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A missing Texas woman was found alive last week in a Jeep that plunged into a lake and was almost entirely submerged, police said. The unidentified woman had been missing from Longview when she was found inside the black vehicle in Lake o’ the Pines on Friday, the Marion County Sheriff’s Office said. Pictures from the scene show the hood of the Jeep just barely visible above the water about 40 feet from the shore. The sheriff’s office’s statement said that a fisherman alerted authorities to the vehicle in the morning. Police arrived at the scene about 18 minutes later,...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ plane he used to send 50 migrants to affluent Martha’s Vineyard is on the move again – heading for President Biden’s Rehoboth home in Delaware. DeSantis last week sparked a spectacular escalation in the ongoing immigration war between the Republican GOP’s in charge of the border states and Democrat officials in so-called ‘sanctuary cities’. It now appears that he is sending the Ultimate Air Shuttle to Georgetown, which will touch down at around 1.30pm. The plane had started its journey from Longview, in Texas, before heading to San Antonio, and then Crestview, in Florida. An hour...

Gregg and Rusk county reps on a regional transportation board aren’t happy with the lack of progress, reporting and marketing for Toll 49 on which traffic and revenues have slowed.Northeast Texas Regional Mobility Authority directors hope a new on-ramp that opened Tuesday plus the addition of 6 more miles that open Nov. 1 — two months ahead of schedule — can resurrect sluggish toll revenue.Board member Dave Spurrier raised questions, however, about why more hasn’t been done to attract new drivers, especially from Interstate 20.“I’d just like to see an aggressive marketing plan,” Spurrier, who represents Gregg County, said soon...

A coal-export terminal proposed in Washington state would increase cancer risks for some residents, make rail accidents more likely and add millions of metric tons of climate-changing greenhouse gas globally every year, according to an environmental study released Friday. Millennium Bulk Terminals-Longview wants to build the facility along the Columbia River near the city of Longview to handle up to 44 million tons of coal a year. Coal would arrive by train from Montana, Wyoming and other states to be stored and loaded on ships heading to energy-hungry markets in Asia. The yearslong fight over the deep-water port comes as...

Texan spends $200,000 turning his drive-way into an exact replica of the Oval Office complete with presidential cutlery and phoneWhite House fan Ron Wade has built an exact replica of the Oval Office in his home costing more than $200,000. The father-of-two painstakingly recreated the White House's most famous room over four years. Obsessed Mr Wade also owns the world's largest collection of presidential memorabilia which is squeezed into the family home.

While we were politely and safely having a very respectful walk in Longview with our children and rifles, Obama was abolishing the Civilian Marksmanship Program.  133 folks came out to walk in support of Human Rights.    Kind of get the sense that respectful walks aren't going to get it done.  We are walking and the Government is outlawing gun rights at the same time. Kids like this going to grow up to be slaves of the state? They aren't GOING to have to come and take them.  The IRS will send you a notice. CMP Garand.  No more of...

LONGVIEW, Wash. – Breyanna Lea Siebert noticed something was missing when she looked at the Christmas decorations in Longview this year.  The nativity scene was gone from R A Long Square.  “Don’t get me wrong. I love snowmen, candy canes, snowflakes and all kinds of Christmassy things,” said Siebert.A nativity scene, Siebert’s favorite Christmas decoration, had been a part of the park decorations as long as she could remember. So the 13-year-old wrote a letter to the editor of the local newspaper to let everyone know how she felt about this year’s omission.  “It would be nice if everybody...

LONGVIEW, Wash. – Ken Spring of Longview says he does everything by the book. He said all the buildings on his neatly tended property in Cowlitz County are permitted and he always tries to abide by the law. But he also said he is willing to fight to keep a newly built, 30-foot tall windmill on his land. “You'll find this hard to believe, but I'll die for that,” he said as the windmill spun around overhead. “I am fed up.”

Longview, TX — LeTourneau University’s Socratic Club will present a free showing of a film on the life of Martin Luther at 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 31, in the Berry Auditorium of Glaske Building. The public is invited to celebrate with students the beginning of the Protestant Reformation when Martin Luther posted his 95 theses on a church door in Wittenberg, Germany on Oct. 31, 1517, which is Reformation Day. The film runs 90 minutes. “Martin Luther is a man who changed the world,” said Martin Batts, professor of English and Socratic Club faculty adviser. “We will celebrate Reformation Day...

TYLER — Bill Glavin joined Texas Department of Transportation eight months ago as its appointed Rail Division director. And as Longview rail advocate Natalie Rabicoff said when Glavin was introduced in Tyler on Thursday, "He's been moving the whole time." Since his December 2009 appointment, the rail industry consultant has brought much-wanted energy to a state agency racing to complete a finished state rail plan. Glavin and other TxDOT officials from Austin visited East Texas on Thursday, stopping in Tyler for the 10th and final public briefing on the plan. Officials hope to present a finished copy of the 250-page...

