 01/04/10 The challenge is on. East Texas businessman David Simpson has announced his candidacy for District 7 State Representative.
 01/04/10 Claudia Milkey, 86, of Texarkana died Friday, Jan. 1, 2010. J.C. FRANKLIN J.C. Franklin, 78, of Texarkana, Ark., died Sunday, Jan. 3, 2010, at his home.
 01/01/10 David Simpson, the former mayor of Avinger, has announced his intention to run for the Republican nomination for Texas State Representative, District 7.
12/29/09 The National Weather Service has confirmed that nine tornadoes touched down during last Wednesday's storm in East Texas and North Louisiana, which included tornadoes that damaged dozens of homes and businesses in Longview and Lufkin. The Weather Service said seven of the tornadoes were in East Texas. The other two were along the shores of Lake D'Arbonne in Union Parish and one that went ...
 11/29/09 The week has had a very special meaning to me and my family, as we have all you readers of this column in The Times and the listeners we have had through the years.
10/31/09 The Texas Constitutional Amendments election is Tuesday. Eleven propositions are on the ballot, including one reaffirming the right of the public to access and use Texas beaches. All polling places are open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
10/30/09 The Texas Constitutional Amendments election is Nov. 3. Eleven propositions are on the ballot, including one reaffirming the right of the public to access and use Texas beaches. All polling places are open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
10/19/09 Early voting for the Nov. 3 Texas Constitutional Amendments election begins today. Eleven propositions are on the ballot, including one reaffirming the right of the public to access and use Texas beaches.
 08/16/09 Drs. Christopher Bosarge, Stuart Harlin, Aaron Montgomery and Christopher LeCroy at Coastal Vascular & Interventional were chosen to be the first in the state to use a new medical device called the Avinger "Wildcat" Guide-wire Support Catheter.
 08/07/09 GILMER -- Two recent Upshur County grand juries handed up a combined 45 true billed cases to be prosecuted, including 22 sealed drug cases.
08/07/09 Several East Texas school districts, including the Longview Independent School District, missed the mark on federal accountability ratings released this week by the Texas Education Agency.
08/07/09 Vandora Hall, 90, of Maud, Texas, died Wednesday, July 29, 2009, in a local nursing home.
08/06/09 An Upshur County grand jury has indicted a Gilmer man on multiple stalking charges, District Attorney Billy Byrd said Thursday.
08/06/09 Tommy Doylas Sutton, 83, of Texarkana, Texas, died Monday, Aug. 3, 2009, in a local hospital.
08/03/09 A Gregg County grand jury has returned 43 indictments, including 20 that are sealed and one for a Longview man charged with continuous sexual abuse and indecency with a child. | 
