May 24, 1984: Despite warnings that “any city that allows alcohol has a curse on it,” the City Council voted 6-1 to allow sale and consumption of alcohol at Maude Cobb Activity Center. The vote was recommended by the Visitors and Conventions Advisory...
May 23, 1894: Outlaw Bill Dalton and gang members Jim Wallace, Jim Nite and Judd Nite rode into Longview and robbed the First National Bank. The gunfight that followed at Fredonia and Bank streets was one of the Old West’s biggest, with 200 shots fired and two...
May 22, 1961: It was R.G. LeTourneau Appreciation Day as the industrialist returned from New York, where he received the International Progress Award from the American Society of Tool and Manufacturing Engineers. “The great honor which you have received also is an...
May 21, 1991: In its first major action, the newly organized County Organized Drug Enforcement Unit arrested more than 45 suspects in Gregg, Upshur and Smith counties on charges of delivering cocaine. The busts were made by 25 officers of the Gregg County agencies...
May 20, 1971: The names of some who made it possible were memorialized at the dedication of McWhorter Park. Bleachers near James Gibson Field were packed as Mayor Lois K. Jackson read names on a memorial plaque. Among them were city commissioners, parks board members...
May 19, 1955: The president and other executives of Trailmobile Inc. were welcomed after buying a building to begin manufacturing operations in the city. Longview News and Journal Publisher Carl Estes hosted a reception attended by R.G. LeTourneau, H.H. Imray of Texas...
