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September 17, 2025
Don't worry, the Gold Line has your 6. Dispatchers rule!
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By Becky Holland, [email protected] HARRISON COUNTY – They are the voices that you hear during the worst moments of your life. You may never see their faces. You may not know their names. But they know you, and they are working in your favor every day – sometimes for 12 to 16 hours a day….
Read More about HCSO Dispatchers: The calm voices in the middle of chaosBy Becky Holland, [email protected] MARSHALL – Roger Garcia moved to Marshall when he was in the ninth grade. His father was in the U.S. Air Force, and moved Roger, his two brothers and mother to Marshall when he accepted a recruiting position nearby. Roger graduated from Marshall High School, then attended Tyler Junior College, and…
Read More about Helping people hear one ear at a timeFrom Staff Reports, [email protected] MARSHALL- Holly Anderson, 36, is a wife, a mother and the office manager of Puretone Hearing Aid Center in Marshall. A native of Longview, she has lived in Marshall for 16 years, with a short stint in Waskom. She is also the proud human companion of two “beautiful German Shepherds,” that…
Read More about She brings peace through massage to Harrison CountyBy Jonathan McCarty, Contributor Email feedback to [email protected] or comment below. This past Saturday was Election Day here in Marshall, just as it was several other places. It was also the local Cinco de Mayo celebration, a carnival, and the barrel racing championships at the Josey Ranch. All of that considered, this was the lowest…
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New site to focus on good news, good news, good news
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From Staff Reports, [email protected] MARSHALL – A little more than a month after launching, the Piney News Woods – an online news service covering Marshall, Texas and communities – is moving forward in its efforts to give its readers quality reading in real time. Readership numbers are growing daily. After a test run in publishing…
Read More about Harrison County news site announces news changesIn this journey we call life, many situations are like a ‘double-edged sword.’ There always seems to be a negative and positive. So, there is always bad news and good news. In reading the headlines of most newspapers and watching the television news’ programs, it does appear though that bad news seems to rate higher…
Read More about Editorial: Good news, bad news and where to go for itFrom the Harrison County Sheriff’s Office, Lt. Jay Webb HARRISON COUNTY – Harrison County Emergency Management officials are warning residents of Caddo Lake that the National Weather Service is predicting another increase in flood waters for the area. On May 2, the NOAA website indicated that the current level of the lake is 174.4’ above…
Read More about Harrison County Emergency Management warns of rising flood watersFrom Staff Reports, [email protected] HARRISON COUNTY – After a long night filled with inclement and hazardous weather conditions, emergency crews were out surveying damage during the day Saturday in Harrison County. Lt. Jay Webb of the Harrison County Sheriff’s Office told the PWN around 5:30 p.m. Saturday that “Harrison County is experiencing flooding at Caddo…
Read More about More flooding at Caddo Lake says Harrison County Sheriff’s OfficeBy Becky Holland, [email protected] HARRISON COUNTY- Rain, high winds, lightening and flooding came strong through Harrison County beginning mid-afternoon, and worsened in the late evening hours Friday and Saturday. Reports are of heavy wind damage, including a few trees in the roadways. One home has been reported in the Hwy 43 area with a tree…
Read More about One mobile home blown 100 feet during Harrison County stormBy Becky Holland, [email protected] HARRISON COUNTY – Harrison County emergency personnel are searching for a missing oil field worker south of Waskom after tornadoes were reported in the Elysian Fields/Waskom area. Around midnight, Saturday, April 30, via text, the Piney Woods News received the following information from Lt. Jay Webb of the Harrison County Sheriff’s…
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