Mail box bombs found Tuesday in Rusk County and in Longview prompted the ATF and U.S. Postal Inspection Service to raise to $25,000 the reward leading to arrest and conviction of the suspect in a rash of mail box bombings in East Texas. With a pipe bomb-like device discovered in a residential home's mail box at Lake Cherokee around noon on Tuesday, another found in a bank of collection boxes at a business address and a similar device left not in a mail box at all but at a business site in Tyler on Monday, the perpetrator may be changing...

Thanks also to FReeper ADM5 for some of these. We had over a thousand folks show up, including Congressman Gohmert, who actually got emotional over the response he received.Congressman Louie Gohmert That jerk FReeper mnehring. FReeper ADM5 spreading the message ..and lots of others.. Our local McAlaster's Deli gave free tea to everyone there.

U.S. Rep Louie Gohmert, R-Tyler, headlines a Texas Tax Day Tea Party scheduled for noon Wednesday on the Gregg County Courthouse steps. The rally, open to all East Texans, is designed for residents to express their concerns about irresponsible Congressional spending. The rally includes participants donating tea bag that will be given to U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Tea party attendees should bring tea bags, signs expressing their concerns for higher taxes and massive spending, along with family, friends, neighbors and acquaintances. Similar tea parties are slated throughout Texas and the nation. The local event is sponsored by the Gregg...

Longview Mayor Jay Dean said he is disappointed that the proposed Interstate 69/Trans-Texas Corridor won't be built near the city. Instead, the road will follow the existing U.S. 59 route, the Texas Department of Transportation announced Tuesday. U.S. 59 runs through Carthage, Marshall and Jefferson. "The thing is, every community in East Texas would love to have that corridor run through or very near our communities," Dean said. "But common sense tells me that because of construction costs and where TxDOT is financially at this time, that it makes sense to run through existing infrastructure." The corridor is a proposed...

Students at Forest Park Magnet School are looking for a few good men - and women - to honor. Part of Longview Independent School District, the middle school is designing a poster featuring active military service members. The poster has room to feature 80 service members from the Longview area, said principal Margaret Davis. If the school receives more than 80 photos, a second poster design will be considered. A mock-up of the poster featured three servicemembers, each related to school faculty members. The posters will be sold to businesses, and any profits will be divided between school programs and...

HOUSTON -- It did not take long Tuesday for the Texas Department of Transportation to find out what the Houstonians at a public hearing thought about the proposed 600-mile Trans-Texas Corridor, KPRC Local 2 reported. "George Washington, Sam Houston would vomit on you people," one attendee said. Chris Zora, who opposes the plan, attended the hearing at the Arabia Shrine Center in Southwest Houston. "I'd like to see a show of hands here of anybody that approves of this corridor," Zora said. "Is there anyone in this room who approves of this corridor? Raise your hands if you approve of...

Not one of the 11 East Texans who approached the podium at Wednesday's hearing on Interstate 69 voiced support for the planned highway. "This is highway robbery, and we should not pursue this project," said David Simpson, a Longview resident and fifth-generation Texan. "This process has bypassed the Constitution. It has bypassed the U.S. Congress, and I'm opposed to it because of the unconstitutional way that it has been pushed through." The public hearing, held at Maude Cobb Convention and Activity Center, was a chance for residents to comment and ask questions about Interstate 69/Trans-Texas Corridor. The corridor would extend...

Local residents who want to add their two cents about the proposed Interstate 69 construction won't have to fill their tanks to do it. TxDOT is coming to Longview. The Texas Department of Transportation is holding 46 public hearings this month in East and South Texas along the planned corridor, including Tuesday's meeting in Longview. The hearings will give Texans a chance to comment and ask questions about the proposed Interstate 69/Trans-Texas Corridor, a collection of passenger and freight roadways, utility and rail lines from Texarkana to the Rio Grande Valley. A draft environmental impact statement released in November suggests...

A Longview U.S. Marine who friends and loved ones say epitomized all that is good about East Texas died in combat Thursday while serving in Iraq. Staff Sgt. John Christian Stock, 26, was killed in Western Anbar Province while manning a traffic checkpoint. His father, Jerry Stock, said his son's death was the result of a suicide car bomber. Special to the News-Journal (ENLARGE) John Christian Stock was a Longview High School graduate. Stock, a member of the 2nd Marine Division 3rd Battalion Bravo Company, initially served four years in the Marines. He was out for six months and then...

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