Smith County Commissioners Court Honors Bullard High School ETR Staff Report The Smith County Commissioners Court adopted a resolution proclaiming Tuesday, June 23, as “Bullard High School Softball Day” to honor the state champions. On May 29, the girls won the UIL 4A Division 1 State Championship – the first ever in program history. Coach […]
This is a see something, say something situation. ETR Staff Report According to Longview Police Department (LPD) on June 22, 2026, at approximately 12:30 a.m., Longview Police Officers responded to a report of suspicious activity. Upon arrival, officers located a vehicle that appeared to have been involved in a crash. When officers attempted to contact […]
LONGVIEW, Texas — The laughs are coming back to East Texas. The Laugh Out Longview (LOL) Improv Festival officially returns June 26 and 27, 2026, bringing a multi-day weekend of comedy and creativity to Longview. This year’s festival returns to the Longview Museum of Fine Arts (215 E. Tyler St.), located in the Downtown Cultural Arts District. A production […]
ETR Staff Report A Bloody Mary is a popular cocktail. Some rely on a Bloody Mary as a hangover cure, and others enjoy it as a treat with brunch. Some say the drink was named after a server, Mary, at The Bucket of Blood in Chicago, while others insist Queen Mary Tudor of England is […]
By: U.S. Senator John Cornyn, R-Texas On June 19, 1865, Union troops, led by U.S. Major General Gordon Granger, arrived in Galveston, Texas, to spread the good news of President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation: those still enslaved were now free. While the Emancipation Proclamation was signed by President Lincoln nearly two and half years prior, […]
ETR Staff Report The notion that men may not take care of themselves as well as women has some truth to it. Global health data highlights a persistent lifespan gender gap, with men dying an average of six years earlier than women, according to the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. That lower life expectancy is driven […]
