Harrison County News

Need entertainment for this 4th of July? If a trip is not to your liking how about family, watermelon, air conditioning and a good book to read with ribs on the side.

Investigators continue to learn more about the mysterious murder of a Harrison County man.

Two juveniles are being held at Willoughby Juvenile Detention Center in Marshall in conjunction with a Tuesday night homicide.

Harrison County sheriff's officials were still investigating the shooting death of Bobby Joe Pinzer, 47, of Hallsville as of Wednesday afternoon.

Families preparing for Fourth of July festivities may want to figure safety with fireworks and cookouts into the mix as they finish their master plan for summer fun and sun.

Marshall Festivals, Inc., will get almost $30,000 in Hotel Occupancy Tax funds to help put on local festivals.

Expect lane closures and extra delays when traveling down Marshall Avenue starting Monday.

Little girls in their Sunday best came holding their parents' hands; older children in shorts found seats on the curb.

Hopefully, most families who have dogs and cats in their households are aware of the problems both heat and cold can inflict on the animals.

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Capital murder charges are now filed in a brutal East Texas murder. 20-year-old Renrick Taylor and a 18-year-old Jamel Cooper are accused of killing 30-year-old LaShun Jenkins in Harrison County.

The Harrison County Bail Bonds Board's request to use the commissioner's courtroom for its meetings was taken under advisement by the court.

The Big Pines Lodge parking lot was vacant. The once vibrant restaurant was silent.

Harrison County investigators arrested two Marshall men in connection with the death of a woman whose body was found in a mud pit by an oil well near Jonesville.

More than 1,000 AEP/SWEPCO power customers in Gregg County are without power this morning, according to the SWEPCO Web site.

A 27-year-old Longview man featured in an article in the News-Journal's Unwind section June 5 was killed in a wreck Wednesday night.

Harrison County investigators do not suspect arson in a Saturday fire that destroyed a historic restaurant in Karnack.

Harrison County investigators arrested a Longview man on Wednesday on three counts of possession of child pornography.

Harrison County Fire Marshal Dennis Engdahl said Tuesday he doesn't believe the fire that destroyed the Big Pines Lodge in Karnack was caused by an arsonist.

Describing the case as major, Harrison County Sheriff Tom McCool told county commissioners about an ongoing child pornography case in which one arrest has already been made.