second in Texas in job growth.

Longview added nearly 1,000 residents in the year between July 1, 2006, and July 1, 2007, according to U.S. Census Bureau estimates released today.

Public recycling is coming to White Oak. People will be able to drop off their empty plastic bottles and other recyclable materials in a large bin behind the White Oak municipal building by the end of summer, ...

TYLER, TX United States Attorney Rebecca A. Gregory announced today that three Gregg County residents have pleaded guilty to drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas.

Longview Mayor Jay Dean and his wife, Jane, on Tuesday said they are selling their business to a group of investors effective immediately.

The Gregg County Sheriff's Office said a deputy tried to stop Dry after matching his vehicle to a description of one just used in an attempted theft.

Asthma attacks have been described as making a person feel like a fish out of water.

White Oak taxpayers likely will consider a local school tax hike to get more state aid, administrators and trustees say.

A Gregg County civilian jailer has been arrested and fired after it was discovered that he had a smokeless tobacco product in the jail, according to the Gregg County Sheriff's Office.

Increases in traffic and new businesses along U.S. 80 have White Oak officials pondering a center turn lane on a section of the road.

A package of stories in Sunday's newspaper focused on one of our community's most enduring challenges - prostitution.

Walter and Mary Taylor taught their son a skill he was still using Sunday, 91 years after he entered the world.

A mechanical breakdown Saturday night delayed production of Sunday's News-Journal. Delivery of the newspaper inside the city and in some surrounding areas has been most affected.

A Cub Scout from White Oak is asking East Texans to donate music and movies to America's troops stationed around the world.

According to court documents, Brubeck had been sentenced to detention at the DEAR Recovery Unit in White Oak.

A key indicator that the Longview and East Texas economies continue to buck national trends was released Friday with Longview posting an 11 percent jump in sales tax revenues for June.