Gregg County News

An Upshur County judge on Thursday sentenced a Gilmer man to 25 years in prison for felony possession of cocaine and tampering with physical evidence.

It's hard to read at the top of a story in the past week that state officials consider Texas 149 one of the most dangerous roads in the state and to read later in the same story the road is not the top priority for regional transportation dollars.

According to an arrest report, a woman told a Gregg County deputy that she and her husband, Spencer, began arguing about him returning home late.

The Gregg County Commissioners Court approved interpreter services contracts and several Precinct 3 projects at its Monday morning meeting.

Daingerfield city officials have issued a burn ban. The ban was enacted Thursday afternoon and will be in place "until further notice," Daingerfield Fire Marshall Jimmy Cornelius said.

Visitors and vendors at the East Texas Regional Airport should have a new parking option by the end of July.

One person was killed and one injured in a wreck at 10:43 a.m. Monday at the intersection of Texas Highway 31 and Farm to Market Road 3053 in Gregg County.

Visitors and vendors to the East Texas Regional Airport should have a new parking option by the end of July.

Kyle Wayne Green, 33, of Longview remained jailed Tuesday afternoon on $2,500 in bonds, charged with theft of property with two prior convictions of theft.

A Longview man convicted six years ago for a drunk driving collision in Angelina County that killed two people and injured another has pleaded guilty to a fifth drunk driving charge.

Pilot Alan Vandoren used to fly helicopter operations for the New Jersey State Patrol.

A Rusk County grand jury will consider charges against the owners of two pit bulls that attacked and killed a 10-year-old Texas boy.

The Longview Police Department conducted a prostitution sting Monday, and six women were charged, according to a news release from the department.

A 10-year-old boy died Monday after authorities say he was mauled by two pit bulls in the small community of Leverett's Chapel.

East Texas Regional Airport's Kilo Taxiway that has been closed for several years is getting resurfaced.

He was arrested shortly before 3 a.m. Sunday on Old Longview Highway, east of Gladewater and also known as Armstrong Street.

By KENNETH DEAN Staff Writer LONGVIEW - A late-night argument left one Longview man dead and another charged with his death.

Longview police arrested two people late Thursday after a convenience store robbery during which the pair got away with only a honey bun.

Gregg County jail officials worked a fire Tuesday afternoon that was allegedly started by an inmate.

Drat that fire ant, the bane of gardeners, flip-flop wearers, ranchers and electricians.