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Gregg County commissioners approve budget, 3-cent property tax increase
1+ hour, 18+ min ago (876+ words) Published 5:43 am Wednesday, August 26, 2026 Gregg County commissioners Tuesday approved the 2026-27 budget and a related 3-cent property tax increase. The county’s proposed operational expenses total $84 million, and its capital improvement projects total $14.3 million. The new property tax rate of 33.4331 cents per…...
Longview ISD board lowers property tax rate, approves $152M budget
1+ hour, 33+ min ago (473+ words) Published 5:40 am Wednesday, August 26, 2026 Longview ISD trustees have adopted a lower property tax rate for 2026-27 and a budget of $152 million. The board approved a tax rate of $1.1199 per $100 of property valuation, which is 1 cent lower than the previous year’s tax…...
Abbott to speak at inaugural Gregg County Republican dinner in Longview
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (534+ words) Published 5:40 am Tuesday, August 25, 2026 Gov. Greg Abbott will be the keynote speaker Sept. 21 during the Republican Party of Gregg County’s inaugural Lincoln-Reagan Dinner. The event will take place from 6 to 8:30 p.m. at Pinecrest Country Club in Longview. The dress code…...
Country music legend Dolly Parton dies at 80
17+ hour, 26+ min ago (789+ words) Published 1:36 pm Tuesday, August 25, 2026 By Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News Dolly Parton — country music icon, movie star, theme park owner and philanthropist — has died at 80. The news was shared in an Instagram video on her account by Parton’s nephew,…...
Tatum's Thornton earns Player of the Week honors
22+ hour, 29+ min ago (958+ words) Published 8:44 am Tuesday, August 25, 2026 Freshman Maddie Thornton earned her second all-tournament selection of the young season and helped the Tatum Lady Eagles earn a tournament title in Lufkin. For her efforts, Thornton has been named Player of the Week by…...
Divorces: July 26-Aug. 15, 2026
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (141+ words) Published 5:17 am Tuesday, August 25, 2026 Divorces filed July 26-Aug. 15, 2026, in Gregg County Civil Court: MA Joan V Fernan and Rodney Dasher Macee Ti Carroll and Richard Arnold Carroll Jr Jonathan Gene Williams and Jessica Ann Williams Julie Lee Orallo-Adams and Luz…...
Longview???s controversial???Night Winds??? sculpture??? and its artist??? again in the spotlight
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (1723+ words) Published 5:45 am Tuesday, August 25, 2026 Editor’s note: News-Journal multimedia journalist Les Hassell writes from a first-person perspective about Longview’s controversial “Night Winds” sculpture and the artist who created it. For more than four decades, “Night Winds” has been one of Longview’s…...
Foster Middle School, Longview ISD officials praise student who reported BB gun
1+ day, 13+ hour ago (283+ words) Published 5:49 pm Monday, August 24, 2026 A BB gun was found Monday afternoon in a student’s backpack at Foster Middle School in Longview ISD. The district said in a statement Monday that a student reported that another student might have a weapon....
Golightly brothers given OK to play at Troup
1+ day, 19+ hour ago (349+ words) Published 11:52 am Monday, August 24, 2026 Troup High School senior Trevor Golightly’s and junior Desh Golightly’s appeal to the University Interscholastic League regarding eligibility of a student-athlete/changing schools for athletic purposes was approved unanimously on Monday morning during the UIL’s State…...
Business Beat: Chicken Salad Chick plans Longview location
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (481+ words) Published 5:45 am Monday, August 24, 2026 Chicken Salad Chick has selected a site for a Longview location. An application for a development permit from the city of Longview lists the address as 3107 Nealy Way, which is inside The Crossing at Main and…...